If you prayed as a Christian in the name of Jesus, completely confident that God hears and accepts your prayer, that’s a fruit of the Reformation. Kevin DeYoung interacts with the writings of Martin Luther: [In addition to other spiritual truths, the Reformation] was also about confidence. Not self-confidence, but confidence that God is for …
Rev. Lane Keister (aka Green Baggins) has posted this prayer, based on Psalm 1. Let those rooted in the life-giving Saviour Jesus prepare to worship God with his people tomorrow. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you have revealed to us that we are blessed if we do not walk in the council of the wicked, …
Each morning of the Queensland Assembly there’s a time of prayer. At 7.00am people gather to sing, hear a devotion and spend time in prayer together. Then on to breakfast. (And maybe a coffee) It is a well attended meeting, and the subsequent sessions of the Assembly demonstrate its value.
A curious modern situation: churches that focus on the Bible(though not necessarily reading the Bible, but that’s another post) when they meet , but not on corporate prayer. Megan Hill points out how historically anomalous this is, and how counterproductive in mission: In 1646 John Eliot, a minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, began preaching …
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