2009-11-12T16:57:25-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/prayer http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/12/prayer-as-a-means-of-evangelism/ 2009-11-12T16:57:25-05:00 This devotional by noted Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias draws on an unusual experience from a visit to a communist country, Ravi shows that powerful witnessing can take place when we simply model for others what prayer and worship look like. http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/06/when-do-you-pray/ 2009-11-06T09:58:18-05:00 Whether it’s in the morning, during lunch or in the evening, most people try to block out some time every day for prayer. What about you, when do you pray? http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/19/does-god-listen-to-the-prayers-of-non-christians/ 2009-10-28T11:01:52-05:00 There’s that old saying that there are no atheists in foxholes, but do those foxhole dwellers need to confess that Jesus is Lord before God will grant them safety? Or does God answer every prayer offered to Him regardless of one’s standing in the Kingdom? http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%204:6&version=NIV 2009-10-08T11:53:28-05:00 When we go to God with our requests--and this passage explicitly encourages us to do so--we are to do so with a spirit of thankfulness. God doesn't discourage us from approaching him with our needs; just the opposite, he wants us to go to Him with all of our requests. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%202:8&version=NIV 2009-10-08T11:51:58-05:00 Paul tells Timothy that it's his desire to see all people pray with holy hands uplifted. He wishes that people could pray without becoming angry or disputing. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%202:1-2&version=NIV 2009-10-06T11:48:24-05:00 We are to pray for those in positions of authority, great or small. Elsewhere in the Bible, it's made clear that leaders have an additional burden of responsibility, and we are to support them through prayer, not work against them and make their job harder. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/estonian/A%20Temple%20Leader%20Visits%20Jesus%20Estonian.pdf 2009-10-06T11:14:09-05:00 Estonian: Jesus drives the moneychangers out of the Temple which is a house of prayer. Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born again. Nicodemus asks how an old man can be born a second time. Jesus says that the spirit must be born from above. This happens when a person believes in Jesus. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206:9-13&version=NIV 2009-09-27T21:05:55-05:00 When asked to demonstrate how we should pray, Jesus prayed what has been called the Lord's Prayer. It's a simple prayer that expresses gratitude to God for His blessings and asks for His protection as we go through our day. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20120:1&version=NIV 2009-09-27T20:58:44-05:00 A simple but powerful psalm praising God for the fact that whenever we cry out to Him with a question or concern, He answers us. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%205:14-15&version=NIV 2009-09-25T11:43:02-05:00 One of the most amazing promises in the entire Bible is the assurance that God hears us when we call out to Him. He will never turn a deaf ear to somebody who earnestly prays to Him.