SBC Call to Prayer ~ U.S. Needs Christian Prayers

Page: Healing U.S. rests in power of Christians’ prayers NASHVILLE (BP) — The responsibility of healing the nation rests with Christians in prayer, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank Page said Thursday (May 2) at a National Day of Prayer breakfast in Nashville. “The fault for what’s happening is not the White House, the [...]

Call to Prayer ~ Effectual fervent prayer ‘the key to God-seeking revival’

CALL TO PRAYER: Effectual fervent prayer ‘the key to God-seeking revival’ Gregory Frizell EDITOR’S NOTE: Frank S. Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, has issued a call to prayer for revival and spiritual awakening for our churches, our nation and our world during 2013. Baptist Press will carry First-Person articles during the year encouraging [...]

Could you pray with more informed intercession for your city?

Faith in every city is unique. Barna’s new 2013 editions of the Cities reports will give you a new understanding of the residents of your city. These faith databases provide powerful information on the religious affiliation in your city, including what percentage is Muslim. Cities also contains political, spiritual, and demographic profiles—helping you to be more effective in connecting [...]

Ten Simple Prayer Strategies

Ten Simple Strategies for Prayer  16 Comments By Chuck Lawless I know very few people who don’t struggle with prayer. We know we should pray, but doing so consistently and fervently is not easy. Most of our praying is reactionary – that is, in response to a problem – rather than proactive, lifestyle praying. Sometimes [...]

Kingdom Focused Praying

CALL TO PRAYER: Kingdom prayer perspectives from John 17 By: J. Chris Schofield Original article can be found here, http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?Id=40118. CARY, N.C. (BP) — While preparing to speak at a conference, I went into a small Sunday School classroom to pray. Sitting there in meditation, I noticed numerous prayer requests listed on a white board. I [...]

Recruiting Leaders Who Can Pray

Recruiting Leaders Who Can Pray Phil Miglioratti   The qualifications for leadership are obvious. Character – We agree on the essential need to seek out fruitful believer in Jesus Christ; a person who is a disciple, not merely someone who has made a decision. A man or women of integrity and honesty, with an obvious love [...]

Why We Kneel When We Pray

CALL TO PRAYER: Praying in full surrender Claude King NASHVILLE (BP) — Years ago, while reading one of my dozens of books by Andrew Murray, I learned that our modern posture of prayer (kneeling with hands clasped with head bowed) didn’t come from Judaism but from a medieval ceremony. I undertook a study of that [...]

Three Tactical Prayers for LOVE2020

Shake-Up a Weeknight Prayer Meeting @ Church

Phil, Any ideas to shake up a weeknight prayer time at church? I’ll try to give a few responses that I hope are more than cosmetic. Meet in a home (or homes, if the size of the group warrants) for two weeks, then when you return to the church facility (assuming you meet there regularly), [...]

Praying beyond “Lord, bless the missionaries”

WORLDVIEW: ‘Lord, bless the missionaries’ Erich Bridges Visit “WorldView Conversation,” the blog related to this column, at http://worldviewconversation.blogspot.com. Listen to an audio version athttp://media1.imbresources.org/files/169/16904/16904-95293.mp3 RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — It’s a familiar prayer. Too familiar, some say, to mean much. “Lord, bless the missionaries.” For church folks of a certain age, these words are as comfortable and [...]

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