Devotion

“The church has many organizers, but few agonizers; many who pay, but few who pray. Tithes may build a church, but tears will give it life. That is the difference between the modern church and the early church. Our emphasis is on paying, theirs was on praying. When we have payed, the place is taken. […]

“Prayer isn’t bothering God, bargaining with God, borrowing from God, or burdening God. True prayer is blessing the Father because we love Him, trust Him, and know that He will meet our needs, so we come and ask.” – Warren Wiersbe Satan has given us such a bad view of God. Even in the Garden

“If a man, therefore, purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.” (2Timothy 2:21) The great prayer warrior, E.M. Bounds said, “Prayer produces cleanliness of heart and purity of life. It can produce nothing else. Unrighteous conduct is born

“In prayer, it is better to have a heart without words, than words without heart.” — John Bunyan A great temptation for many is to become mechanical in their prayers. It is so easy to rattle off a ‘memorized’ little prayer that really requires no thought. But that is not how God wants us to

There are two ways we can pray. First, we can pray, “MY will be done.” This is how most of us pray. We pray with a selfish motive. We want what WE want done and we pray toward that end. Secondly, we can pray as Jesus prayed, “THY will be done” (Matt. 6:10). When we pray for God’s

Someone said, “Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.” Pride is so dangerous because it is the very thing which caused Lucifer to rebel against God in the first place. James said, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” If you want God to resist you,

“The secret of praying is praying in secret. A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning.” — Leonard Ravenhill This is so true. If there is one thing that is hindering more prayer from being answered, it is sin in the life of the believer. The Bible says, “If I regard

“If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit which may be the only hindrance to the gift you ask.” – D.L. Moody George Mueller was known for thanking God for the food they had to eat, even before the food had been supplied! What was he

“Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, ‘above all that we ask or think.’” – Andrew Murray My, oh, my, how guilty we are of limiting God through unbelief. Even the disciples struggled with that.

“He [John the Baptist] was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.” (John 5:35) Don Currin said, “Our communities are little impressed by our programs and manifold activities. It takes more than a busy church to impact a community for Christ. It must be a church