Tag Archives: prayer
Saturday’s Prayer & Praise Breakfast
Saturday is our 15th annual Prayer & Praise Breakfast at church — an important conclusion to our Week of Prayer (with daily prayer meetings in homes). After we eat, we sing, I open the Word of God, then all share … Continue reading
Prayers & tears
Pastor Alistair Begg has sent out a wonderful devotional thought on this verse in his “Truth For Life” email. I think he writes with the same passion and illustration of Charles Spurgeon…. Behold, he is praying — Acts 9:11 Prayers … Continue reading
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Nine ways to pray for your soul
Earlier this year, John Piper posted this brief list of nine biblical ways to “pray for yourself so that you’re praying in sync with the way God works.” Note the Scripture attached to each item. Don’t just read the list … Continue reading
Week of Prayer 2009 begins
With each new year comes a need for our annual Week of Prayer at CPCC! Each Prayer Week begins with a fresh sermon on prayer from God’s Word. This year our guest preacher is Rev. Jim Hale of Saratoga Chapel … Continue reading
Praying for a Pastor
An older, wiser brother in the Lord, Pastor Ligon Duncan, (one of the T4G founders) put these thoughts together on how one might pray for their pastor…. Pray – 1. That [your pastor] would know and love the living God, … Continue reading
Ask God daily, or dally with idolatry
Puritan Thomas Manton points out the idolatry of not asking God for our daily bread, even when it is already close at hand… We are taught every day to ask our daily bread, though we have it by us, that … Continue reading
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Prayin’ for President-elect Obama? We must…
I’ve been not feeling well today, but that always makes me more prayerful (part of God’s plan I suspect). Pastor Ligon Duncan has written some good words on a crucial topic for all believers this week: Praying for President-elect Obama. … Continue reading
Dr Al Mohler reminds us how we should pray…
Al Mohler on his blog spoke yesterday of how we should pray for this election. His points on election results and the future (#8, #9 & #10) are worth reviewing: 1. We should pray that God will bless America with … Continue reading
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Why does God delay an answer to prayer?
(Here’s a dynamite little post from Justin Buzzard’s blog) Thomas Watson, a Puritan pastor from 350 years ago, asked in his book, Body of Divinity, “Why does God delay an answer to prayer?” In other words, why would God ever … Continue reading
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer
A good friend just reminded me of this great moment in presidential history, and I gladly post it here. Following the successful D-Day landings on the coast of Normandy, President Roosevelt spoke to the nation via the radio, and offered … Continue reading
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