Growing up in the home of an IPHC pastor, I often heard the phrase “prayer changes things.” I have witnessed and experienced this life-altering phrase and know without a doubt that it is true. As followers of Christ prayer is crucial to our walk of faith, and when the enemy comes against us to try…
**This article is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life One Word at a Time.** We talk to God. He listens. We read God’s Word. He speaks. Call it a relationship—a renewal. Call it real life. Most of us know we should pray, but most of us fail to do so regularly….
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail…” — Luke 22:31-32 NASB We often talk about prayer as the means God uses to transmit grace to His people or our means of communication with God, and it is good…
Beth Moore had this to say about this resource, “This book is a result of my unquenchable desire to share one of the most effective approaches to the liberated life in Christ that God has ever taught me: praying Scripture to overcome strongholds.” Oftentimes in our Christian walk, we don’t know where to start when…
“Lord, help them love You a little more everyday.” This was the prayer I prayed most often for my children until just over a month ago, and while I still pray it, it’s no longer my “go-to.” Now I more regularly pray: “Lord, help them know how much you love them… a little more everyday.”…
Warren W. Wiersbe, a former pastor of the Moody Church and general director of Back to the Bible, traveled widely as a Bible teacher and conference speaker. Because of his encouragement to those in ministry, Dr. Wiersbe was often referred to as “the pastor’s pastor.” He ministered in churches and conferences throughout the United States…
Prayer is one of the spiritual disciplines. Jesus practiced this discipline and instructed his disciples to do the same. He even gave them guidance on how and what to pray. (See Luke 11:1-13). In this passage, the disciples had asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Jesus ended this lesson on prayer by asking the…
Prior to His death, Jesus stated emphatically that He would build His Church. He had also promised His followers that the Holy Spirit would come. In the book of Acts, we see the fulfillment of these declarations. The Day of Pentecost was significant in many ways. In Chapter 2, we read of the birth and…
Acts 2:42 outlines essential convictions that must be ingrained in the fabric of a man’s soul if he is to effectively “guard this man” (1 Kings 20:39). In the first quarter of this year, we saw that we must “guard this man,” so he is “sound in doctrine.” A second reason we must “guard this…
