Prayer Brings God To Us Rick Ezell “Come near to God and he will come near to you” (James 4:8 NIV). Prayer reminds us that we need God more than he needs us. Prayer brings God to us. The essence of prayer is to join God, not God joining us. St. Au
Read more…Prayer Works Rick Ezell “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” 1 John 5:14 NIV. Does prayer really work? Actually this is a bad question. Prayer is not a utilitarian practice
Read more…Prayer as a Vocation By Rick Ezell “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed” (Mark 1:35 NIV). Glenn Hinson, professor of church history and spirituality, te
Read more…Praise God for Blessings and Burdens By Rick Ezell “Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life. I will sing praise to my God as long as I live” (Psalm 146:1-2 NIV). There is an emphatic ring as the Psalmist’s s
Read more…The Prayer Force By Rick Ezell Prayer is the indispensable and vital function of a believer. No aspect of our Christian life is more essential and crucial to our personal growth and health, and the church’s growth and health, than spending time with
Read more…Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove InterVarsity Press, 2008 Reviewed by Rick Ezell Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do wha
Read more…Transforming Prayer by Daniel Henderson Reviewed by Rick Ezell Prayer is more about God than about us. Daniel Henderson in Transforming Prayer drives home this point with clarity, wit, and candor. While he confesses that he is not a natural prayer g
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