Prayer Encouragement Project

Eric Ward [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Continuing with our mnemonic, Friday is for Family! Now you’re already praying for your immediate family daily (and maybe even hourly if …

The First Thanksgiving, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris Thanksgiving is not a holiday for football and food, it’s a daily opportunity for the Christian to praise the LORD! As part of …

This week we’re looking at practical tips to pray. Using our mnemonic, Sunday is praying for Salvation. Monday is praying for Missionaries. Tuesday is praying for Tasks. Wednesday is praying for Workers.  And we beseech you, brethren, to …

Fabián Alexis [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons This week we’re looking at practical tips to pray. Using our mnemonic, Sunday is praying for Salvation. Monday is praying for Missionaries. Tuesday is praying for Tasks that we …

Hudson Taylor, Missionary to ChinaLearn more about Hudson Taylor. This week we’re looking at practical tips to pray. We talked yesterday about on Sunday praying for Salvation. Today is Monday, so …

We’ll pause learning from the shortest prayers of the Bible to go thru some practical ideas to pray better. If you have a system that works for you, great! But …

And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Matthew 8:2 Niels Larsen Stevns: Helbredelsen af den spedalske,Healing of the …

1And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. …

And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. Luke 17:13 The ten lepers made a short prayer to Jesus, and He answered. The lepers …

As we’re starting the year, we’re looking at the short prayers of the Bible. For many of us we remember God right before a meal and right before bed. But …

Pray without ceasing 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Growing in prayer isn’t about just praying longer, but more frequent. Today we’ll look at the shortest prayer in the Bible. But when he …

Editor’s Note – Spurgeon gives a passionate plea to his church to continue in prayer, noting the blessings in prayer they have received! What a great encouragement to us to …

Charles Spurgeon “Pray without ceasing,” for you want a blessing on all the work you are doing. Is it common work? “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that …

Charles Spurgeon WHY SHOULD WE OBEY THIS PRECEPT? Of course we should obey it because it is of divine authority; but, moreover, we should attend to it because the Lord always …

Charles Spurgeon Beloved brother, say unto thy soul, thus-“here have I come to the throne of grace to worship God and seek his blessing, and I am not going away …

Charles Spurgeon We must, dear friends, in order to pray without ceasing, strive against indolence in prayer. I believe that no man loves prayer until the Holy Spirit has taught him the …

Charles Spurgeon Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That also is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time. You remember Luther’s remark, “I have …

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 Regardless of what day …

O come, O come, Emmanuel,And ransom captive Israel,That mourns in lonely exile here,Until the Son of God appear.Rejoice! Rejoice! EmmanuelShall come to thee, O Israel. On this, the day before …

Charles Spurgeon Let us next avoid all unnecessary interruptions of every sort to our prayer. If we know that any matter, from which we can escape, has a tendency to disturb the …