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Dec 29, 1993 · PRAYER. The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.
- How God Listens
- Why Pray with Confidence
- How God Answers Prayer
- How Not to Pray
- Prayer and Coincidence
- Prayer and Action
- The Power of Prayer
- Consistency in Prayer
- Daily Prayer
From 300 Illustrations for Preachers In 2009 news surfaced that Mark Ciavarella, a judge in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, had sentenced around 3,000 children to months of detention after they had committed minor infractions. This corrupt judge was later sentenced to 28 years in prison for accepting $2.2 million as a “finder’s fee” for the construct...
From 300 Sermon Illustrations from Charles Spurgeon Supposing you should say to me, you who keep a warehouse in the city, “Call at my office, using my name, and say that they are to give you such a thing.” I would go in and use your name, and I would obtain my request as a matter of right and a matter of necessity. This is virtually what Jesus Chri...
From 300 Sermon Illustrations from Charles Spurgeon God does not give up his prerogative as King when he tells us to pray, and promises us to answer. He still holds everything in his own hands. You say to your child, “My dear, I will give you anything that is for your good.” He asks you to let him have his father’s razors to play with. You know tha...
From 300 Illustrations for Preachers In 1972 Joan Baez was a singer and activist who was always working on a cause. During the Vietnam War, she traveled to Hanoi with a peace delegation and was there during an American bombing campaign that lasted 12 days. “We spent the whole time in the basement of our hotel. I have never been so afraid in my life...
From10,000 Sermon Illustrations The leaders of the Clapham Sect of British social reformers such as William Wilberforce, daily gave themselves to three hours of prayer and organized Christians throughout the country to unite in special prayer before critical debates in Parliament. William Temple replied to his critics who regarded answered prayer a...
From Encyclopedia of Sermon Illustrations Dwight L. Moody on a trip across the Atlantic helped the crew and other volunteers put out a fire in the hold of the ship. A friend said to Moody as they stood in the bucket line, “Let’s go up to the other end of the ship and pray.” Moody, the common-sense evangelist, said, “No, sir, we will stand right her...
From 10,000 Sermon Illustrations Some years ago, a young girl was very sick and not expected to recover. Because of her love for Jesus, she was troubled that she had not been able to do more for Him in her short life. Her pastor suggested that she make a list of people in their little town who needed Christ and pray that they might put their faith ...
From 10,000 Sermon Illustrations In one region of Africa, the first converts to Christianity were very diligent about praying. In fact, the believers each had their own special place outside the village where they went to pray in solitude. The villagers reached these “prayer rooms” by using their own private footpaths through the brush. When grass ...
From 10,000 Sermon Illustrations Once there was a rich man who had a son to whom he promised an annual allowance. Every year on the same day, he would give his son the entire amount. After a while, it happened that the only time the father saw his son was on the day of allowance. So the father changed his plan and only gave the son enough for the d...
What Churches Need. “What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use—men of prayer, men mighty in prayer.”—E.M. Bounds.
- Praying For Our Foes. The most effective teams are those that learn to work together always, whether in seasons of great success or failure. We don’t always agree with our teammates, but that doesn’t mean we can’t come together for the team and accomplish our goal.
- Shredding Confessions. Sometimes confession is hard to say aloud. Writing things out with pencil and paper seems a little less scary. Although confessing with our mouths one to another is the ideal form of confessing, a written confession is a good place to start.
- Trusting God’s Presence. Scotty Smith reflects on the beauty of trusting God’s presence and our transformation in a prayer. He speaks of how we need to learn to rest in the way God transforms us.
- Tactical Pause. Pausing to lift our concerns to God is a valuable habit to form when approaching a conflict. In Resolving Everyday Conflict, Ken Sande and Kevin Johnson write, “One of the most valuable things you can do in conflict is to simply stop—just as you are about to say something to put conflict over the edge,… Read more: Tactical Pause.
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The Bible promises God’s special presence when groups meet for prayer, and it records some pretty spectacular answers to prayer. Have a look at the story of Peter’s miraculous escape from prison as an example of the power of group prayer (Acts 12:5-17).
