Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. Prayer is an expression of faith in God’s power, fueled by a desire for more of him.
Before we try to learn how to pray about our trouble, we need to ask about the actual trouble here in Psalm 86. Why is David crying out to God like this? We don’t know a lot, and it takes a while before we really learn any details about his situation, but we do find out what’s going on near the end of the psalm. Look at verse 14: O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ...
I pray outward in circles, beginning with my own soul, then for my wife, then for our families, then for our small group and our church, then for our nation, and lastly for the nations, especially the unreached in the world.
If we want to learn how to pray in the Spirit, we must be honest about our tendency to try to pray on our own.
If you want your prayer life to be rich and deep, satisfying and strong, try praying the way Jesus himself would pray to God.
Our God isn’t just a speaking God — he’s a listening God. Whether we come to him in secret or side by side, God delights to hear his people pray.
Learn to pray again as John Piper rehearses some of the most profound and familiar words ever spoken in this four-minute feature video.
Praying the Bible keeps us from focusing on our immediate private concerns to the exclusion of God’s larger purposes.