Category Archives: Prayer A to Z Excerpts

Five Wrong Reasons to Fast

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

In a previous blog post I gave twelve good reasons to fast, and I invite you to look at that post. In this post I want to bring to you the wrong reasons to fast, just to make sure … Continue reading →

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Fasting: Three Categories of Fasts

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

When you pray, sometimes it is beneficial to fast. There are all kinds or types of fasts. Here are three categories of fasts. Fasts That Depict the Degree of the Fast Normal fast. This is a fast from … Continue reading →

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3 Reasons Why Most Christians Don’t Fast

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

I would say that most Christians these days don’t fast. Here are three reasons why: We have reacted against extremism. Those whom we have read about in the Bible who have fasted, most of those in the early church … Continue reading →

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Our Prayers Will Fail If We Don’t Pray According to the Bible

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

Here are the last seven reason why our prayers fail, beginning with our neglect of the Word of God. Teachings on Prayer – We don’t let the Bible teach us how to pray. Everything in the Bible was written … Continue reading →

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We Fail In Prayer When We Are Not Exposed To Real Needs

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

Here are six ways we may fail in prayer. The first failure listed is that we don’t let ourselves be exposed to many of the real needs around us. Needs – We don’t see the real needs. One of … Continue reading →

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We Fail in Prayer When We Don’t Pray God’s Way

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

Failure is a tough word. We may not like the idea that we can fail in prayer. But when we don’t pray God’s way and when we don’t allow the Holy Spirit to help us pray, that guarantees that we … Continue reading →

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Failure in Prayer – Part 1

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

Failure in prayer I think is mainly due to our failure in getting to prayer—because of our laziness and lack of discipline. But there can also be a failure in prayer even when we are disciplined to pray—because … Continue reading →

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3 prayer requests for an effective witness

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

There is no need for any Christian to worry about whether his witness will be effective. Pray these three things and trust the Lord to do His work. For the Holy Spirit to continue His work long after … Continue reading →

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Pray for the Holy Spirit to Open Eyes to See Four Things

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

For those we are witnessing to, we should pray that the Holy Spirit would open their spiritual eyes to see these four things: 1 That they would see that they are lost. By lost I mean those who … Continue reading →

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Two Things to Pray For Those We Intend To Witness To

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Stephen Nielsen

Notice that these requests pertain to their liberty: that they would be free from the bonds of Satan—to hear and receive the gospel. First request: that the Holy Spirit would prepare the soil of their heart for the seed … Continue reading →

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