Category Archives: Prayer A to Z Excerpts

How Abiding In the Word Brings Desire in Prayer – 5 Steps

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

If you are having some difficulty knowing how to abide in the Word, or knowing how abiding works to bring about desire, here are five steps to follow that I think will be helpful. Contemplate. Before I pray I … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Deepen Your Desire in Prayer

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

Desire is the beginning and the basis of prayer. We cannot pray at all without desire. Now if you want to really deepen your prayer life, you must deepen your desire in prayer. Here are five ways to do … Continue reading →

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How Desire Helps Prayer Gain the Answers

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

M. Bounds has said, “It is the ardor created by desire that burns its way to the throne of mercy and gains its plea.” Again, Bounds said of desire, “This holy and fervid flame in the soul awakens the … Continue reading →

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How Desire Helps Us Pray

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

When we desire and seek God, He brings us into a love relationship with Him—a relationship of a son or daughter to a father. As our Father He desires to give us all the things we need. As a son … Continue reading →

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Desiring God: Following Hard after God

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

Our desire for God is the fruit of a renewed heart; it is a dynamic of the Spirit. I like what Tozer has said: You and I are in little (our sins excepted) what God is in large. Being … Continue reading →

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We Desire God because God Desires Us

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

According to Tozer, “… Before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man.” God’s work of enlightenment within us, therefore, is the secret cause of all our desiring and seeking and praying. Tozer says, “We … Continue reading →

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The Biblical Meaning of Desire – Six Categories

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

Here is a biblical study of the term desire. I thought it would be beneficial, in my study of prayer, to get a thorough understanding of this term desire, since prayer has so much to do with it. The … Continue reading →

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10 Forms of Prayer

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

The forms of prayer are simply the various expressions of our personal life toward God that agree with the various moods or attitudes we have or choose to have. Thus the many forms of prayer are quite endless, for … Continue reading →

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9 Descriptions of Prayer by Various Authors – Part 3

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

Prayer is very basic, yet very deep. It is quite simple, yet at the same time, very complex. In my reading I have found nine descriptions of prayer by various authors. In my last two blog articles we found … Continue reading →

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9 Descriptions of Prayer by Various Authors – Part 2

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

We have been talking about the various descriptions of prayer by various authors. In my last article I wrote about Prayer as asking and receiving, Prayer as approaching God’s throne, and Prayer as our service due Him. Here are … Continue reading →