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Seven Ideas to Strengthen Your Prayer Life

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

  1.  Include prayer for all people.  If we make it a point to regularly pray for everyone that God has called us to pray for, this exercise will help us to build the habit of prayer.  Moreover, if we … Continue reading →

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Six Reasons Why Prayerlessness is Sin

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

An excerpt from Prayer A to Z.   People come up with all kinds of excuses why they don’t pray more.  I think the most common excuse is, “I am so busy, I just don’t have enough time to pray.”  Well, the … Continue reading →

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Prayer Trails

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

 Here are some photographs from a favorite blog I follow: Notes From Near and Far, by Julian Hoffman.  I have put these photos in this prayer blog because they capture so well many things having to do with prayer—at least … Continue reading →

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Take Your Hat Off! – from Joshua 5:14-15

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

  Joshua 5:14-15 And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?” 15 Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal … Continue reading →

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5 Forms of Prayer

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

The heart of prayer, I think, is soul to soul communication with God.  This I believe is the very basis of prayer.  Then, from this kind of prayer flows other forms or outlets of prayer, mainly petition. I also see, … Continue reading →

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5 Things That Bring Hope – from Romans 15:13

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

  Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Faith is most important in order to gain hope; … Continue reading →

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Three Ways to Acquire Prayer Power

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

1.  Acquire prayer power by learning how to abide in Christ.  Spurgeon writes, “It is by abiding in union with Christ that we receive the purity, the joy, the power, and the blessings that are stored up in Christ for … Continue reading →

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Prayer Power Over Evil and Over the Evil One – from Matthew 6:13

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

The Bible tells us that the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.  But we are instructed to stand firm in our faith and to resist him (1 Pet. 5:8-9).  One of the ways … Continue reading →

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Prayer Power To Do God’s Work– from Matthew 6:10

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

In order to pray with a true heart, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,” we must have God’s power. When we think of God’s will it is crucial to consider that there … Continue reading →

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The Hardest Part of Prayer Is To Start

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

Perhaps the most important part of prayer, and maybe the hardest part, is to start praying.  Starting is hard because we have an enemy that is always working to keep us from it; and we also have our fleshly nature … Continue reading →

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