So, why pray? What’s the point, you may ask?
Let’s look at six reasons for prayer in James 5:13-18.
Prayer Reason #1:
James 5:13
“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is ...
A signal fire is meant to be seen.
It’s a beacon made from fire or smoke, usually on the top of a hill or on a raised tower, so that it can be viewed from a distance.
There’s something special ...
Own up!
How many times have we said it? Accept responsibility. Say it like you mean it. Honesty is the best policy.
Shouldn’t that work with God, also? Or are our prayers designed to be heard by ...
Wartime bunkers are made to last.
They are defensive fortifications built with one purpose in mind: to protect people or valued materials from attack.
How do we enter our bunker in our spiritual ...
It’s easy to blame our country’s leaders for the troubles in our land.
Our governors are the same. And then there’s our county commissioners and our city mayors. Even our boss, when she’s ...
A battery must be charged up to be of any use.
Solar power only works when the sun is shining on the collectors.
A car without gas is a useless lump of metal, plastic, and rubber.
A Christian will ...
Quiet space.
Room to reevaluate, to gather our senses, to figure out once more who we are. Sometimes that’s enough for us to get our heads back on our shoulders and for us to see things as they ...
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Play a catchy tune, and we’ll find we’re singing it all day long. It gets in our head, and we can’t seem to think three thoughts ...
Silence.
At times, it seems the heavens reflect our prayers back at us. We implore God for revelation, and all we get is silence.
Daniel was a prophet. Specifically, he was given divinely inspired ...
We’ve seen the telephone book trick. The thin pages are easy to tear one at a time. Stack a thousand and it’s near impossible to separate one side from the other.
Toothpicks are the same. One ...
Life is a mystery to most of us.
Maybe not for everyone. Some people seem to have it figured out, or it appears that way from the outside. The rest of us need help to get by from day to day.
God, ...
Being thirsty is like having a special glass and not putting anything in it.
No matter how thirsty we are, what’s in our glass will never satisfy our needs. We must put something in it to get ...
Let’s say our choice of the greatest men of history could step into our living rooms today: Einstein, who gave us the Theory of Relativity; Da Vinci, who dreamed of helicopters, solar power, and a ...
So, why pray? What’s the point, you may ask?
Let’s look at six reasons for prayer in James 5:13-18.
Prayer Reason #1:
James 5:13
“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is ...
A signal fire is meant to be seen.
It’s a beacon made from fire or smoke, usually on the top of a hill or on a raised tower, so that it can be viewed from a distance.
There’s something special ...
Own up!
How many times have we said it? Accept responsibility. Say it like you mean it. Honesty is the best policy.
Shouldn’t that work with God, also? Or are our prayers designed to be heard by ...
Wartime bunkers are made to last.
They are defensive fortifications built with one purpose in mind: to protect people or valued materials from attack.
How do we enter our bunker in our spiritual ...
It’s easy to blame our country’s leaders for the troubles in our land.
Our governors are the same. And then there’s our county commissioners and our city mayors. Even our boss, when she’s ...
A battery must be charged up to be of any use.
Solar power only works when the sun is shining on the collectors.
A car without gas is a useless lump of metal, plastic, and rubber.
A Christian will ...
Quiet space.
Room to reevaluate, to gather our senses, to figure out once more who we are. Sometimes that’s enough for us to get our heads back on our shoulders and for us to see things as they ...
