Ten Prayers for the New Year
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“2021 was a year filled with trials and troubles for many. Let’s start this next one on our knees.” - CToday
Pray It Till You Feel It
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“We don’t always pray from proper feelings. However, when we pray the Scriptures, we pray ignited prayers—even if they begin with indifferent hearts.” - TGC
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Wide Mercy, Wide Prayers: For the Salvation of All People (1 Tim 2:1–7)
One of the primary ways the church advances the kingdom of God is through corporate prayer. And when God’s people gather at the throne of grace, they shouldn’t limit their prayers to the elect. They should pray for all people. Why? Because there’s a wideness in God’s mercy. While his special grace secures the repentance of some, his common grace solicits the repentance of many.1 Thus, there’s a real sense in which our heavenly Father desires, provides for, and pursues the salvation of all people.
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Prayer apps are flooding the market, but how well do they work?
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“A scholar of Christian spirituality argues that prayers are meant to bring together a faith community – something apps aren’t likely to achieve.” - RNS
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Turning Back to Say “Thanks”
By Karin Brown
One Leper’s Return
One day as Jesus was heading to Jerusalem, He was met at the edge of a village by ten lepers who were keeping their distance, as the Law of Moses required. Knowing Jesus’ reputation as a healer, they cried out to him to have compassion on their suffering.
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Post Without Ceasing? How Social Media Reshapes Our Prayer Lives
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“Interceding on Instagram may seem like a uniquely 21st-century phenomenon, but Christians in the first century were already praying at a distance.” - C.Today
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When God says stop praying
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“…so instead of praying, they needed to act. This is why we read, ‘Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward” ’ (Ex. 14:15).” - Robin Schumacher
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Our Theology of Prayer Matters More than Our Feelings
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“I relished reading about prayer, talking about prayer, trying different kinds of prayer, and encouraging others in their lives of prayer. And most of all, I loved the sweet intimacy of prayer itself …. And then one day, without warning, reason, or explanation, that sense of sweet intimacy was gone.
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Some praise, some doubts as Facebook rolls out a prayer tool
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“Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers.” - RNS
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Five Psalms to Pray When the Wicked Prosper
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“Prayer doesn’t usually change our situation immediately, but it changes us. We grow in trust of our sovereign God, and take refuge that ‘the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment’ (2 Peter 2:9).” - K. Halloran
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