Lord's Prayer

Evangelism in Future Ministry The future of my ministry revolves around pastoring a local congregation. With that said, evangelism and multiplication must and will be an integral part of my ministry. I, first of all, must model effective evangelism. Secondly, I must create an evangelistic culture within the church so that every disciple of Christ is engaged in evangelistic efforts. My first efforts will be to continue growth in my own personal life. The principles that were taught in this…

the proclaiming of the Gospel. It has been faithfully sought after in prayer by the Christian Church through the ages to the present. “Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; and the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he shall be forgiven.” (James 5:13-14) Prayers for spiritual, emotional, and physical healing had always been…

Pastor faith opened with prophecy for the prayer night portion of the evening. She lead the end of the 2nd day of the retreat with a deep hour of prayer. "The great need we have for you lord, the great need is there. Please come down and enter our hearts Father. We want to love you back. We know you love us and we want to give our everything to you…

rules. We sin everyday. I believe that being a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ requires a willingness to listen to listen to the four realities with loving hearts and open minds. 2. What do you think Chittister is trying to get at when she writes: "Prayer in Benedictine spirituality is not an interruption of our busy lives nor is it a higher act"? a. She makes this stamen because she wants us to realize that pray is a filter…

Prayers and Answers My sisters and I had just finished unloading the garbage out of the back of the pickup and it was time to drive back to the house to fill it up again. I had backed up just a little too far this time and the pickup was sitting on a steep slope. At eleven years old, I was not strong enough to hold the brake and push in the clutch to start the engine. As I struggled to hold them both and turn the key, the pickup rolled backward and up over the top of some straw bales we had…

A Call to Prayer What are some reasons we pray? Today we are going to discuss our call to pray. Praying is something that we all need to do more of. How we spend our time is an indicator of what we see as valuable. If we put private time into prayer, we are saying to God that we think our relationship with God is important. As a church we need to be people who pray privately, but we also need to pray together. Matthew 18:20 says, “Where two or more are gathered in my name, I am with them. There…

Joy Unspeakable, Walter Brueggemann notes, lament is the language of prayer in the mouth of people who believes that God will answer, hear, and respond. Prayer has a power if we pray and believe it, we can receive any good thing through Christ. We see in the Biblical story that Isaac prayed to God for his wife, because she was barren; and the lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. We also witness the power of prayer in the Bible, when Elijah prayed for no rain, and it did not…

Introduction Today I would like to draw your attention to 2 Scriptures in the Bible, the first one is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, which simply says: Pray without ceasing. And the second one is 1 Peter 5:7 which says: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. I asked you to draw your attention on these two verses because I would like for you to remember them, not just while we talk here today butI would hope that these two scriptures stay in our minds and hearts every day. Now I know I…

that involve “Prayer in School.” The ones that I will be discussing is the Engel v. Vitale which ended in 1962 and Murry v. Curlett which ended in 1963. I believe prayer in school should be allowed. The First Amendment states that we are allowed to have freedom of religion. So why is prayer in school not allowed? Why should children not be allowed to do what they feel is right? My parents raised me to fight for what I believe in and this topic is something I will fight for. Prayer isn’t…

Prayer Early Christians were already in the habit of prayer. They were Jewish and already knew God. Jesus made Him even more personal though. With Him came Grace and atonement for our sins. The earliest reference to prayer in Christian Liturgy came in the Didache written in 120 AD which said that Christians were praying three times a day; morning, noon and night. They were praying as Jesus had taught, the Lord’s Prayer. And by the fourth century the Church prayed communally more than…