prayer

Prayer and the Valley of Vision

May 17, 2011
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Over at the Gospel Coalition Voices blog I share how you can use the Valley of Vision collection of Puritan prayers as a tool to lead you in praying throughout the day. If you are familiar with the book, but not my prayer schedule to use with it you might be interested in the post. [...]

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Need of Jesus

May 2, 2011
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I love promoting the collection of Puritan prayers, The Valley of Vision, as a resource for people who desire to grow in their practice and understanding of prayer. But, it’s also a great tool for use in worship gatherings. We use many of the prayers from the Valley of Vision in a few different ways [...]

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Power in the Blood

April 23, 2011
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We use the Valley of Vision prayer book frequently in our worship gatherings at Redeemer Fellowship, especially for responsive readings. During last night’s Good Friday service Carson Cheatham used “Calvary’s Anthem.” Here’s an excerpt from that prayer. For there is power in the blood of Calvary to destroy sins more than can be counted even [...]

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Hedges on Obstacles to Prayer

January 4, 2011
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We are four days into the new year, and by now some of your are starting to feel resistance to your new commitments , disciplines, routines, and resolutions. For those who are seeking to pray more (more fervently, more consistently, more dependently on Jesus) you will do well to be aware of the hinderances to [...]

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Praying Throughout The Day: Praying with Others

December 22, 2010
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As we continue to work through practical ways to maintain a posture of prayer throughout the day I want to talk about the need to be praying with one another. It more then unfortunate– it is spiritually deadly– that Christians seem to so seldomly pray together outside of corporate worship (if it even happens there). [...]

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Praying Throughout The Day: Praying Spontaneously

December 16, 2010
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Developing the habit of praying throughout the day can begin well, and be encouraged by scheduling appointments with God, but to maintain an attitude and spiritual posture of prayer throughout the day also requires that we pray spontaneously as the opportunities arise. I think many of us are uncomfortable with spontaneous prayer because it is [...]

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Praying Throughout The Day: Schedule Appointments with God

December 15, 2010
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Yesterday I began a short series of posts that encourage the practice of praying throughout the day. I find that many of us can start well, but that the pace and busyness of life can drown out the voice of God that was ringing in our ears earlier in the morning when we read his word. [...]

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