World events in recent days and weeks require a sober-minded response on the part of Christians and especially Christian leaders. There are many thoughts and responses by Christian leaders to the Japan earthquake, just as there were many responses to the earthquake in Haiti and New Zealand. In recent months and years many people have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘prayer’
An Urgent Call to Kneel in Order to Stand
Posted in General Discipleship, Prophetic Prayer, tagged House of Prayer, Matthew 24, prayer, Prayer for Japan, signs of the times on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fixed on Beauty
Posted in Devotional Prayer, General Discipleship, Spiritual Disciplines, tagged prayer, spiritual renewal on January 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last week while I was at the House of Prayer Edmonton prayer room there was a specific phrase that I sensed the Holy Spirit highlighting to me. It was a spontaneous worship chorus that was being sung at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City (via webstream) I don’t want to be entertained by [...]
Priority 1: The Knowledge of God
Posted in Devotional Prayer, General Discipleship, tagged Christian prayer, John 17, John Piper, knowledge of God, prayer, prayer devotions on January 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
When it comes to the area of our spiritual lives and specifically the area of prayer (or our ‘devotional life’) there is no shortage of reading plans, devotional aids and other things to assist us in our new goals and aspirations. As we begin 2001 what is stirring in me is not so much an approach as much as a topic. That topic is the knowledge of what God is like.
I believe that the area of growing in the our understanding of who God is and what God is like must be at the top of our priority list for 2011 (and every year for that matter!). Here’s a look at why I believe this:
Praying for the Revelation of God’s Glory
Posted in Devotional Prayer, Intercessory Prayer, Prophetic Prayer, Uncategorized, tagged Ezekiel 1, glory of God, IHOP, International House of Prayer, prayer, Stuart Greaves on August 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“We can’t just confront society with issues of righteousness we MUST present them with the glorious person of Christ and His saving grace…” – Stuart Greaves I saw this on Twitter from Stuart Greaves, who is an intercessory missionary at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City and I instantly knew that I had [...]
A Starved and Bored Generation
Posted in Intercessory Prayer, tagged America's Got Talent, Jesus Christ, prayer, the purpose of life, Westminster Catechism on July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The other night I was watching the TV show ‘America’s Got Talent’. It’s a spin off based on the wildly successful shows ‘American Idol’ and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and is a reality show where contestants show off their particular talent and the winner gets a contract for a live show in Las Vegas. Last night’s [...]
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