The parable of the friend at midnight is a parable clearly about prayer. Some may argue that this is a parable about persistence of prayer or that prayer must be done in a certain way at a certain time. These theories, however, have legitimacy issues when we look at other biblical text and implication of…
Category: Prayer
Weekly Message- Jonah Ch. 2
Chapter 2 is a prayer by Jonah to God from inside the fish. 2:1-3 Jonah praises God for delivering him from the sea and providing the fish which saved him. He recognizes that God heard his prayer and his cry for help and God answered by providing the fish to save him. Jonah also realizes…
New Year’s Resolution: Pray Big
As 2019 comes to a close and 2020 begins, it is a great opportunity to reflect and think about the past year. The past year may have been the best year of your life, or it may have been the worst. Wherever you are in life, you can make this year the best year of…
God’s Big Plan: Nehemiah
As we conclude our study on characters and events that impacted the plan leading to Jesus, let’s reflect on the things we have discussed. We talked about Jacob and Esau and the two events that changed history forever. We discussed Ruth and God’s hand in her life and the trust and faith she had. We…
Prayer
Prayer is a very powerful thing. As we talked about in the article Spiritual Blessings, we mentioned prayer and how it truly is a gift from God. We focused on a few points about prayer, but we’re going to dig deeper into this particular subject today. We are going to learn exactly what prayer is,…