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4 Principles for Effective Prayer

Nearly everyone prays – you pray. But do you pray effective prayer? Does your prayer make a difference? Does your prayer get answered? My prayer life has evolved over the years. Asking God for personal help was the start of my prayer life. When I began to explore scripture, I discovered many principles for effective…
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January 2, 2020 0

Powerful Prayer – Final Words

Jesus continually referred to powerful prayer throughout his final words with his disciples. This was clearly important to him. He really wanted us to understand how prayer worked. We will look at his words about prayer along with the other comments he made in these critical hours of teaching. Last Words The last words you…
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June 21, 2019 0

What You Should Ask For When You Pray

Jesus said: “Ask anything in my name and you will receive it.” Anything? Wow! What did he really mean? At first, it’s obvious isn’t it? Anything! But we must remember all he said here: anything in my name. What does that mean? And what can I really pray for? After we discover what ‘in his…
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June 4, 2019 2

Five Powerful Lessons About Prayer from Jesus!

Jesus taught us much about prayer by word and by example. There are at least five lessons here about our prayer lives. See if you can find more! Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking…
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February 16, 2019 0