Blessing the White House

President John Adams, before he joined his wife Abigail at their new official residence in Washington, D.C., sent her a prayer, which more than a hundred ...

Part of God's Plan

I have a sign in the mirror of my room I see it every morning in my groggy condition, when I first wake up: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT GOING TODAY, GOD? I'D ...

Counting His Sheep

I recently wrote to a close friend explaining that I had problems sleeping at night. When her next letter arrived, I learned that she has this problem ...

Misguided Requests

Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.

Prayer Is the Real Work

It would seem almost self-evident that the organization attempting to be sensitive to its role as part of the kingdom of God should discover times when ...

Luther: "How I Pray"

Dear Master Peter [Beskendorf, Luther's barber and lifelong friend]: I will tell you as best I can what l do personally when I pray. May our dear ...

"Help Me Help You"

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help him. I ended up asking him to do his work through me.

Distractions from Prayer

Any house wife knows that the best way to remember the things she meant to do and forgot is to start praying. They will come to her and divert her from ...

Find Out about Prayer

Doctoral student at Princeton, 1952: "What is there left in the world for original dissertation research?"

Visiting lecturer Albert Einstein: ...

Pray and Post Guard

After their long and weary exile in Babylon the people of Israel were set free to return to their own land. Spurred on by Nehemiah, they began to rebuild ...