Augustine's Mother's Prayer Answered

In his book Legacy of Sovereign Joy, John Piper writes:

At the age of 16 in the year 371, Augustine sneaked away from his mother in Carthage. During the ...

Don't Limit God

Beware in your prayer, above everything, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what he can do.

The Bank of Heaven

The bank of heaven is a sure bank. I have drawn thousands of bills upon it, and never had one sent back protested.

Prayer: A Valuable Interference

Rather than let the world interrupt our time in prayer, how about interrupting the world with prayer?

The Power of Daily Prayer

In Point Man, Steve Farrar tells the story of George McCluskey. When McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, ...

Why Don't We Pray More?

Every time we pray, our horizon is altered, our attitude to things is altered, not sometimes but every time, and the amazing thing is that we don't ...

Prayer's Alchemy

Prayer makes common things holy and secular things sacred. It receives things from God with thanksgiving and hallows them with thankful hearts and devoted ...

The Prayer Train

Our prayers lay the track down on which God's power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without ...

The Sin Behind Sin

Not to want to pray is the sin behind sin.

A True High-Pressure Situation

Going to bat in the ninth is nothing compared to praying in an intensive care unit.