Intercessory Prayer for a Fearful Friend

Arlyn Lawrence writes in "The Other Great Commission?":

Carrie was a casual acquaintance from church—an outgoing person with a quick smile ...

Family Planning Suicide Saved Through Prayer

Kumar, a Christian in South India, was grieved because none of the 13 people he had invited came to watch a Billy Graham evangelistic broadcast at his ...

"Rudy": Man Is Not God

Rudy is the true story of a young overachiever (played by Sean Astin) and his tenacious pursuit of his dream to attend the University of Notre Dame and ...

The Difference Between Courage and Fear

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

—General George Patton, as heard from Chaplain George Metcalf

Holy Spirit's Leading Heals Woman

My husband and I participate in the prayer ministry at our church. During these prayer times, which follow the Sunday service each week, people come forward ...

A Prayer for the Persecutors

We pray and we entreat God, whom those men [persecutors] do not cease to provoke and exasperate, that they may soften their hearts, that they may return ...

"American Idol" Finalists Share Faith

When answering questions for their Internet profiles, contestants on the TV show American Idol were not shy when it comes to their faith. When asked what ...

Champion Bull Rider Gets Courage from Christ

A two-time world champion, Adriano Moraes is known as one of the best bull riders in the world. Fans know him for his flawless technique and natural riding ...

Prayer for Healing Answered

It was a phone call one never wants to get. A friend called from Ohio to say that our mutual friend, Debbie, was dying of leukemia and was at a cancer ...

Angel Describes Different Prayers

At the beginning of his novel based on the apocryphal book of Tobit, Frederick Buechner captures this wonderful insight on prayer through one of his characters, ...