Prayer is more than useful, it is home. In this Psalm, mediating on our troubled world drives us to seek wisdom from God. Wisdom, in turn, drives us to seek … Read more
Tag: Prayer
Psalm 73. Prayer is understanding
Prayer and worship is a place where we understand God’s work in the world and experience his hold on us – even when our hold on God is frail. Psalm … Read more
Psalm 27. Prayer is worship
We have an ancient resource which can sustain us through lockdown, health struggles and fear. It is not therapy, thinking or the latest mindfulness apps but worship done well. David, … Read more
James 5:13-20. Prayers for healing
James concludes his letter with encouragement to prayer. Some turn in his words into accusations that if we are not healed by prayer it is because we have unconfessed wrong … Read more
2 Corinthians 11. The answer to Paul’s prayer
Paul’s prayer for his own healing in 2 Corinthians 11 was given an unexpected, even an unwanted answer but it is a answer that takes us into the heart of … Read more
Philippians 4.1-9. Anxiety
Research shows that the human mind is more attuned to take notice of bad news than good news and our culture uses this tuning to motivate us, discipline us and … Read more
John 17. The answer to Jesus’ prayer
In this short series on prayer, we consider how some Biblical personalities experienced answered prayer. In this talk, we look at Jesus’ prayer for the future of the church in … Read more