Sentences with phrase «many prayer requests»

«We made a list of prayer requests contributed by each person, and in this way I was introduced to the simplicity and the mystery, and, dare I say it, the effectiveness of this faltering step of faith,» he explained.

I thought that if I prayed harder and believed more, God would move my prayer request to the top of His list.

This is similar to getting prayer requests for some unknown kid in Brazil who is suffering from disease.

I know that you recognize, that a family is more than just a mother and father, sister and brother, husband and wife, but all who believe and trust in you Father, I send up a prayer request for financial blessing for not only the person who sent this to me, but for me and all that I have forwarded this message on to.

He lists several things to say to God, and several types of prayer requests.

Typically I see ministers silence those in need of help by ignoring their issues or minimizing their stories with Bible verses and prayer requests.

In the letter, he came out as gay and encouraged fellow gay Christian students - some of whom had anonymously expressed suicidal plans in a pile of the prayer requests - to contact him if they needed help.

Wheaton, Illinois (CNN)-- Combing through prayer requests in a Wheaton College chapel in 2010, then - junior Benjamin Matthews decided to do something «absurdly unsafe.»

He then took prayer requests for about 20 minutes, which surprised me some, since men are notorious for not asking for prayer when they need it.

I enjoyed every aspect of the Bible Study, from the jokes, to the prayer requests, to the lesson.

Quite often, instead of a tip, people who wore Christian t - shirts and asked their servers for «prayer requests» would then leave a gospel tract or one of those fake «$ 1,000,000» bills with the gospel on the back instead of any sort of tip.

So he loves you enough to intervene - on prayer request - after numerous people have died.

Maybe God did immediately answer our prayer request, but Satan temporarily stopped us from receiving God's answer (cf. Daniel 10:12 - 13).

Let us now take a closer look at the Lord's Prayer and see why it contains several dangerous prayer requests.

I volunteer at a women's shelter and every year on Valentine's Day I take helium balloons and some sharpie markers and we write a prayer request on our balloons and take them out side, have a prayer time and then on the count of three....

Share prayer requests with one another and keep track of how God answers those prayers.

In my national sample of 246 AG pastors, 66 percent prayed in tongues daily (only 3 percent did so less than weekly); 93 percent said they had been used by God to prophesy to their congregations; 79 percent frequently received answers to specific prayer requests; and 54 reported regularly experiencing God's direction to perform specific acts.

That's a seemingly impossible prayer request.

Most AG members have personally experienced these gifts: 65 percent claim to pray in tongues; 61 percent have personally experienced divine healing as a result of prayer; 55 percent regularly receive definite answers to specific prayer requests; 32 percent say they are regularly «led by God» to perform specific acts; and nearly 30 percent believe they have been used by God to prophesy.

And if you take the Christian life one day at a time, one step at a time, and go from one answered prayer request to another, from one time of Sunday fellowship to another, from one blessing of God to another, one good Christian friend to another, one prayer partner to another.

I think most of us are familiar with the concept of praying for other people, and so I will not belabor the point, other than to say that the primary prayer requests of Jesus for others is that they would remain faithful to God, and in unity with one another.

So really, this first prayer request is not exactly about Jesus, but about glorifying God the Father.

The church will also place a Lenten petition box - a box where Catholics submit their prayer requests - on the drive up to the church.

As such, Jesus does not appear to have the need to fit everything in, follow a prayer outline, use any special language, remember any prayer requests, or even begin and end the prayer with a flowery introduction and conclusion.

Much can be said about the content of Jesus» prayer, especially that the primary prayer request of Jesus for all who would believe in Him is that we would be unified (John 17:21).

We sing every week with the homeless, and occasionally have a word spoken to them / a testimony from a previously homeless person, and every week we ask for prayer requests and pray with those individuals who have the faith to ask.

WE don't know when it is time for us to go... that is why there are prayer requests for people like foley... God DID answer their prayers... it was «no, it is time for foley to come home» Its sad when people limit themselves to only a few options about other people

We tell lies about others because «God wants us to share prayer requests.»

Aggie it sounds like you have your prayer request made out and I will pray for you right now.

People offered their prayer requests from the pews, and the ministers would report back to the congregation the gist of what had been said, using the pulpit microphone.

Prayer requests were turning into small testimonies.

We could have encouraged people to come forward to the lectern so they could be heard, but there were too many prayer requests each week to make this feasible.

When we look at the verses more carefully, we see that he has one main prayer request with three specific items.

The other 15 % who's prayer requests and praise reports did not match up, was blessed with more than they prayed for.

I got to the point where I didn't think I could listen to one more sermon, one more «praise report,» one more prayer request (that I knew would never be answered), one more «message from the Lord» in the form of speaking in tongues and interpretation, or one more «prophecy.»

Record yourself praying sometime, or just write down your prayer request.

The minister invites members of the congregation to approach the microphone and share prayer requests.

That's not a prayer request you get every day.

Announcements, prayer requests, and testimonies arose from the congregation at various points in the service.

«A lady with an ingrown toenail sent in $ 100 along with her Seven Lifetime Prayer Requests.

Within a week — get this - three of those lifetime prayer requests have been answered!»

Where I live now, people signal — that is, use the tragedies as an occasion to display their rectitude and concern (okay, there's more than a bit of this in prayer requests as well).

There are several prayer requests in these passages that Paul prayed for the believers in Ephesus, and which we can constantly pray for ourselves.

If by prayer «working» you mean that God grants every prayer request, then you are right, prayer does not «work» at least not all the time.

How come «praying for justice» isn't include in the prayer request?

There are few examples of Paul actually praying in the New Testament, but there are several places in Paul's letters where he writes about his prayer requests and how he prays (See Rom 15:5 - 6, 13; Eph 1:16 - 19; 3:16 - 19; Php 1:9 - 11; Col 1:9 - 12; 2 Thess 1:11 - 12).

You can also like my official page on Facebook — I'll be sharing bits of info there, maybe a few extra pictures, prayer requests, that sort of daily stuff and stories.

Many of the recorded prayer requests of Paul are nearly identical to the recorded prayer requests of Jesus in John 17.

And don't we get the same sort of prayer requests?

I would advise against having meetings where everyone offers a prayer request.