Dr. Whitney:God wants us to pray for the same reason you want your newborn to cry—it’s a sign of life. Just as the spirit of life in a baby causes it to cry, so the Spirit of life in child of God causes him to cry, “Abba! Father!” (Rom. 8:15;Gal. 4:6). God also...
But anointing with oil and the laying on of hands can be a powerful and personal way to minister in the Holy Spirit, and a stimulus to faith.Should elders always use oil when they pray for the sick, in obedience to this passage in James? No, I don't think this is meant as a ...
However, while a correct posture for prayer is not mentioned in Scripture, to whom we pray is. Some people pray to Jesus. I’ve heard some people pray to the Holy Spirit. These are not necessarily incorrect ways of praying. God still hears them and there are certain prayers and requests ...
In the Bible, God has shown us a lot of His names by simply telling us what they are outright–names like “I am the Lord” or “I am God Almighty.” But when we read these verses in which God just outright tells us His name, that’s only one kind of name. Those are the self...
In our communal enforced solitude we may have just the right hermitage for facing into the truth of ourselves and going deeper into our prayer and silence. In the Winter issue ofHoly Ground,which I wrote before the virus erupted, “Deep personal and communal changes are not something we roll...
Only through the Spirit can we know for sure what is expedient. Scriptural Examples of Praying Amiss In the Bible Luke records a classic example given by Jesus of two very different prayers: “Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The ...
The first is that we must have a God-given BURDEN. Prayer is like a circle that begins and ends in God. The first half of that circle is God giving us a burden in our hearts through the Holy Spirit. The second half of the circle is our praying that God-inspired prayer back to our...
12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!'" (Luke 11:5-13, NIV)...
Israel and others. Christ made the two groups one. He made one new humanity out of the two. Both now have access to the Father, through the Spirit. There are no divisions in the renewed humanity. Jew and Gentile, men and women, bound and free, together are reconciled to God in ...