PRAY FOR ME! On a recent Sunday in a Midwest city a young child was "acting up" during the morning worship hour. The parents did their best to maintain some sense of order in the…
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PRAYER There's more to prayer than kneeling at night and folding our hands. Thoughts of love and creation are prayers. Feelings of gratitude are prayers. Prayer can be seen in a friendly smile, A friendly…
DISCIPLE IN DISGUISE Charlie Moore is a friend of mine who has ministered in Germany for many years. As a student in Florida, he decided that he would write out a detailed plan for his…
THE PEN PAL How can we know God? When I was twelve, I found some ads for pen pals in the back of a Boy's Life Magazine. I thought it would be a great idea…
TALK TO THE PLATE A pastor was visiting in the home of one of his parishioners. A small boy in the home started reaching for the potatoes before the blessing was said. His mother gently…
A TRICK PRAYER A five-year-old said grace at family dinner one night. He began: "Dear God, thank you for these pancakes..." When he concluded, his parents asked him why he thanked God for pancakes when…
LUTHER'S SACRISTY PRAYER (I first read this in the sacristy of the 32nd Street Base Chapel in San Diego, California, when I was there officiating at a wedding.) Lord God, Father in Heaven, I am…
THANK YOU, LORD Just this once, Lord, I want to come to you with no problems, But simply to say thank you: For your forgiveness when I fail; For the sheer joy of sleep when…
THE SCENT OF THE ROSE The scent of the rose for pardon The song of the birds for mirth I am closer to God in my garden Than anywhere else on earth. Anonymous from Artists…
PRAYERFUL PARROTS A priest had two parrots. The parrots were also very devout. They prayed the rosary every day. The priest had an aunt who also had a parrot. But this parrot used to say…
WHEN GOD CALLS I was listening to every pre-schooler recite their memory verse for the week: "Call unto me and I will answer thee" (Jeremiah 33:3). One little girl, trying very hard to remember the…
THE HONEST PRAYER A woman invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to her six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn't know what to say," the…
NO TIME TO PRAY It's a frustrating thing to lose a soccer game. Its even more frustrating when the first goal is scored three seconds after the beginning of the game. But this is just…
THE BELIEVER'S NEW PERSPECTIVE Through union with Christ, though dead in sin, I have been made alive and joined with all others who believe in the Resurrection of Jesus. Now we are seated in heavenly…
POWERFUL PRAYER There was a legendary preacher named Brother Jackson who was called to minister in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri some years ago. The church had been terrorized by a local thug who would…
PRAYER CONQUERS GOD'S HEART Prayer is the only thing that "conquers" God. But Christ has willed that prayer never be used for evil. All the power He has conferred on prayer is for the cause…
"If you stop praying for me, my lips will turn to clay." Billy Graham+
"Prayer is a lifelong school." David Bruce+
Prayer is the soul of a man stirred to plead with God for men." E. M. Bounds
Eighty-five percent of those who come to Christ can point to someone who has been praying for them.
