Our keynote Scripture reference for this article is the following one: Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 1… Read More »
Now that we’ve defined what prayer is and is not, let’s address the “why.” Why do we pray? The Divine Imperative First — and most importantly — we are commanded to pray. Among other verses along those lines, we read the following verses in two of Paul’s epistles: , being vigilant in it with thanksgiving… Colossians 4:2 Rejoice always,
Boiled down to it’s most basic concept, prayer is simply a conversation between a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and the One True God. Access to Father God is only through Jesus’ blood and His finished work of the Cross. How do we know this? Because Jesus Himself said: Jesus said to him, “I am the way,… Read More »
For quite awhile now, God has been leading me to teach on prayer here at Miscellaneous Ramblings, so I’m now going to do precisely that. In this series, I hope to impart to you the principles and precepts found in the Scriptures I’ve learned and experienced so you, too, can apply them to what hopefully will become —… Read More »
19 firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite wilderness firefighting team fielded by the Prescott, Arizona Fire Department, died while fighting a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona on June 30, 2013. They were caught out in the open when a sudden wind-shear reversed the course of the fire back towards them, overwhelming the team long before they could… Read More »
Many are the times when I’ve heard objections raised against the doctrine of divine healing that go something along the lines of the following: Brother/Sister So-and-so believed God for healing and it didn’t work. He/she stayed sick for months/died/whatever. -OR- My aunt got prayed for by (insert any famous healing evangelist’s name here) and she still died of… Read More »
