prayer – Escape to Reality

What Does the Parable of the Widow Really Teach About Prayer? (Luke 18:1-8)

August 13, 2026 // 2 Comments

Have you ever noticed how much time Jesus spent teaching people how to pray? It’s as though he had arrived in a world where nobody knew how to pray, or everyone was praying [...]

How Does the Holy Spirit Help Us in our Weakness? (Romans 8:26)

February 12, 2026 // 2 Comments

Do you sometimes feel that life is so overwhelming and complicated that you don’t know how to pray? Do you worry that your prayers are ineffective and muddled? If you do [...]

What is the Sin Leading to Death?

May 12, 2022 // 18 Comments

There are different types of sin, and some more serious than others. Apparently we should pray for those who do the lighter sins, but not waste time praying for those who do [...]

What Does 1 Peter 3:7 Mean?

January 16, 2022 // 8 Comments

A man recently asked me about a troubling verse. “My wife says my prayers are hindered because I don’t respect her enough.” He was referring to this verse: Husbands, in [...]

Does Sin Hinder our Prayers?

November 18, 2021 // 87 Comments

Ever heard this one: “God is holy. If you have unconfessed sin in your life, he will not hear your prayers.” It’s. Not. True. If sin made God deaf, no sinner could be [...]

What is the Prayer of Faith?

July 13, 2017 // 254 Comments

Much of what passes for prayer is wishful thinking. “Oh Lord, please heal Mary.” I’m sure you can, Lord. I just don’t know if you will. “I beg you to heal [...]

The Lord’s Prayer

August 20, 2015 // 48 Comments

There’s a myth that we who preach grace dismiss everything Jesus said before the cross. According to the myth, we disregard the red letters of the Bible as law for to those [...]

Husbands’ Hindered Prayers (1 Peter 3:7)

January 7, 2015 // 77 Comments

A man recently asked me about a troubling verse. “My wife says my prayers are hindered because I don’t respect her enough.” He was referring to this verse: Husbands, in [...]

Prayer Kisses

January 7, 2012 // 6 Comments

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Endure Hardship? Or Thresh Mountains?

December 31, 2011 // 41 Comments

A few days ago, a house on the Sunshine Coast in Australia was destroyed in a fire that was possibly started by faulty Christmas lights. A family of five were sleeping inside [...]

2 Corinthians 5:7 – Walk by Faith, Not by Sight

March 16, 2011 // 48 Comments

Ever since James wrote that “faith without works is dead,” Christians have been busying themselves with all sorts of busy-ness to prove that they really, positively do [...]

Dealing with Unanswered Prayer

March 13, 2011 // 51 Comments

“I have been asking God to heal me for years. I don’t understand why He hasn’t me. I guess it’s not God’s will for me to be healed.” If you’ve been following [...]

Speak to Your Mountain

March 10, 2011 // 63 Comments

I spent much of my life praying in vain for the sick. Only a few of those I prayed for ever got healed. But in the last couple of years I have begun to discover why my [...]

A Better Way to Pray

March 6, 2011 // 46 Comments

When Camilla and I started leading a church in 1999, we didn’t have a clue. We loved God with all our hearts and prayed with faith, but our prayers seldom moved mountains. [...]

Mixing Grace with Works: It’s Not About the Widow

June 10, 2010 // 12 Comments

Most Christians know it’s a bad idea to mix grace with works because of what Paul said to the Galatians: Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now [...]