Christian Prayer For Dummies

Many people think something is wrong when they go through this roller coaster experience, but this undulating is simply a normal part of being human in a sin-filled world

Just as you have highs and lows in other aspects of your life, you should expect that you’ll naturally have peaks and valleys in your prayer life as well.

Many people think something is wrong when they go through this roller coaster experience, but this undulating is simply a normal part of being human in a sin-filled world.

Yet the Apostle Paul instructs Christians in his first letter to the Thessalonians to pray 24/7 (as I talk about in Chapter 4). This day-in, day-out prayer is anything but natural, at least for me, and I suspect that I’m not alone in this struggle. In fact, prayer is hard work, a discipline that takes energy and focus to be effective.

Christianity maintains that God is in control of everything, and prayer is asking God to use his overwhelming power to alter your circumstances.

A fertilization study found a doubling of in vitro pregnancies among women who were prayed for by others.

he is most interested in how people are being transformed on the inside, because those changes are eternal.

I’m discovering that God does engineer circumstances, he also uses circumstances to change me.

Many people today live with painful memories from the past that can enslave and rule their lives, even in ways that they don’t consciously realize.