THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER One of the most common and yet most glorious expressions about prayer given by God Himself is found throughout the Bible, such as in Psalm 27:8, “When Thou didst say, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to Thee, ‘Thy face Lord, I shall seek.’” And again in Psalm 105:4, “Seek the […]
Prayer is the most vital link that man has with God. There is no greater blessing or necessity that man has on earth than to have close fellowship with God through prayer. Prayer is not optional but obligatory if spiritual and moral life is to live, thrive, and not die. Prayer is indeed a life […]
Lest we forget! If we strongly want to pray a prayer that captures the true spirit of II Chronicles 7:14, we do well to remember and pray the prayer as was offered to the Lord before the Kansas House of Representatives on January 23, 1996 by Pastor Joe Wright. I am sure many of us […]
There is an amazing and powerful story in the Bible that as a child I could never get enough of, and as a matter fact, I still can’t to this day. When my parents read it to us at the supper table or at bedtime, I didn’t want to miss one second of it, and […]
What follows is a powerful lesson from Israel’s history. The children of Israel had, by the blood of the Passover Lamb, come out of 430 years of slavery in Egypt. The Afro-American citizens of America can relate to this as no other people can. They are still slowly but surely coming out. Hundreds of thousands […]