Cornelius had all the characteristics of a great man of prayer. The sobering fact is that I can have these characteristics, too. The question is: "Why don't I?"
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Acts on Prayer – Prayer-Work
Sometimes when we pray, God does not change our circumstances, or the people or things we are praying about; He changes us. Often what He changes is our prejudices (racial and otherwise), because the Gospel is not the exclusive property of any one group of people. God intends it for all.
Acts on Prayer — The Prayers of Stephen
Acts Chapter 7 records the first martyr for the Christian faith: Stephen, a layman. No one gives Satan more fear, or causes him more frustration than a Christian who is wholly sold out to God. Even Joseph Stalin is rumored to have said that his beloved Communism would topple if Christians behaved like Christ. But there … Continue reading Acts on Prayer — The Prayers of Stephen
Acts on Prayer: Don’t Panic — Pray!
God does not want to destroy His enemies, He would much rather win them. As believers, we need to remember that as well. Our job, even in the midst of persecution, is not to call down fire from heaven, but to owe no man anything but to love them.
Acts on Prayer: Lessons from an Old Ford Wagon
The Lord wants us to take on nothing less than the whole world. Are we ready to do the unexpected? Are we prayed up?
Acts on Prayer: Pray for everything – even the small stuff.
The true depth of our faith is often measured in how much we seek God’s face on the things we think we can handle ourselves.
Acts on Prayer — Absence Makes the Heart Grow Prayerful
Praise God the incarnate Lord left us, but He did not leave us alone!
Acts on Prayer: Okay….So Now What?
If I'm going to pray right, I need a right view of what my mission is.
Lord, teach me to pray!
The modern church has become so much about the work that prayer seems more of an obstacle than a necessity. But prayer is the work.
A Good Name can be a Life Saver
In Bible times a name often represented your character: 1Samuel 25:25 “Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal [fool] is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, … Continue reading A Good Name can be a Life Saver
Grace in Waves 