Tag Archives: Prayer

Most of us have heard phrases such as “there’s power in prayer,” or “much prayer, much power.” But what if I told you that there’s no power in prayer? You would probably think that I’m not biblically sound or that I’m off my rocker. Despite what you may initially think, ...

While many of us spent Labor Day weekend soaking up the last days of summer poolside, others were taking in the year’s final installment of summer blockbusters. The winner? The faith-based drama, “War Room.” This is the film’s second weekend in release and, according to Rentrak estimatse, climbed its way ...

If you truly love and pray for those who slander and maltreat you, who hate and defraud you, you will make rapid progress, for when your heart is fully aware that this is happening, your thoughts and, indeed, your whole soul with all its three powers [faith, hope and love] ...

Often in prayer we are asking God for things, either for ourselves or for others, sometimes we are praising Him or thanking Him and sometimes we are just talking at Him. What we rarely do is shut up when we pray. To pray in silence is no easy thing to ...

In the Orthodox Church there is a popular prayer among monastics called the Jesus Prayer, which is “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.” In this prayer is contained every element one needs in a prayer. For instance “Lord” is acknowledging God as ruler of all creation, ...