Posted in amazon kindle, Book Review, Christianity, Pray, Prayer, RC Sproul, Reformed, Theology, tagged Amazon, Christianity, God, Kindle, Pray, prayer, RC Sproul, Reformed, Theology on August 10, 2020| 18 Comments »
R.C. Sproul. Does Prayer Change Things? Sanford, FL: Reformation Trust Publishing, March 14, 2019. 97 pp.
5 out of 5
Purchase: Westminster | Amazon
Have you ever wondered: Does Prayer Change Things? Or have anyone ever asked you this question before and you don’t know how to answer it? This book answers this question rather wonderfully. It is not only biblical in the answer but also practical while also written in a vocabulary and style friendly for a general audience.
Posted in Christianity, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, God, Pray, prayer, Prayer request, Reformed, Theology on August 4, 2020| 20 Comments »
It seems this year is a lesson on the importance of prayer. Anyone feels the same?
I really enjoyed this series on prayer the last few weeks. We went over the struggle of adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication.
Here’s the table of contents:
Posted in Christianity, God, Pray, Prayer, Prayer request, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, God, Pray, prayer, Prayer request, Reformed, Theology on July 27, 2020| 27 Comments »
The Struggle of Supplications to God
Selected Verse
Establish the need: Do you regularly God to God with prayer requests, asking Him for things?
Purpose: Today we shall see three points concerning prayers of supplication towards God so that we be daily bringing our requests to God.
Posted in Christianity, Reformed, Thanksgiving, Theology, tagged Christianity, God, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Thanksgiving, Theology on July 23, 2020| 28 Comments »
The Struggle of Thanking God
Selected Verse
Establish the need: Do you regularly thank God?
Purpose: Today we shall see three points concerning prayers of thanksgiving towards God so that we be daily thanking God starting today.
Posted in Book Review, Calvinism, Charles Spurgeon, Christianity, free, free book, God, Gospel, Jesus, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged book review, Calvinism, Charles Spurgeon, Christianity, free, Free Book, God, Gospel, Jesus, prayer, Reformed, Theology on July 21, 2020| 21 Comments »
Note: For fans of Spurgeon have you checked out my Review: Charles Spurgeon Framed Art Print?
Charles H. Spurgeon. Effective Prayer. Pensacola, FL: Chapel Library, June 24th 2015. 20 pp.
5 out of 5
Free: Chapel Library
Purchase: Amazon (99 cents for Kindle)
How can you pray more biblically and powerfully? This booklet is Spurgeon’s sermon on Job 23:3-4 on the topic of praying effectively. Since 2016 I started reading a number of sermons by the famous English preacher Charles Spurgeon and have desired to read more of his writings so here I am in 2020 still being edified by the content of his preaching.
Posted in Christianity, Confession, God, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Confession, God, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on July 16, 2020| 24 Comments »
The Struggle of Confessing to God
Selected Verse
Establish the need: When was the last time you confessed your sins to God?
Purpose: Today we shall see three points concerning how Jesus is the one who made it possible we can pray.
Posted in Christianity, God, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, God, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on July 10, 2020| 24 Comments »
The Struggle of Adoring God
Selected Verse
Establish the need: Do you regularly adore God?
Purpose: Today we shall see three points concerning prayers of adoration of God.
Posted in Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on June 17, 2020| 38 Comments »
Establish the need: Who made it possible that we can pray to God?
Purpose: Today we shall see three points concerning how Jesus is the one who made it possible we can pray.
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, Prayer, Prayer request, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on May 23, 2020| 27 Comments »
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Selected Verse
Establish the need: If God is sovereign why pray?
Purpose: Today we shall consider six points in answering the question: If God is sovereign why pray?
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on May 20, 2020| 28 Comments »
Note: Kind of late posting this, multiple things, last 24 hours has been crazy.
Selected Verse
Establish the need: Why do we pray?
Purpose: Today we shall see the purpose of prayer outlined as 3 “A”s so that we would pray purposefully today.
Posted in Book Review, Calvinism, Christianity, free, free book, God, Gospel, John Piper, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged book review, Calvinism, Christianity, free, Free Book, God, Gospel, Jesus, John Piper, prayer, Reformed, Salvation, Theology on May 19, 2020| 16 Comments »
John Piper. Coronavirus and Christ. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, April 28th 2020. 112 pp.
5 out of 5
Free: PDF and other format at Desiring God
Purchase: Amazon
According to the Bible what are the possible things God is doing with the Coronavirus? In this book by pastor and theologian John Piper the author looks at the issue from a Gospel driven perspective. Piper is nuanced in the beginning to say that no doubt readers will know more about what will happen with the virus situation than the book is able to capture at the moment he wrote this book; instead Piper is going to focus on God’s work in crisis and also look at the issue of death and suffering from an eternal perspective. I am grateful that Piper wrote this book.
Posted in Book Review, Calvinism, Charles Spurgeon, Christianity, free, free book, God, Gospel, Jesus, Prayer, Reformed, Salvation, Theology, tagged book review, Calvinism, Charles Spurgeon, Christianity, free, Free Book, God, Gospel, Jesus, prayer, Reformed, Salvation, Theology on May 13, 2020| 19 Comments »
A late post today since after my lectures last night I just couldn’t type up a post! Ever have one of those days?
Charles H. Spurgeon. Free Will a Slave. Pensacola, FL: Chapel Library, December 3rd 2018. 18 pp.
4 out of 5
Free: Chapel Library
Purchase: Amazon (99 cents for Kindle)
In 2016 I read quite a number of works by the famous English preacher Charles Spurgeon and since then I have desired to read more of his work though sadly I haven’t been able to read any of his works until now in 2020. This booklet is Spurgeon’s defense of Calvinism by responding to John 5:40 which some Arminians in his day thought it was “one of the great guns of the Arminians” which I’m quoting from Spurgeon in the opening sentences in his booklet. What Spurgeon aim to show in this booklet is how John 5:40 is actually a support for Calvinism instead.
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on May 7, 2020| 31 Comments »
LUKE 11:2c-4
ESTABLISH THE NEED: If there’s ever a message that convicts all Christians, it is messages on evangelism and prayer. All Christians could work on being more evangelistic and pray more. It’s a convicting message today. Let me ask you a question: How often do you pray?
If we don’t know what to pray or how to pray, we would probably not pray. When my sister brought a drum set, after she left for college, I looked at the drum pieces disassembled, I tried putting together, I beat around a little bit, but since I didn’t know how to put it together, or know how to play, I stopped doing anything with it. That’s like our prayer life also.
Main point: We will see three principles that Jesus taught His disciples in regards to how to pray, so that you would know how and this knowledge would make you pray.
1 It happened that while [a]Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” 2 And He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘[b]Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
3 ‘Give us each day our [c]daily bread.
4 ‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on April 30, 2020| 19 Comments »
LUKE 11:1-2b
1 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” 2 And He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
3 ‘Give us each day our daily bread.
4 ‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”
Main point: Before going into further principles in this series on prayer, we will see Jesus laying three important building blocks so that you will pray to God.
Posted in Christianity, God, Jesus Christ, Pray, Prayer, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, God, Jesus Christ, Pray, prayer, Reformed, Theology on April 24, 2020| 31 Comments »
Establish the need: Do you know what God’s Word has to say about prayer?
Purpose: Today we shall see three Ds of prayer so that we would desire to pray to God today.
