Posted in Articles on Apr 18th, 2008
“How to Pray for the Soul – Yours or Another’s” by John Piper. For thoughtful people, how they pray for the soul is governed by how they believe God acts. So, for example, if they believe God changes people’s souls so that they make new and right choices, then they will ask God to make […]
Posted in Articles on Aug 24th, 2007
Once again, we find Mr. Piper assisting us with what to pray for: One of the amazing things about Bible prayers is how big and sweeping they often are. Yet they don’t have the vague ring of “God bless the missionaries” that sounds so weak. We sometimes try to remedy this by saying, “We should […]
Posted in Articles on Aug 15th, 2007
From John Piper: One way to answer this question is to look at what the early church prayed for. Here is a list gathered from the New Testament. It can guide you in how you pray. I suggest that periodically you pray through this list just to test whether your prayers are leaving out anything […]