Archive for the ‘ prayer ’ Category

Purge the dead sea of sin…

Lord, keep us right, true in doctrine, true in experience, true in life, true in word, true in deed. Let us have an intense agony of spirit concerning the many who are going down to the everlasting fire of which our Master spoke. Lord, save them! LORD, SAVE THEM! Stay, we pray Thee, the torrents [ READ MORE ]

Make us all missionaries…

Oh! give us to serve Thee, and especially, and this prayer we have already prayed but we pray it again, make us useful in the salvation of our fellow man. O Lord, have we lived so long in the world and yet are our children unconverted? May we never rest until they are truly saved. [ READ MORE ]

How alike are you and the Apostle Paul?

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all alike and 10 is very much alike, rate how alike you and the Apostle Paul are when he says in Romans 10:1 “it is my heart’s desire and prayer to God that they are saved”? Wherever you sit on this scale, we [ READ MORE ]

Middle Children of History

My brother, Toby, has started a blog. Over the next coming months he will be joining a group of young guys who are dreaming to creatively transform the City of Sydney with the story of Jesus and will be using his blog to communicate ideas and plans. Please join with me to pray for them… [ READ MORE ]

If I was a Community Pastor I would… #1 Pray

In his book, Let the Nations be Glad, John Piper talks about prayer as a “wartime walkie talkie not a domestic intercom”. (pp. 45-49). We need guidance, strength, supplies, wisdom and strategy from headquarters. Prayer is for mission. It is designed to advance the kingdom, not for calling the butler to turn up the thermostat. [ READ MORE ]