Tag Archives: prayer

Eric’s story, God’s glory

7/23/2008 – 10:00 pm

From Bryan Chapell:
One day not too long ago, I went to the hospital to visit my friend Eric, who was dying of a brain tumor. Months of fighting the cancer with chemo and prayer had seemed futile. I came to encourage Eric and had no idea how powerful his ministry would be to me. In [...]

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As a weaned child

7/21/2008 – 8:40 pm

The following is from Amy Carmichael:
And shall I pray thee change thy will, my Father?
Until it be according unto mine?
But, no, Lord, no, that never shall be, rather
I pray thee blend my human will with thine.
I pray thee hush the hurrying, eager longing,
I pray thee soothe the pangs of keen desire –
See in my quiet [...]

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Teach us to pray

7/15/2008 – 8:08 pm

Bryan Chapell tells the story of Mae Gabriel, a woman who truly knew how to pray:
I once had the privilege of caring for a small, aging German lump of sugar named Mae Gabriel. Mae was in her late eighties. She still knew much of her German Bible and spent the day humming the hymns of [...]

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Glow worms

3/24/2008 – 12:17 pm

“‘Lord, we are worms….’ And he paused and he prayed, ‘Lord, make us glow worms.’” Ian Hamilton, speaking of the late (and idiosyncratic) William Still in a prayer meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Pray for Patrick

11/29/2007 – 11:59 am

He and his sister are just beginning a long road trip.
Update 1: (2:32pm) Now 20 minutes from reaching his sister’s house.
Update 2: (10:00pm) 30 miles from Flagstaff.
Update 3: (10:30am Friday) Somewhere between Albuquerque and Amarillo.
Update 4: (3:15pm) 200 miles from Oklahoma City; ETA 3am!
Update 5: (10:00pm) Joplin, Missouri.
Update 6: [...]

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