Prayer is sovereign for the ...

For too long men and women alike have stood firm. Shoulders held back, boldly upright, they resist wisdom's push to fall upon their knees.
For too long men and women alike have stood firm. Shoulders held back, boldly upright, they resist wisdom's push to fall upon their knees.
2000 years ago Jesus 'exploded' onto the Galilean country-side. He began teaching the gathered multitudes, teaching not the 'law' or even 'theology', but 'virtue'.
Jesus' disciples were having a rough time. This He still guarantees.
Jesus largely 'led with His chin' during His remarkable three years of service in and around Galilee. The Sermon on the Mount heralded Himself as 'a maverick'.
We sometimes forget that what God takes from us, He takes with fire. (Consider Jacob at the Jabbok, or Lot and family fleeing Sodom for instance.
Prayer can often be a cleansing of the soul, it is a great detergent. (Leonard Ravenhill) Satan would whisper prayer is hollow, a chasing after the wind.
Heart-felt prayer contains a depth that mere mortality can only puzzle about.
The crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from Him.
Evil finds scant lodgings within a righteous man. This life long Christian trek was first squelched into desert sands. Many in history have gone before us, and succeeded.