Let’s be honest, prayer is difficult! We start praying but before long we get distracted by the to-do list for tomorrow. We aren’t sure how to pray for a situation so we pray that God would bless, be with and go before someone, but what do we mean by that? Prayer isn’t easy and oftenContinue reading “Pray Big”
Category Archives: Prayer
Real prayer…
“It is better to pray real, honest, even angry prayers than not to pray at all. Prayer recognises God is still God” Sarah Collins & Jayne Haynes, Dealing with Depression
The importance of Prayer…
“Prayer might be the last thing we feel like doing when we’re suffering, but it’s arguably the most important. Praying through suffering—our own and that of the world—brings us into closer communion not only with God but with his people throughout the world.” Paul Borthwick & Dave Ripper, The Fellowship of Suffering
Prayer that changes…
“I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me. His face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer,Continue reading “Prayer that changes…”
