The Three Most Powerful Words of Prayer
Prayer should be understood less as pleading and more as calling forth.
May 15, 2018
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Prayer should be understood less as pleading and more as calling forth.
That’s what prayer is—world-making speech. This is what God does.
Jesus is the victor who, after his suffering and humiliation, has been crowned with glory and honor.
Biblically speaking, prayer means war. Prayer means advance. Prayer means recovering what has been lost and taking back what has been stolen.
Don’t forget: Sin is real. Its effects are catastrophic. But grace abounds.
When God’s judgement comes in blazing pyrotechnics, we’ll hardly notice because we’ll be looking the other way.
In the end, our faith is not based on what we see or experience, but on God himself.
Don’t confuse your role as a witness with the role of the Holy Spirit. Your job is simply to share the gospel in love. Their response is the Holy Spirit’s responsibility.
When we become false or abdicate to the boasting of false teachers, preachers, and politicians, the end result is we take others with us.