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Prayer

The Chief Rule of Prayer

February 28, 2010

Justin Taylor shared the following quote from R. C. Sproul:
“If I can summarize Calvin’s teaching on prayer succinctly, I would say this:
The chief rule of prayer is to remember who God is and to remember who you are.
If we remember those two things, our prayers will always and ever be marked by adoration and confession.”
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My Time At The Journey

February 7, 2010

St. Louis is home to two churches I was keen to visit. The Journey (an Acts 29 church) is led by Darrin Patrick, and I was so glad to be able to get there yesterday evening. I’ll talk about Jubilee probably tomorrow. First up, I think I like the idea of the time. Saturday at [...]

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“You Don’t Need Me Here” – John Piper

January 16, 2010

John Piper preached from Romans 8 for The Village Church recently while Matt Chandler was recovering from surgery. I loved the way he began his sermon by stating that, having listened to recent talks by other pastors in the church, he was confident that the church did not really need Piper to help them face [...]

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The Prayer Of Jesus: How To Talk To God

January 11, 2010

Bob Kellemen has examined the Lord’s Prayer, which he calls “The Prayer of Jesus,” and has used it to devise a system to give us guidance on how to talk to God. Praying through the Lord’s prayer is definitely a good way of giving your prayer structure.

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Pray Your Way Into The Busyness Of Twenty-ten

January 4, 2010

Tope Koleoso preached this last Sunday on entering the New Year purposefully and with prayer. We are beginning the year with a week of prayer and fasting at church, so I have asked a guest blogger to join us here later in the week after I have shared a sermon I have set on [...]

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Jollyblogger: Health Update One Year On

December 17, 2009

Its now twelve months since the Christian blogosphere was rocked to hear that one of its most loved members has bowel cancer. Not an easy message to receive just before Christmas, or at any time. It was even more lovely than usual then to spend some time with one of my favorite blogging partners the [...]

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Life Is So Short But So Precious

December 13, 2009

I want you to take a good long look at your husband or wife today. Right now. Go look at them. Do the same for any children you have. And think of your closest friends too. Then thank God for them. You don’t know how long you will have them. They could be gone in [...]

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A Call To Pray For Matt Chandler

December 3, 2009

Tope recorded this video, posted on the Jubilee Church Facebook page to call our church to pray for Matt Chandler. I thought it might help some of my readers consider how to pray for his surgery tomorrow.

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Matt Chandler To Have Brain Surgery For A Tumor

December 2, 2009

I interrupt my blogging break and my working day this lunchtime to bring you this update on Matt Chandler. I received an email from Matt’s assistant today asking me to post this request to the Christian community to pray. Updates on Matt’s health condition will be posted on the Village Church Facebook [...]

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Matt Chandler’s Walk With God

September 23, 2009

This little video is a great window into the heart of this man of God. I find quotes like this personally challenging. May God help all of us to truly pursue him in prayer. One interesting question this raises is this: does getting up early help your spiritual health?

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Shh Don’t Tell ‘Em Who Said This:

September 15, 2009

“A PROMISE from God may very instructively be compared to a cheque payable to order. It is given to the believer with the view of bestowing upon him some good thing. It is not meant that he should read it over comfortably, and then have done with it. No, he is to treat the promise [...]

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Prayer Praise and Persistance – A Sermon

September 12, 2009

Well, actually due to time constraints this mainly focused on prayer. Prayer is VITAL, and I am realising that my own prayer life is only scraping the surface.
Last Sunday Tope Koleoso, the pastor of Jubilee Church London, preached this, his first sermon back after a four week break over the summer. He didn’t totally [...]

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Don’t Believe Your Own Publicity

September 10, 2009

One of the things that concerns me most about having a blog is that it allows me to paint to the world a picture of myself. Most of the time, I will admit, I don’t really think about that. I just get on and write. But, for a variety of reasons, there is a tendency [...]

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Learning About Prayer From The Persistent Widow

August 21, 2009

Last Sunday Dave Pask spoke about The Persistent Widow – Luke 18:1-8 as part of our August series on the parables.. With all the recent interest stirred up online about prayer thanks to John Piper’s response to Terry Virgo’s recent sermon on Elijah I thought it would be good to share this very [...]

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