Prayer Blog

“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Ps. 46:10) Last week, as I read this familiar passage of Scripture, it stilled my anxious thoughts because it assured me that God is at work through His people and is being exalted […]

“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.” (Php.1:9,10) This is a great prayer for us to be praying these days as

“Having boldness to enter into the Holiest let us draw near…\” admonishes the writer of Hebrews (10:19, 22) “But my prayers seem to hit the ceiling and bounce back at me,” Ronald complained. \”I don’t feel anything”. Ronald was a Christian who had, some time ago, utterly abandoned the idea of a personal daily prayer

Cameron’s Solution (by Linda Dixon) Cameron was a grade 10 student in Toronto, Ontario. Almost every week Cameron’s mom, who attended a Bible Study would come home relaying to her family some of the many wonderful (and sometimes surprising) answers to prayer experienced by people in her class. Week by week Cameron listened until he

Over the years I have often wondered what the Lord would say to the local churches I have served and the FMCIC if He sent an angel to give us His assessment of where we are spiritually like He did to the 7 churches in Asia Minor. As we convene another General Conference it is

One of the most quoted verses that give us the essential principles for renewal/revival is 2 Chronicles 7:14. I see it to be like a key with 4 “teeth” that unlocks revival: 1. humble themselves, 2. pray 3. seek my face 4. turn from their wicked ways, “then I will hear from heaven and will

Petition and intercession can be hard work. Certainly, Jesus experienced that as He sought the confirmation of His Father’s will for Him, the strength to walk it out and the desired outcome from doing so as He agonized in prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. As I recently read that account what stood out to

“Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.” (Gen. 26:18) In Canada, where we have an abundance of fresh water, we may not feel the urgency of

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thes. 5:16-18) For a long time, I have known that the shortest verse in the Bible (KJV) is, “Jesus wept.” (Jn.11:35), which seems to give it great emphasis and impact. However, I just recently I

“Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom, for those who were in distress…For to us a child is born, to us a son is given… and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace