Jesus, in the passage known as the upper room ministry (John 13-17), effectively said five times "I will do whatever you ask in my name so that the Son may bring glory to the Father."
Ten years ago hardly anyone had heard of e-mail. Now if you want to participate in what is happening around the world, you can't live without e-mail and the World Wide Web.
Every day should be a day for prayer! But every year there are many days for focused prayer, when churches, Christians and countries pray for the same thing on the same day.
Chains? Surely Jesus came to set us free from our chains - why are we talking about chains?
Reading 'Rees Howells: Intercessor' by Norman Grubb, once you get past the shock of the depth of Rees' prayer life, you begin to realise the intimacy he operated in. If we consider prayer on the basis of 'Ask, Seek, Knock' we see that some results begin a process of the Lord drawing us closer to himself. We will, however, be praying the prayers on our heart and not necessarily the prayers on his heart.
To adore is to love. The dictionary definition is, "To love deeply. To worship as divine."
We give ourselves to You. This is our prayer of declaration.
Father, make me love other people sincerely, serving them faithfully in wonder at what Christ has done for us all.
