Category: prayer

No wasted effort, Part II

January 10, 2013 | 8 comments

On the heels of yesterday’s blog explaining that there is no wasted effort in prayer, comes the opportunity to explain that there is no wasted effort in any human endeavor, whether it turns out the way we’d hoped, or not.

No wasted effort

January 9, 2013 | 12 comments

Some people pray for a material outcome, don’t achieve that outcome, and then agonize that all their prayers were in vain, wasted effort. This ought not to be. And it can be remedied! A person in need can turn to

A lecture triumph

November 23, 2012 | 16 comments

I wrote a new lecture recently titled, “Prayer that heals.” My motive was to counteract the lack of faith in prayer to heal disease that I feel in public thought at large. The vast majority of residents in the USA

Purpose of prayer

November 2, 2012 | 3 comments

Experience proves that some types of prayer are a whole lot more effective than other types of prayer. For instance, pleading, begging or bargaining with God brings meager results. Jesus said that our Father knows what we need before we

A humorous take on prayer-posture

October 25, 2012 | 8 comments

THE PRAYER OF CYRUS BROWN “The proper way for a man to pray” said Deacon Lemuel Keyes, “and the only proper attitude is down upon his knees.” “Nay, I should say the way to pray,” said Reverend Dr. Wise “is