• Pathway to Prayer

    You may enjoy this book on prayer edited by Matt Hancock titled Pathway to Prayer: Encouragements to Pray from Voices of the Past. I have gotten to know a little about Matt through the United Prayer online prayer group started by Steven Lee of Sermon Audio as well as through an unofficial Discord server that…


  • Prayer Essentials 2

    Back in The Essentials of Effective Prayer workbook, the next section includes Jesus’ “model prayer” or what has been called “The Lord’s Prayer” in Matthew 6:9-13. The insights mentioned are similar to what I’ve heard before; that is, that the prayer includes the elements of 1)worship, reverence, adoration, 2)declaring allegiance, 3)petition, 4) confession, 5) deliverance…


  • Praying the Bible

    Taking a detour from writing from The Essentials of Effective Prayer, today I wanted to share a talk from Don Whitney about praying directly from the Bible. In my struggle to develop a more robust prayer life, I’ve read several books on prayer, read many articles, and heard many sermons about it. All of it…