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  • Robert Higgins avatar

    Prayer As Trust Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Apr 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,943 views

    Prayer is the ultimate act of trust for the Christian, and to be prayerless indicates a self-led, self-trusting life, in spite of our words to the contrary.

    a. This week we witnessed a terrible tragedy in Virginia – 32 men and women entered eternity, and hundreds of others stood at the precipice of eternity and glanced into it as bullets whizzed by their ears. Join me as we pray for the victims families and the future of those who survived this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Prayer For The Unworthy Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 13, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,439 views

    This prayer of Abraham seems to be the 1st recorded prayer in Scripture. Why did God preserve it for us, and what can we learn by how Abraham prayed?

    OPEN: In Europe in the Middle Ages, people had a strong belief in the power of prayer. They also believed that the purer and simpler the life you led, the more God would listen to you. And since Monks were supposed to live purer and simpler lives than anyone else their prayers were seen as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pleading Prayer

    Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 10,524 views

    Sermon on prayer

    PLEADING PRAYER PSA. 70:5 There was once a missionary went to Venezuela for the first time, struggling with the language. He visited one of the local churches and took a seat in the front row. So as not to make a fool of himself, he decides to pick someone out of the crowd to imitate. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    The Battle For Prayer

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 13, 2020
     | 2,407 views

    There are a lot of things that keep us busy, but we should never be so busy that we do not pray.

    The battle for prayer Introduction- I want to talk about prayer this morning and then I want us to pray together- that might bring fear to some hearts, guilt to others, and for some, a look like a deer in the head lights because they do not know what to do with that. Most people don’t want to talk ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Prayer Of The Righteous Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 28, 2014
     | 7,214 views

    1) Comfort (James 5:13), 2) Restoration (James 5:14–15), 3) Fellowship (James 5:16a), and 4) Power (James 5:16b-18).

    Iraqi Christians were forced to flee the northern city of Mosul under threat from Islamic extremists described on Tuesday leaving behind all their possessions. Signs emerged that the crackdown on the minority was causing tensions between the radicals and Sunni allies in the insurgency. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Impossible Prayer

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,064 views

    To make us believe that God is still working in our lives today. That we cannot place the Lord in a box and give him commands.

    THE IMPOSSIBLE PRAYER FOCUS: THE ACCOUNT OF THE ARREST OF PETER AND HIS DELIVERANCE BY THE HAND OF GOD. FUNCTION: TO PROMOTE A STRONGER FAITH IN THE WEAK PRAYERS OF CHRISTIANS. TEXT: ACTS 12:1-17 INTRODUCTION Eddie from the Brown Trail Church of Christ in Bedford, Texas pulled me aside ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Persistent Prayer

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 17, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,971 views

    Prayer is our privilege and our duty.

    Persistent Prayer January 7, 2009 Wednesday Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Prayer is our privilege and our duty. Focus Passage: Luke 18:1-8 Introduction: In his book Why Prayers are Unanswered, John Lavender retells a story about Norman Vincent Peale. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Signifigance Of Prayer

    Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Nov 27, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 12,739 views

    The Neglection of prayer is a sin.

    THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF PRAYER LUKE 18:1 INTRODUCTION: OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE OF SIGNIFICATE VALUE IN OUR LIVES, PRAYER SHOULD BE CHERISHED THE MOST. HOWEVER, MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT FOR MANY OF US PRAYER IS OFTEN RELEGATED TO THE BOTTOM OF ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Prayer Of Praise.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 13, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,978 views

    O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth.

    A PRAYER OF PRAISE. Psalm 8:1-9. This is the only praise Psalm which is addressed entirely to the LORD. No call to worship like Psalm 95:1, ‘O come let us sing unto the LORD’. No asides to the congregation like Psalm 107:2, ‘Let the redeemed of the LORD say so’. Psalm 8:1. The vocative ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Leadership Prayer

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Oct 18, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,834 views

    There are many prayers in the bible. One small and "difficult to locate" prayer was made famous through the best selling book "Prayer of Jabez". If we look beyond the skepticism and commercilisation of the book and the concept, there are some valuable les

    Leadership Prayer I have read this story from the Sermon Central website A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication for her daughter. When returning to her car she found that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jefferson Williams avatar

    Prayer Power Series

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Feb 13, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 829 views

    James is going to end his book with a call to pray in all circumstances and encourage us to confess our sins to each other

    James: Practical Faith (Part 2)  James 5:13-20 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church  02-09–2025 Gumball Theology I love gum balls. If we are somewhere that has gumboil machines, Maxine will make sure to have quarters for me. But what if I just stood there, staring at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Confidence In Prayer Series

    Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Oct 1, 2019
     | 5,496 views

    Because of who Jesus is, we can be confident in our prayer!

    I. Confidence In His Hearing 14 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. A. Confidence In Jesus Built On His Promises. 1. I don’t think it coincidental that John would write this in his letter because he also wrote it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Weighted Prayers"

    Contributed by Dwight Davis on May 24, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,677 views

    Often we cripple our prayers even before we pray them. This sermon deals with ways we make our own prayers less effective.

    “Weighted Prayers” Our focus for this month is on revival and I want to suggest to you today that the main reason that our church is not growing as rapidly as we would like is because WE are not growing. We have to understand that the Christian life is a life marked by constant spiritual growth… ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Mark Haines avatar

    Healing Prayer

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Nov 3, 2001
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,462 views

    A deductive exposition of the text leading individuals prompted by the Holy Spirit to accept an invitation to come forward to the altar rail and pray for healing.

    Introduction: I’d like you to join me on a journey into a topic that’s filled with controversy and confusion. Today we will consider the idea of “Healing Prayer.” 1. What is “healing”? According to the words used in the New testament:  Healing means to MEND something that’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Introduction To Prayer

    Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Feb 8, 2017
     | 9,767 views

    This sermon on prayer covers a lot of ground. We deal with Praise & Worship, The Prayer of Faith and Agreement, Binding and Loosing and so much more.

    Introduction to Prayer Lakewood / Speaker: Pastor Jonathan / 9-6-2015 2 Chronicles 7:13-16 (13) If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; (14) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God