Sermons on Praying For Peace:

Praying For The Church Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 22, 2004

Four Specific Prayer Needs for every church

PRAYING FOR THE CHURCH John 17:8-24 A lot of talking can go on in the life of a church. Many words can be said. An evangelist went to one particular church and preached on a Sunday Morning. While standing by the exit door to shake hands with people a woman approached him. ‘That was the worst ...read more

Scripture: John 17:8-24

A Call To Pray

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 2, 2004

Pray, Its a practice, Its Relational, Its Asking God, Its yielding to God, Its’ the Key to Victory in life.

A Call To Pray. Intro: Communication in our Global Society. If these break down our society would be lost. Result: Mass Hysteria(fear), crime, etc. . . This also happens when we have no line of communication with God! Why do we call people that are unsaved lost? Because they have no line of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:5

Denomination: Baptist

Praying At Midnight

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 10, 2003

We must pray as those who are desperate for bread.

Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to call someone for help in the middle of the night, at a time when you knew they would be fast asleep in bed? Perhaps a medical emergency of some kind – your wife is going into labor, or your husband is having chest pains and you need to drive ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Why Pray?

Contributed by Jon Daniels on Jun 6, 2004

This sermon examines Paul’s prayer in Eph. 3:14-21 and encourages the hearer to ask "Why Pray?"

¡§WHY PRAY?¡¨ Eph. 3:14-21 INTRO ¡V Play ¡§Let Us Pray¡¨ by Steven Curtis Chapman. ¡§I¡¦m praying for you¡¨ ¡V How many times do we say this to someone? As a church, right now we are praying for Brooks, Bonnie, Youth choir, bldg. program, VBS, Jeff & Carol Evans, Chechens, Richard & Christi ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Praying Church Series

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 7, 2004

The sermon examines the prayer faith and praying practice of the New Testament as a model for today’s church.

A Praying Church Acts 1:13-26 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO This is a New Testament church. We are part of a heritage commonly known as the Restoration Movement. This means that among our core value is the view that the Apostles Doctrine, the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:23-26, Acts 6:4-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Encouragement To Pray

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 17, 2004

A Brief Message on the value of Prayer

ENCOURAGEMENTS TO PRAY Matthew 7:7-12 I. OUR TEXT SPEAKS OF A THRONE. A. If in prayer we come to a throne, it is clear that our Spirit should be one of lowly reverence. The king before whom we come is the highest of all. His throne is the great white ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12

Denomination: Baptist

Praying With Power

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 19, 2004

4 keys to powerful prayer drawn from the Lord’s Prayer.

PRAYING WITH POWER In our services, we often begin with prayer. I typically pray before I preach. We generally pray several times during a service. On Wednesday nights, we pray even more and in many of our discipleship classes we teach on praying. This afternoon in the discovering membership ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Praying Scripture

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 2, 2004

To discuss how we can use the example of Paul and others in Scripture to pray through Scriptures for ourselves and others

SBC Philippi am 8/1/04, Rev. Jeff Simms Praying the Scriptures Colossians 1:9-12 Primary Purpose: To examine how Paul prayed, so that we might pray according to God’s will for each other. There is a way of taking scripture and personalizing it in your prayers that I want to show you an example ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-12

Denomination: Baptist

Pray For Healing Series

Contributed by Ken Sowers on Dec 10, 2003

Praying for healing - different levels and kinds of healing

Nov. 2 Pray for Healing Video Clip Matt. 9:18-10:1 Prayer at close but don’t be shocked if God heals you prior to the end. MT 4:23-24 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praying Together Series

Contributed by Ken Sowers on Dec 10, 2003

Learning how to pray together - in this worship we took time to pray short prayers together

Oct. 26 Praying Together Remember the first time you drove on the freeway? - Nervous The first time we do things often is marked by fear, discomfort but it is no sure sign that we should not be doing this True with dating - new school - jumping out of an airplane (well...) It seems like a bold ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:18-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praying For Presence Series

Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Jan 24, 2003

Sixth lesson in a series on Revival influenced by Rick Atchley. This lesson shows importance and power of prayer.

PRAYING FOR PRESENCE Exodus 32-33 INTRODUCTION: There was a your man in his early 30’s who was single and was beginning to get worried about it so he went to a local church and met an attractive young lady. He went up to her and struck up a conversation with her. They chatted about every thing ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Revival Praying

Contributed by C.a. Mccracken on Mar 22, 2005

Revival only comes one way...through PRAYER! It’s time to go back to the basics of our spiritual heritage and make prayer our focus.

"Revival Praying" James 5:16 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Jim Cymbala, pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle, Brooklyn, New York, had the following to say about revival: "Revival is ...read more

Scripture: James 5:16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Praying Expectantly

Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 15, 2004

How to pray, and expect an answer.

PRAYING EXPECTANTLY Rev. John W. Gerald INTRODUCTION One of the greatest hindrances to answered prayer is lack of faith, and since faith is difficult to fully understand, and its laws so complex, few people really know how to pray in faith. Ones own ethnic background may produce tremendous ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:14

Denomination: Methodist

Pray Continually

Contributed by H. George on Oct 25, 2001

A discourse upon I Thessalonians 5:17, which reads, "Pray continually."

Pray continually. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Smith Wigglesworth once said, “I don’t want to build anything about myself, but it is truly true that if you found me outside of conversation with man, I am in conversation in God. When I first read that, I was struck by the simplicity of it, and the casual ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praying Privately

Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Oct 3, 2001

An expository lesson stressing the need for private time and private involvement in prayer.

PRAYING PRIVATELY Matthew 6:5,6 INTRODUCTION: Opening remarks about the resurgence of prayer and lack of opposition. READ TEXT First of all, it needs to be clearly understood that this is not a prohibition against public prayer. Unfortunately some have made it out to be as such when in fact we are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ