Sermons on Praying Saints:

How To Pray Part I Series

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 15, 2011

This series is on how to pray. Many peopl pray but very few people have fellowship witjh God. We will explore this week how to know the difference and how to energize your prayer life.

The next two series will be on “How to Pray” and “What Is Heaven Like”. This morning as I was doing some research one of my e mails was about “How Long Does The Average Pastor Pray” by Sermon Central.com Here are some of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9

How To Pray "Duty Or Privilege" Series

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 18, 2011

Why do we take prayer so lightly. This lesson will help us to see who we serve.

Thank you for all the responses to yesterday’s devotional on prayer. It seems I am not the only one who likes to simplify things. Getting to know God through prayer is not a one time event but a lifetime of interaction with a Holy God. I believe that one of the main qualities we lack when we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Praying Through Tough Times Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Apr 4, 2011

How are we to pray during tough times?

What are we hearing today when we listen to the news, prosperous or tough times?? You’ve heard of the saying “When the going gets tough, the tough gets…. going!” How many of you think that Vince Lombardi said that? It was actually legendary Knute Rochne who started that phrase as he coached the ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 9:1-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Makes You Pray? Series

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on May 25, 2009

Jonah’s in the tough place where he learns to pray.

"What makes you pray?" Jonah 2 Last week we left Jonah sitting in the belly of the fish at the bottom of the sea. So here he is in a crisis situation and he does what most of us would do. He prays. There’s something funny about this situation from the standpoint that ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

How Failures Should Pray Series

Contributed by David Scudder on Jun 3, 2009

What should we do when we don’t feel worthy to come to God? What should we do when we come face to face with our own failures? The problem is that we don’t want to come to Jesus when we feel dirty.

Purpose: To describe what godly repentance is. Aim: I want the listener to pray properly when they sin. INTRODUCTION: We have all failed God. We have all felt like failures. What should we do when we come face to face with our own failures? Jesus said we should come to Him: Matthew 11:28-30 28 ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Pray For Our Nation

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Sep 22, 2009

How to be more effective prayer intercessors.

HOW TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION By JERRY FALWELL I want everyone to pray for our nation, so I thought about a sermon that would help people be more effective prayer intercessors for our nation. As I studied my Bible, I found two sources that instructed us how to pray for our nation. First, the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Praying Against Your Enemies

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Sep 22, 2009

Praying for those who persecute you.

PRAYING AGAINST YOUR ENEMIES BY JERRY FALWELL I have never preached a sermon on praying against your enemies or praying about your enemies. As a matter of fact, I have never heard anyone preach this kind of sermon about enemies. Last Sunday I said in jest, “I pray that they (the terrorists) ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:45-46

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Prays ... The Disciples Sleep Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 1, 2013

Jesus is overwhelmed, yet is able to move forward. At the same time the disciples fail in the face of small challenges. How can we move forward without failure?

Message Matthew 26:36-46 Jesus Prays the Disciples Sleep Let me ask you a question:- How is Jesus like you? What are some of the things that Jesus does that we do as humans? (weeps, gets angry, sleeps, eats, loves, was tempted etc). So we see similarities don’t we. Let’s push it a little ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:36-46

Denomination: Baptist

Push Through - Praying With Persistence Series

Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 18, 2013

God is moved to action through our persistent prayers offered up to him!

TEXT: Luke 18:1-8 TITLE: Praying with Excellence - P.U.S.H. Through (praying with PERSISTENCE) SERIES: Being the Church with Excellence! TOPIC: Persistence in prayer OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, March 17, 2013 PROP.: God is moved to action through our persistent prayers offered up to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

“doing And Praying” Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Mar 20, 2013

Jesus teaches more about "the Christian Righteousness", revealed in giving, doing, and praying; He gives us the model of "the Lord's Prayer.

“Doing and Praying” Matthew 6: 1-13 Living the life of a Christian, a person who has been called into the Kingdom of God, is not a “cake-walk”: This ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Lord, Teach Us To Pray

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 9, 2013

In response to trials and crises, one should learn to pray

Lord – Teach Us To Pray April 7, 2013 Elmer L. Towns A. WHEN FACED WITH TRIALS AND CRISES AND THE SOON RETURN OF CHRIST • Jesus instructed His disciples, “Men ought always to pray” (Luke 18:1). • The disciples’ response, “Lord, teach us (how) to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Praying Family Or A Dysfunctional One? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 18, 2013

Does your family work, learn and pray together, or as disconnected individuals?

Monday of 7th Week in Course 20 May 20213 Gaudium et Spes The incident in today’s Gospel may be regarded as symbolic of what has come to be called a dysfunctional family. Here the son appears to be suffering from a diabolically caused autism or seizure disorder, and the father is seen as ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:14-29

Denomination: Catholic

How Should We Pray?

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 5, 2012

Prayer is one of the most important activities of a Christian’s life. It is our lifeline! We won’t get far without it. We tend to complicate it sometimes, so I wanted to give some attention to it today with the hope that we will all engage in talking with

How Should We Pray? Matthew 6:5-15 5 "And now about prayer. When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I assure you, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Praying Prophets And Puking Fish Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jul 11, 2013

This is the second sermon in a series preached on Jonah. In this sermon we discuss Jonah's prayer of repentance and God's answer to that prayer.

Praying Prophets and Puking Fish Text: Jonah 2 How is everyone this morning? We are happy that you’ve chosen to worship with us today. We’re in the Book of Jonah, and we’re going to be reading chapter two this morning. So if you’ll take your Bibles and follow along with ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Lord - Teach Us To Pray Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Aug 29, 2013

The Lord's Prayer Is GOD Centered - The Lord's Prayer Is KINGDOM Centered - The Lord's Prayer is BASICS Centered - The Lord's Prayer is FORGIVENESS Centered - The Lord's Prayer is PROTECTION Centered

Lord - Teach Us To Pray Text: Luke 11: 1-5 and Matthew 6:9-13 Today we are going to focus in on two texts. The first is found in the gospel of Luke. Please follow along as I read: 1 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational