Sermons on Silent Praying:

The Results Of Unity PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023

Explore the power of unity, the purpose of fasting and prayer, and the results of obedience as demonstrated in Esther 4:16.

Good morning, brothers and sisters! Today, we're going to dive deep into a passage that speaks to the power of unity, the purpose of fasting and prayer, and the results of obedience. Esther 4:16 is our guiding scripture today, and I hope that it will resonate in your hearts as it has in mine. Let ...read more

Scripture: Esther 4:16

Topics: Fast, Pray

Pray Like A Girl! Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Aug 14, 2009

It is an insult that is still used today on playgrounds across the globe. Little boys testing their strength and dexterity against one another revert back to this proverbial slap in the face by throwing down the gauntlet of this time proven stab. However

“Like a Girl” Pray Like A Girl I. Introduction For those of you last who were out last week I started a new series called “Like a Girl!” I challenged us to reevaluate what most of us have thought of as an insult for years when I challenged you to “Fight Like a Girl!” Not some hands flailing in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:11-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

On Guard, Alert And Praying

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 2, 2006

Facing difficult times by being prepared and praying for the return of Christ.

Luke 21: 25 – 36 – On Guard, Alert and Praying Intro: It was a dark, cold, rainy evening in the fall of 1916. A family was gathered in the old log house that had served as the family homestead for many decades. A young couple with four small children was on their way to that same house in a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Let Us Pray Series

Contributed by Jamie Bogaard on Apr 11, 2016

Jesus teaches us and his disciples how to pray. Don't take the Lord's Prayer for granted but break it down and use it as a guide to how to pray

Let Us Pray Matthew 6:5-15 When you think of prayer maybe you think of something like one of these two stories taken from Our Daily Bread. A friend of mine took his small son with him to town one day to run some errands. When lunch time arrived, the two of them went to a familiar diner for a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Denomination: Friends

Teach Us To Pray Series

Contributed by Ken Sowers on Dec 10, 2003

Using the Lord’s prayer as a model for praying

October 5 - Teach us to Pray 48% of churchgoers admit they haven’t experienced God’s presents in the last year! This must not happen here. This must be an alive place - it will be transformed. Merve Griffith to Oral Roberts - is it true you’ve heard God speak to you? Oral replies - Merve, God has ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:4-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When You Pray Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 5, 2017

When Jesus spoke to the Apostles about prayer he implied that there was a right way and a wrong way to pray.

When you Pray. I love the positive thought that comes across in the statement that Jesus made to the disciples in the book of Matthew. It is found in what we refer to as the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus says three words that reflect his positive belief in the people who will call themselves by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-13

Denomination: Wesleyan

Is Answered Prayed A Miracle.

Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jul 1, 2012

Do we really believe that God is a prayer-hearing & a prayer-answering God? In our modern society maybe we become Christian humanists who believe that as humans we can do anything if we take the time to plan carefully & implement the plan.

JOSHUA 10:6-15. IS ANSWERED PRAYED A MIRACLE. A young boy was telling the pastor that his mother said his prayers for him each night. "What do you mean, your mother says your prayers for you?" the minister inquired. The youngster replied, "When mom tucks me in she always says, Thank God ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:6-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praying Like Elijah

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Feb 10, 2024

Elijah was human but transcended his finitude and frailty through prayer. So can we.

James 5:17-18 (KJV) Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. Elias was a man ...read more

Scripture: James 5:17-18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pray For Decisive Faith Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Nov 2, 2019

To be awakened in our spiritual life is…To be attentive to the presence of God in our daily lives. To be aware of the lost souls all around us and reach out. To be alert to the sin in our own lives and turn away. ...

PRAYERS FOR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING SERIES Pray For a Decisive Faith Introduction To be awakened in our spiritual life is… - To be attentive to the presence of God in our daily lives. - To be aware of the lost souls all around us and reach out - To be alert to the sin in our own lives and turn away ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Praying Women Win PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 15, 2023

This sermon emphasizes the power of consistent, daily prayer, accessible to all believers, regardless of status or gender, and its transformative potential in our lives. Key

I want you to imagine with me for a moment. Picture a small, humble home in the heart of Jerusalem. The air is thick with the scent of freshly baked bread, and the sound of children playing in the streets filters through the open window. In this home, a woman kneels with her hands clasped tightly ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Topics: Prayer, Battles, Victory

If My People Pray

Contributed by Steven Buhr on Sep 19, 2015

We're going to look at an old passage of scripture today, we are going to focus on one verse, one phrase that God spoke and which we today consider one of the deepest revelations about the power and pattern of prayer.

If My People… June 21st, 2015 2 Chronicles 7:14 Who here would like to know that God hears you when you pray? Who wants to be forgiven of any and all wrongs done to others or towards God? Who wants to be healed from past hurts and live in a community that is experiencing healing ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

When You Pray

Contributed by Benny Horn on Nov 3, 2001

Jesus taught us how to pray by His perfect example, and yet He never interrupted His precious time with the Father, by stopping to speak to the devil.

When You Pray November 14,1999 Sermon at A.B.C. Introduction: The Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Do we do this? God wants us to fellowship with Him. He wants us to share everything in our lives with Him. He wants us to talk to Him just as we do to our wife, husband, brothers, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:16, Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

When The Church Prays Part 2

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002

Today we will look at Acts chapters 1 & 2 and uncover 6 awesome things that happen when the church prays.

When The Church Prays… In Hebrews 10:19,20 we read; “So, brother and sisters, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy place without fear because of the blood of Jesus’ death. We can enter through a new and living way that Jesus opened for us. It leads through the curtain – Christ’s body.” ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When The Church Prays Part 4

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002

Today we are going to thumb through the pages of Acts and watch those 6 principles we talked about in week two come alive!

When The Church Prays – part 4 John Maxwell writes in his book, Partners in Prayer; In the summer of 1876, grasshoppers nearly destroyed the crops in Minnesota. SO in the spring of 1877, farmers were worried. They believed that the dreadful plague would once again visit them and again destroy the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"In A Manner Of Speaking": 'the Pharisee And The Publican' [part Three]

Contributed by Reverend Cooper Mcwhirter on Oct 1, 2016

“There’s nothing wrong with me” can be a very dangerous thing to say.

Sermon Preached at Grace Community Church (EPC) Sun City Grand, Surprise, AZ Sunday, February 21, 2010 by the Reverend Cooper McWhirter "In a Manner of Speaking": The Parable of 'The Pharisee and the Publican' Luke 18:9-14 The following account is based on a true story. “There’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed