Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always fighting for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. (Col 4:12)
Are you fighting for your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers, and your loved ones? Though many Bible translations don't use the word "fight" in this verse, the same Greek word for "fight" is here that is found in 1 Timothy 6:12 and 2 Timothy 4:7 where Paul talks of fighting the good fight of faith.
If you care enough to fight the fight, you care enough to pray. Pray is certainly at the heart of fighting the good fight of faith, as it takes determination and persistence to pray in faith even when things don't appear to be changing. But like the experienced farmer that sows his seed and works his fields, the experienced prayer warrior knows that his prayers are heard, and that victory is coming.- Baron Eickhoff
The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men…Men of prayer." --E. M. Bounds
We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished. --Oswald Chambers
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede. -- Oswald Chambers
"Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still." E.M. Bounds
"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties." Oswald Chambers
"We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results." R. A. Torrey
No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it. ~Guy H. King
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ~Frederick Douglass, escaped slave
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. ~Austin O'Malley
The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men…Men of prayer." --E. M. Bounds
We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished. --Oswald Chambers
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede. -- Oswald Chambers
"Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still." E.M. Bounds
"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties." Oswald Chambers
"We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results." R. A. Torrey
No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it. ~Guy H. King
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ~Frederick Douglass, escaped slave
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. ~Austin O'Malley
We are fooling ourselves if we think that the key to spiritual victory is amassing great numbers of prayer warriors to invest many hours of prayer, as if the enemy will be crushed by the sheer weight of our numbers and our utterances. The enemy is only overcome by the blood of the Lamb, and one little word uttered in faith can fell him! - Baron Eickhoff
If you have to coerce a child to constantly play, something is very wrong with that child. If you have to coerce a Christian to constantly pray, something is very wrong with that Christian.- Baron Eickhoff
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
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