Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
Their hearts are eager to cry out, “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory!” (Psalm 115:1).
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
The rut occurs when we allow requests to serve as the foundation of our praying: focusing on our problems rather than actually engaging with God in a multifaceted biblical prayer experience.
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
The Case of the Misguided Prayer List
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
To say that the church is “edified” means that the lives, marriages, families, and ministries of the church are built up, made strong and healthy–through biblical prayer, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
CHAPTER 10 How His Spirit Ignites Our Supplication
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
This would be “best-practices praying.”
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
From a New Testament standpoint, acceptable sacrifices include:
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
God is glorified. We are sanctified. The church is edified. The world is mystified. The enemy is notified.
Daniel Henderson • Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God's Face
The fundamental difference between our prayer lists and the prayer concerns we find in the Bible is that we pray about personal problems, while most of the biblical prayers focus on Christ’s purposes.