Prayer Problems: Power - 2 Do I Believe Enough to Pray?

Focus passage: 1 Kings 17:1-24

I want to pray with faith, but I sometimes find that hard.

The problems of our world seem so big. The pains of those I am called to minister to seem so impossible. I find that I still need to grow in my faith if my prayer is to be very powerful. What is comforting is that Elijah had to grow in his faith before he was ready to change the world with prayer. God helped him grow because you don’t send someone out against 850 false prophets unprepared.

"Prayer Problems": Power - Is Prayer Worth Anything?

Focus passage: 1 Kings 18:16-38

I felt humbled and more than a little ashamed when I read this section on Elijah and prayer.

He believed so strong while I sometimes struggle believing God will work miracles with my prayers. It isn’t that I don’t pray. It is just that I don’t think that I have the confidence that Elijah has in prayer. I accept the power that prayer has, but I sometimes don’t act like I really believe it. I want to pray like Elijah. Three things strike me about Elijah’s prayer.

"32 Days with Abraham", Chapter 4: Humble Choices

Text: Genesis 13: 1-13

Money can wreck a family.

I have watched children fight over their parent’s inheritance even before the funeral is over.

I have seen husbands and wives fight over the checkbook.

All of us have seen a child pout when he can’t have a toy he saw on television or in the store.

It is all about selfishness.

We don’t care who gets slighted as long as we get what we want.

When Christians have disputes like that, the reputation of the Lord suffers. The outside world looks at those families and wonders