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By: Prayerlessness is unbelief | muses

Prayerlessness is unbelief | muses — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:41:33 +0000

[...] Please, read the whole article here. [...]

By: Deism and Your Marriage « A Pilgrim's Acquittal

Deism and Your Marriage « A Pilgrim's Acquittal — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:36:29 +0000

[...] the words of Keven DeYoung who stated, “If you know you are needy and believe that God helps the needy, you will pray. [...]

By: FBCF Youth » What It Means When You Don’t Pray

FBCF Youth » What It Means When You Don’t Pray — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:11:32 +0000

[...] Prayerfulness, on the other hand, is an evidence of humility and faith, which is why God loves it when we pray.” – Kevin DeYoung, Prayerless in Unbelief [...]

By: Stuart Read

Stuart Read — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:27:24 +0000

Great article. There is one thing, however, that I would add:

“You need to think to yourself: “Tomorrow is another day that I need God. I need to know him. I need forgiveness. I need help. I need protection. I need deliverance. I need patience. I need courage. Therefore, I need prayer.”"

This strikes me as being a rather self-centered motivation to praying. We need to move beyond this motivation alone to thinking to ourselves: “Tomorrow is another day that the world needs God. The world needs to know His glory, His forgiveness, His help and protection. The world needs God’s deliverance. Therefore I need to pray.”

Prayerless is unbelief. Prayerlessness is also a misunderstandind of why the church exists!

http://www.jooan.or.kr/board/view.php?id=e_pastor_blog&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=90

By: Glynn

Glynn — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:02:27 +0000

Kevin,

Thank you for the post on prayerlessness, I am a deacon and for the past couple of years my prayer life has been pitiful..I kind of forgotten what my first love was, with the pressure of career and family time. Keep the faith and I appreciate your blog..

By: Prayerlessness is Unbelief « Veracity

Prayerlessness is Unbelief « Veracity — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:32:19 +0000

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By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:36:27 +0000

I appreciate your ideas on prayer because they seek to get to the root of our prayerlessness. I agree that we pray not because we trust not…prayerlessness is tangibly and fundamentally practical atheism.

By: Apologies, but here’s an article that’s worth reading « The Narrow Road

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:08:32 +0000

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By: Matti

Matti — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:09:28 +0000

I recommend reading book called A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Praying-Life-Connecting-Distracting-World/dp/1600063004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257714531&sr=8-1

It’s the best book on prayer I’ve read and it has a lot same points that this post has.

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:17:10 +0000

This is a fabulous post, and I honestly don’t understand John’s problem with it. God does have a mind, which is different from saying that He has a brain. We can’t fully comprehend God, but we can have insight into the mind of God by the power of the Holy Spirit. First Corinthians 2:16b says, “But we have the mind of Christ.”

I agree with Kevin that it is unbelief not to pray. I don’t know a prayerless person who has a strong relationship with God through the way that person lives his/her life. Prayer is communication with God. We can’t have a strong relationship with God (or anyone) without communication. Jesus prayed. We’re exhorted to pray in the Bible.