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• To an Unknown God: How to Find Common Ground - 41 : 06 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Apr 26, 2012)
  Between you and your unbelieving friends there is abundant common ground if only you will look for it.
• Is Jesus Enough for Me? - 46 : 25 - DOWNLOAD
  Radio Interview - Ray Pritchard (Mar 31, 2012)
  Susie Larson and Pastor Ray discuss how the death of Christ is good news for those who feel like their faith is weak. The question is not, “Am I good enough?” but “Is Jesus enough for me"?
• Praying for the Sick - 41 : 28 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Mar 15, 2012)
  When we pray for the sick, we are doing the work of Jesus in the world.
• Empty Barrel Graduate School - 40 : 37 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Oct 13, 2011)
  Are we willing to obey God even when it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense?
• How God Pursues Prodigals - 43 : 07 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Mar 24, 2011)
  Some of us have to learn the hard way that you can’t run from God forever.
• How to Pray With Power - 32 : 02 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Mar 11, 2011)
  If you ever decide to seek God’s will, your life may be many things, but it won’t be boring.
• Beyond Your Dreams - 36 : 47 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Feb 24, 2011)
  God is able to do whatever it takes to answer our deepest prayers.
• Report from China - 54 : 26 - DOWNLOAD
  Radio Interview - Ray Pritchard (Nov 8, 2010)
• Lucky to Love - 39 : 43 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Oct 1, 2010)
  Nothing is too small to bring to God’s attention. If it matters to you, it matters to him.
• Wanted: Bold Believers - 33 : 33 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Sep 23, 2010)
  There are doors God waits to open for us if only we will pray.
  
• When in Trouble, Pray! - 28 : 38 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Sep 18, 2010)
  Here are five ways to pray when your back is against the wall.
• Theology at Midnight - 46 : 08 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Sep 9, 2010)
  If with Paul and Silas you can sing praise to God at midnight, then what you’ve got is real.
• Praying for Your Prodigal - 36 : 15 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Jan 20, 2010)

  When you pray for a loved one who seems hardened against the Lord, pray that the eyes of their heart might be opened so that the light of God can come flooding in.

• The Wind Blows Wherever It Wills - 30 : 23 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Nov 17, 2009)
  The Holy Spirit brings us continually into a deeper, more profound experience of who God is. He brings more of God to us as we bring more of us to him.
• The Prayers of Gary Olson - 16 : 57 - DOWNLOAD
  Commentary - Ray Pritchard (Nov 1, 2009)
  Gary Olson loved to pray. After he died on November 2, 1999, we compiled some of the prayers he prayed during the worship services at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL.
• Open My Eyes, Lord - 25 : 42 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Aug 24, 2009)
  Sometimes we worry too much about the symptoms without dealing with the root issues of life. We should pray, “Open the eyes of my heart, Lord,” because when that happens, life will radically change.
• Faith, Sickness, and Prayer for Healing - 45 : 05 - DOWNLOAD
  Radio Interview - Ray Pritchard (Aug 10, 2009)
  Ray Pritchard joins Tim Wildmon and Marvin Sanders on “Today’s Issues” to discuss the role of faith in praying for the sick. How should we pray? What are we asking God to do? This topic touches a difficult and sometimes controversial area. The second half of the program includes calls from listeners.
• God Is Not Finished Yet - 29 : 33 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Feb 11, 2009)
  First, there is God. Second, there is prayer. Third, there is hope. Put them all together and we do not give up because God is not finished yet.
• Lessons for Modern Day Sowers of the Word - 26 : 08 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Feb 5, 2009)
  If we keep on sowing the Word, we will reap a harvest in God’s time, by his grace, for his glory. So keep on sowing and let God bring in the harvest in his own time.
• Does Prayer Make a Difference? - 47 : 43 - DOWNLOAD
  Radio Interview - Ray Pritchard (Dec 5, 2008)
  On the radio program “Fire Away,” Ray Pritchard joins the AFR team to discuss the power of prayer. They took calls from listeners about faith, how to pray without ceasing, fasting, and how to pray for the dying.
• One Sleepless Night - 21 : 46 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Nov 11, 2008)
  From the story of Jesus praying in Gethsemane we learn something about God’s will, something about temptation, and something about the high cost of our salvation. The “cup” he drank was the cup of our sins. He drank that cup because there was no other way we could be saved.
• The Elijah Principles Part 3 - 44 : 34 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Oct 28, 2008)
  We are fully justified in asking God to work miracles on behalf of our loved ones. But God doesn’t limit himself to our understanding of what our loved ones need most. He is fully able to do spectacular miracles today just as he did in Bible times. But more often he gives strength to the weary and courage to the fainting and hope to those who feel like giving up. God’s miracles come in more than one variety, a truth we can experience every day.
• Asymmetric Spiritual Warfare - 33 : 37 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Sep 11, 2008)
  Using the war on terror as a backdrop, this sermon explains how Satan attacks us asymmetrically. He works the angles and uses many small attacks in order to bring us down. Unless we understand Satan’s strategy, we will be defeated over and over again. The good news is that in Jesus Christ, we have everything we need to fight and win our spiritual battles.
• God Has A Bigger Plan - 48 : 50 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (Jul 8, 2008)
  We serve a trans-generational God whose purposes span the centuries. He does not confine himself to our timetable or limit himself to our puny understanding of what he intends to do. If you have eyes to see beyond your own problems, look up and you will see the hand of God at work.
• When God Prays For You - 41 : 10 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (May 30, 2008)
  Romans 8:26-27 assures us that when we can’t pray, the Holy Spirit prays for us. When the words won’t come, when we don’t know what to pray for, God has given the Spirit who prays for us.
• Praying For Your Prodigal - 50 : 23 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (May 15, 2008)

  When you pray for a loved one who seems hardened against the Lord, pray that the eyes of their heart might be opened so that the light of God can come flooding in. And if that seems hopeless, at least it puts the hopeless case at God’s doorstep, which is where it belongs.

• Strength for the Journey - 34 : 52 - DOWNLOAD
  Ray Pritchard (May 10, 2008)
  This message comes from 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17. Since God has chosen you for salvation, stand fast amid all the trials of life, knowing that God will encourage you and make you strong on the inside so that your life will be filled with good words and good deeds. It’s all there—and it all flows together—doctrine, command, promise and prayer.