Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.23.10 in China, Prayer, Travel
A few Saturday night thoughts . . . 1. After visiting three different Chinese house churches, we were impressed with their emphasis on prayer. In American churches, we pray and then we get down to business. In China prayer is their business. They pray together, they pray out loud, and they pray often. Peter Wang put it very simply, “When you …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.15.10 in Devotional, Prayer
Last year I wrote several times about my friend Andy McQuitty, pastor of Irving (TX) Bible Church, who was diagnosed in the summer of 2009 with Stage 4 colon cancer. Marlene and I have known Andy and his wife Alice since 1983 when we served together at Northeast Bible Church in Garland, Texas. They are dear friends to us. On Monday and Tuesda…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.15.10 in Current Events, Prayer
The latest news on the culture war front comes from North Carolina. It seems that Pastor Ron Baity of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem was named an “honorary chaplain” of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Although he had been invited to lead in prayer for an entire but that invitation was rescinded after he refused to o…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.25.10 in Prayer
F. B. Meyer was a famous British Bible in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. During his long and fruitful ministry, he wrote many helpful books on the spiritual life and a number of studies of different Bible characters. I recommend all his works to you. In one of his books he talks about a certain method of prayer that helped him appropriate the …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.24.10 in Personal, Prayer
I have no idea how many prayers I’ve prayed in my life. Probably the most meaningful prayers have come in moments of great personal need. There are prayers of worship, praise, confession, thanksgiving and intercession. Here are a few prayers that have changed my life in various ways. Jesus, if you are real, come into my life.I prayed th…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.21.10 in Books, Devotional, Prayer
Yesterday Ron Thweatt reprinted a prayer called “A Disciple’s Renewal,” taken from the fine book Valley of Vision, a collection of Puritan prayers. Almost 20 years ago Skip Olson gave me a copy of the book, and though it became dog-eared and worn and the binding began to fall apart, I taped it up and still have my original copy. I…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.6.10 in Current Events, Prayer
So how do you pray for those in power when you didn’t vote for them? Leaving all politics aside, it helps to remember that in any contested election, there will always been winners and losers. Someone is bound to be disappointed. In 1884 Democrat Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James Blaine in one of the closest elections in American his…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.28.10 in Devotional, Prayer
A friend sent an email asking a question that many people have wondered about when facing big decisions. At the moment he is looking for a job, having been laid off as a result of the recession. After many years building a fine career in his chosen field, he now stands at a crossroads. Here is part of what he wrote, with some of the identifying det…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.17.10 in Lent, Missions, Prayer
My friend Rich Bonham told me about an exciting prayer initiative timed to coincide with the 40 days of Lent. The Pray Europe movement challenges Christians to . . . 40 days of prayer for40 counties in Europe for 40 seconds a day.Now that’s an idea we can all get our hands around. Once you go to the website, you find links for all the countri…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.18.10 in Marriage and the Family, Prayer
Heavenly Father, we come to you, O Lord, because you are the Almighty God and nothing is too hard for you. We come because you are the maker of heaven and earth, and you hold each of us in your hand. We come because you have told us we can come, and in Jesus Christ the way is now open to pour out our hearts to you. Father, my friend has wandered fa…
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