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Imagine living 2,000 years ago in Palestine. You are a Jewish man or woman, with the cultural customs associated. But also imagine you have the same knowledge you possess right now about Jesus: You know he’s the Son of God, the Savior, the Messiah; you know that his life and death are going to change the world; you know who he is…
What really do our prayers accomplish when it comes to massive, worldwide issues? Do our prayer actually impact big problems and events that affect millions of people? To say the least, worldwide issues are complicated. There are innumerable moving parts in such things. So, once again, do our prayers really do much here?…
“I’ve prayed about it, so now it has little to do with me because it is in God’s hands.” There is a place for a certain type of thinking like this—when things are totally outside our action or control. But we may fall into this post-prayer thought probably more often than we should…
C.S. Lewis has a short yet compelling essay on prayer entitled, “The Efficacy of Prayer,” in the collection known as The World’s Last Night. In the ten page essay, he argues well concerning the true, causal efficacy of prayer. It is a worth-while short read. But here, I want to quote something he said about the different aspects of prayer…
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