THIS REALLY MATTERS… When we look at the situations in life that often lead us to pray, they nearly always involve other people. If we’re having trouble at work, there’s often a boss, a coworker, an employee or a customer involved. If we’re having problems in a marriage, there’s always a spouse involved. If we’ve […]

“IT WAS MEANT TO BE” When something goes wrong, it’s not uncommon to hear people say that ‘it was meant to be’. They can often be found arguing that God must have wanted things to turn out that way. That God is sovereign over all things, and that His will is always being done. This […]

DOESN’T GOD WORK ON AUTOMATIC? A lot of Christians assume that God works on automatic. If God knows all that is going on in our lives, if He knows our thoughts and our deepest longings, why do we need to bother praying? Surely God can choose to meet our needs without us having to ask? […]

HAVE WE SETTLED FOR FAR TOO LITTLE? It’s not uncommon to hear people say: “Prayer doesn’t change things, it only changes us”.  Now it’s true that prayer does indeed transform us. It increases our intimacy with God, it gives us an opportunity to confess sin, it allows us to express our dependence upon Him, it […]