Conrad Mbewe at the True Church Conference made a very succinct comment concerning the subtle forms of hyper-Calvinism when it comes to us loving sinners.
Conrad Mbewe make the point that one way to spot hyper-Calvinism in the church is to look at it’s PRAYER MEETING. He pointed out that any church which claims to be …
In Acts, Peter and John were imprisoned for preaching in the name of Christ. Upon being released from prison with this charge “not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.” (Acts 4:18) what did they do? Pray for boldness!
Acts 4:24-31
24 … “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth …
”When we rely upon organization,
we get what organization can do;
when we rely upon education,
we get what education can do;
when we rely upon eloquence,
we get what eloquence can do,
and so on. Nor am I disposed to undervalue
any of these things …
I fear John Knox’s prayers more than an army of ten thousand men.
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Mary, Queen of Scotland
“Men may spurn our appeals,
reject our message,
oppose our arguments,
despise our persons -
but they are helpless against our prayers.”
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J. Sidlow Baxter
by John Piper
One way to answer this question is to look at what the early church prayed for. Here is a list gathered from the New Testament. It can guide you in how you pray. I suggest that periodically you pray through this list …
Do your prayers for unbelievers resemble this prayer at all?
Matthew Henry’s Prayer for Unbelievers (This is a very good resource on Prayer.)
O teach transgressors your ways, and let sinners return to you. Psalm 51:13 (ESV)
O give them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 2 Timothy 2:25 (ESV) the truth as it is in …
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