Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Oh Pastor Piper, Why Should We Pray?

I'm pretty exhausted tonight. It's a good night to take 10 minutes and find a good link that some may find helpful. We're going through the book of James in our Monday night Bible study group, and a great question was brought up last night that generated a lot of discussion. While the group answered it pretty well in my opinion, I figured I could always find some reinforcements. The question was something like this, "If God's will must always be done, how can we pray with full sincerity?" It's not exactly the question of "If God is sovereign and in control, then why pray?," but it's close and related. Some of the answers to why we should pray are obvious: Jesus tells us to, Jesus did it, it shows dependence on God, etc. But there always seems to be a mystery at the very deepest part of the answer to this sort of question. About 10 years ago, John Piper challenged his flock to make prayer a new priority in 1997 and answers some of the tough questions on prayer. So I will link this sermon and challenge myself and any who read this to really make prayer a new priority in 2007. Enjoy.

LINK TO PIPER'S SERMON

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