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Terry Teykl on becoming a ‘Presence-based church’

Posted in Church Renewal, Discipleship, Doctrine, Holiness, Prayer, Revival, United Methodist Church, tagged , on May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The following commentary is by Terry Teykl, author of The Presence-Based Church, My Most Wanted: 40 Days to Pray for the Lost, and Pray the Price: United Methodists United in Prayer. An elder in the Texas Annual Conference, Dr. Teykl is a “prayer evangelist,” traveling across the U.S. and around the world encouraging churches to [...]

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The 2011 National Day of Prayer

Posted in Prayer on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Today marks the 60th Annual Observance of the National Day of Prayer, with prayer gatherings in communities across the nation. Although particular days of national prayer have been observed since America’s earliest history, a formal a nationwide annual observance began only in 1952, following the passage of a law signed by President Harry S. Truman [...]

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A word from Mr. Wesley: Holiness in singleness

Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Doctrine, Ethics, Holiness, Prayer, Social Issues on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This post is part of a monthly series that presents selections from the writings of John Wesley, co-founder (with his brother Charles) of the Methodist movement. Below is an excerpt from Mr. Wesley’s pamphlet, Thoughts on a Single Life, first published in 1743 and reissued with minor changes in 1784. As presented here, two paragraphs [...]

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Palm Sunday: A prophetic picture of spiritual awakening

Posted in Prayer, Preaching, Revival, tagged on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Steve Hawthorne, director of the prayer ministry Waymakers, offers several interesting insights about the event we call Palm Sunday, which this year is celebrated on April 17. He notes that in the days leading up to the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, Jesus had “instigated a movement of hope throughout the towns and villages of the [...]

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St. Patrick: A great missionary

Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Missions, Prayer on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

St. Patrick’s Day is widely observed, but in our time few people know anything about Patrick himself. Patrick was not born in Ireland, as is widely supposed, but in what is now England. As a teenager, in about the year 430, he was captured by Irish soldiers and sold into slavery. While enslaved, he became [...]

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Prayers of biblical hope during Lent

Posted in Church Renewal, Prayer, Revival on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Beginning tomorrow and continuing through Palm Sunday on April 17, many Christians throughout the U.S. and around the world will be observing a 40-day season of prayer, roughly coinciding with the season of Lent. Here are the areas of prayer focus over the next several weeks, as described in the prayer guide, Seek God for [...]

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United Methodists praying, speaking, and marching for life

Posted in Book of Discipline, Christian/Methodist History, Doctrine, Ethics, General Conference, Holiness, Politics, Prayer, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on January 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

This Saturday (Jan. 22) marks the 38th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s decisions in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Taken together, the two rulings (authored by Justice Harry Blackmun, a United Methodist) effectively voided dozens of state laws aimed at protecting unborn children from abortion. Since then, abortion [...]

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A prayer of hope for the New Year

Posted in Discipleship, Doctrine, Prayer on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Apostle Paul pronounced this blessing on the Church at Rome: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, until, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you overflow with hope” (Rom. 15:13). LORD God, give followers of Jesus such a full measure of joy and [...]

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A Christmas prayer

Posted in Doctrine, Prayer, tagged on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Father, we stand in awe of what we celebrate. How can it be that the all-sufficient God of the universe became a helpless child resting in a feed trough? How can it be that the divine Word reduced Himself to unintelligible sounds? How can it be that the hands that once sculpted mountain ranges, now [...]

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An Advent prayer

Posted in Prayer on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Originally written as an opening prayer for an Advent season worship service: Father God, since childhood Christmas has evoked in us all manner of feelings: joy, excitement, anticipation. But as our understanding of Christmas has grown, what happened at that first Christmas now causes us to stand amazed — that you, the sovereign Lord of [...]

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A Thanksgiving prayer

Posted in Doctrine, Prayer on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This classic prayer of thanksgiving is adapted from the Book of Common Prayer: Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you’ve done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love. We thank you for the blessing of [...]

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