by Walter Norvell | Mar 23, 2017 | Ministry
What Helps Our Prayers If you could determine one thing that would help you pray, would you put it to use? We have been examining Steve Gaines’ helpful little book, Pray Like It Matters. First we looked at the importance of praying in a group. You can find it here....
by Walter Norvell | Mar 9, 2017 | Ministry
Some Roadblocks to Prayer We have been thinking about prayer with the help of Steve Gaines’ little book, Pray Like It Matters. In our last post we discussed The Power of Praying Together. I mentioned two other outstanding chapters in his book. Today let’s think about...
by Walter Norvell | Feb 23, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry, Theology, Worship
A young friend whom I love and respect very much recently asked me, “Are we due for an awakening?” The question challenged me. I thought about it in several ways. First, are we “due” anything from God? Obviously God owes us nothing, but He chooses to respond to us out...
by Walter Norvell | Feb 9, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
Prayer, in many ways, is a mysterious yet practical aspect of following Jesus. I believe God is working His plan. And I also believe that when I engage in prayer, at God’s invitation, I work with Him to bring His resources to bear in establishing His kingdom. In the...
by Walter Norvell | Jan 26, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry
Why don’t we pray in ways that match what we say we believe about prayer? I suspect that though we give prayer lip service, we don’t pray because we don’t make time to pray. I also suspect that we know so little about God and His work that we don’t know how to pray....
