Tag: Harry Emerson Fosdick

What Happens When We Pray?

We learn in the Bible that prayer is incredibly important. When we pray, we ask, and when we ask, we will receive (Luke 11:10). Especially if we are persistent, like the persistent widow who takes our petitions to the judge (Luke 18:1-8). We also know that prayers can have a better impact if we synergize […]

The 95% principle: Giving God the chance to work in our lives with prayer

In 1st Thessalonians 5:17, the Bible says to pray continuously.  In this verse, Tony Evans says in his Bible Commentary that these are simple commands from Paul to the Thessalonian people.  These guidelines are part of several other instructions to rejoice always, to pray constantly, to give thanks to God in everything, not to stifle […]