by Soli Deo Gloria Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments . ( Job 23:3-4 ) In my last installment “ Filling You Mouth with Arguments ” I tried to break down Charles Spurgeon’s sermon on Effective Prayer, we addressed Job’s desire to come before God with fully scripted arguments and present them in a way to invoke God to intercede for him. We also tried to show how this method of invoking God’s Name was not an isolated incident, with examples of Abraham and King David. In the last paragraph we talked about the power of God’s grace and the need for a contrite heart, before even coming before God in prayer. In this final installment I will address the need for arguments, the different type of arguments, and the power of praise and thanksgiving toward God. As you may know this is an exegesis of Charles H Spurgeon’s Effective Prayer sermon and just as in the first part...

by Troy Pearsall "Oh that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to His seat! I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments." – Job 23:3,4 C har le s Spurgeon in his sermon on Effective Prayer , and then again John Piper as an exegesis of Psalm 143 in his sermon titled “ How to argue with God ” Both sited Job 23:3-:4 as a starting point for their tremendously powerful sermons on prayer. Where the goal of Charles Spurgeon’s was to develop in the members of his church, an effective prayer life, John Piper’s goal, seemed to be to teach on how to argue with God. So powerful in fact are the lessons taught by these two men that I wanted to address this most complicated and off-times ignored practice of “filling our mouths with argument to God”. In fact a deeper understanding of filling our mouths with arguments is naturally the next level of intensity concerning this subject. Filling our mouths with arguments to God is not t...

by Soli Deo Gloria In his letter to Rome, the Apostle Paul instruct the new followers of Christ Jesus to “be constant in prayer" One very unique thing about most of the epistles of Paul is that they start with prayer or the acknowledgement of other in his prayer. In Romans 1:8 Paul start addressing those called to be saint with “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you” In 1 Corinthians 1:4 Paul states “I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;” In fact in all of his epistles (letters) Paul either speaks directly to praying continually (unceasing) or alludes to doing so. It’s very important that we see prayer as not just something we do, but something we do with God. Prayer is how we commune with God, without prayer there can be no relationship with God through Christ Jesus. At this point we see prayer as important but not Omni-important, but this should quickly change, in 1 Thessalonians ...

By Soli Deo Gloria And pray in the Spirit on all  occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people. Ephesians 6:18 (TNIV) Often times when we are on our knees Satan seek to take control of our very thoughts. A mind that was perfectly clear of outside thoughts is now while we are in prayer being interrupted with thoughts of Monday's meeting at work, or the phone bill, or even weather we've forgotten to turn off the lights in the basement before you came up to pray. This is just another way the Devil seeks to prevent you from spending time with God. This is how he, Satan, intercepts your supplications for the healing of Sister Jones at church, or the request of the salvation of a family member or friend on drugs. You see a prayer heard by God is a victory for you and a testimony of God faithfulness, so when your drop down on you knees to pray you become enemy an of the devi...