Dan Greenfield

Category: Prayer

  • A Throne of Grace!

    A throne of grace! Then let us go And offer up our prayer; A gracious God will mercy show To all that worship there. A throne of grace! O at that throne Our knees have often bent, And God has showered his blessings down As often as we went. A…

  • What Various Hindrances We Meet

    What various hindrances we meet In coming to the mercy seat; Yet who, that knows the worth of prayer, But wishes to be often there! Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw, Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw, Gives exercise to faith and love, Brings ev’ry blessing from above. Restraining prayer…

  • Pleasure and Prayer

    We read Matthew 14 for our family Bible time this morning, and I noted two things: First, Herod’s actions were motivated by what pleased him–he was pleased by the dancing of his step-daughter and committed himself to what pleased him (14:6-12). I will commit myself to what pleases me. The…

  • Genealogy Gem #1

    I use Robert Murray McCheyne’s Bible reading guide for my personal Bible reading, and am presently working through the genealogies in 1 Chronicles. Let’s be honest–we don’t usually think of these passages of Scripture as sources for Christian devotion and encouragement, do we? Yet we need to remember some important…

  • An Example to Follow, An Experience to Pray for

    The following is an excerpt from Bradley’s Accounts of Religious Revivals (pp. 194-202). I read a different portion of this Sunday afternoon. I recognize that it probably seems long, but it is excellent. Note especially the circumstances of the churches, how sinful people in the area were, and what these…

  • Why Did Jesus Pray?

    “But Jesus himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray” Luke 5:16 Jesus provides a pattern to follow on how a believer should live while on this earth (cf. Rom 8:29). In addition to studying how he prayed, it is perhaps even more basic to learn why he…

  • The Place of Prayer in Public Worship

    1 Timothy 2 addresses some essential aspects of public worship in the proper order of the church. That public worship is the focal point of this chapter is clear from vv. 8-12. God says that much prayer must occur when God’s people assemble, and that such prayer plays an essential…

  • God’s Infinity and My Praying

    During tomorrow night’s Bible study on prayer I’ll be walking through the doctrine of God and drawing some applications for prayer. When I considered God’s attribute of infinity – that he is not limited by time or space – I was struck by the implications of this for prayer. I…