How to Pray by Pete Greig

Author:Pete Greig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Living / Prayer, RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
Publisher: The Navigators
Published: 2019-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

[1] Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008), 204.

[2] This delightful story, recounted by a number of preachers in various forms, is almost certainly apocryphal.

[3] 1 Timothy 2:2.

[4] 2 Chronicles 7:14.

[5] Exodus 17:11-13.

[6] Ephesians 6:12.

[7] Ezekiel 22:30, emphasis added.

[8] While the story of Exodus 32:9-14 appears to depict God changing his mind in response to Moses’ prayers, when it is considered in the light of Christ with an understanding that God’s heart is to save and not destroy, and recognizing in Moses a “type” or forerunner of Jesus who intercedes for our salvation, it seems more accurate to conclude that God had wanted Moses to intercede in this way from the start, because his heart was not to destroy but to redeem his people.

[9] Hebrews 7:25.

[10] John 3:16-17.

[11] Romans 8:34.

[12] Romans 8:26.

[13] Barth, Church Dogmatics III.3, 287.

[14] Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest (Grand Rapids, MI: Discovery House, 2017), June 20, October 17.

[15] We are indebted to Jason Mandryk for his encyclopedic research, compiled in successive editions, of the ultimate prayer guide to every nation on earth: Operation World, published by IVP.

[16] 2 Corinthians 1:20.

[17] H. E. Dana and J. R. Mantey, A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament (Toronto: MacMillan, 1927), 176.

[18] Darrell W. Johnson, Fifty-Seven Words That Change the World: A Journey through the Lord’s Prayer (Vancouver: Regent College, 2005), 20. Some scholars would disagree with Johnson, since the imperative can also be a tone of entreaty, which would lend itself to the context of prayer. Nevertheless, the point stands that we can pray with extraordinary confidence stemming from the command of Christ to pray in this way.

[19] Martin Luther, quoted in John Koenig, Rediscovering New Testament Prayer: Boldness and Blessing in the Name of Jesus (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1992), 56.

[20] P. T. Forsyth, The Soul of Prayer (Vancouver: Regent College, 2002), 108.

[21] Acts 4:24, 31.

[22] Quoted in Charlie Cleverly, Epiphanies of the Ordinary: Encounters that Change Lives (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012), chap. 12.

[23] “Nikolaus Von Zinzendorf: Christ-Centered Moravian ‘Brother,’” Christianity Today website, accessed March 10, 2019, https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/denominationalfounders/nikolaus-von-zinzendorf.html.

[24] Quoted in James W. Goll, The Lost Art of Intercession: Restoring the Power and Passion of the Watch of the Lord (Shippensburg, AZ: Destiny Image, 2016), 102.

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