Ever Challenged to Answer a Child's Question About Jesus?
Questions—children are full of them! While inquisitiveness is an endearing quality, it can sometimes prove challenging, especially when young ones begin to ask about matters of faith. Thankfully, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson has written a helpful book for families that makes the most of a child’s natural curiosity about God and the world He has made.
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What Happens When We Pray? (An Excerpt from the Book 'Do You Pray?')
What happens when we pray? Consider this encouragement from J.C. Ryle:
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What Can Prayer Do? Have You Ever Wondered? (An Excerpt from the Book 'Do You Pray?')
What can prayer do? Have you ever wondered? Consider J.C. Ryle’s observations:
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Do You Pray?
Do you pray? It’s a straightforward question, and one that most of us can answer without much reflection. But even if we do pray, what do our prayers sound like? What do they reveal about our hearts?
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Alistair Begg's New Book "Pray Big"
Having a consistent, intimate prayer life is a challenge for many of us. We might pray readily enough for our most immediate concerns, such as help for our children, provision with our jobs, or assistance with our finances. We often have difficulty, though, relying entirely on God to answer our prayers in accordance with our truest needs. How do we pray rightly, understanding that we’re praying to a God who can do infinitely more than we ask or imagine?
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How Can We Thank God for the Privilege of Coming to Him in Prayer?
In the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul teaches that God can "do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think" (3:20). How do we rightly thank God for His goodness toward us? In his book Pray Big, Alistair Begg helps us pray big prayers to a big God who is unlimited in granting all that is in His will for us.
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How Can We Thank God for Opening Our Eyes to See Our Savior?
When we hear and study God’s Word, He works miraculously to open our eyes so that we can see the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ. Finding the right words to thank God for this lifesaving miracle is far from easy. In his book Pray Big, Alistair Begg draws from the prayers of the apostle Paul to put earnest words to our gratitude.
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Alistair Begg on How to Pray Like the Apostle Paul
A consistent, eternity-focused prayer life doesn't come naturally to most of us. How can we pray better, and bigger? In his latest book, Alistair Begg offers a helpful pattern for praying big prayers to a big God by drawing from the prayers of the apostle Paul in the book of Ephesians. Watch Alistair discuss how to focus our prayers, why some prayers remain unanswered, and what we should pray for in this insightful series.
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How Can We Thank God for the Privilege of Calling Him Father?
Finding the words to pray what's on our hearts isn't always easy. In his book Pray Big, Alistair Begg gives us a prayer to thank God for the privilege of being able to call Him Father and for enabling us to come to Him through the giving of the Holy Spirit.
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Get Back to the Basics of Christianity
What does it really mean to be a Christian? In this study, Alistair Begg identifies the essential elements of the believer’s life, starting with conversion and then elaborating on how believers are to act out their faith. “To be a Christian,” he says, “is to declare that Jesus is Lord. His Lordship affects both our minds, teaching us what to believe, and our morals, changing the way we live.” While each follower of Christ is uniquely called, all Christians share the same fixed features of genuine faith.
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