Sermon Resources on Power Of Prayer

liturgy

Praising God's Eternal Power

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

Keywords

Scripture

1 Peter 2:1-12

Pastor: Friends in Christ, I urge you all to lift up your hearts to God and pray with me as Christ our Lord has taught us and freely promised to hear us. People: Our Father, who art in heave...

liturgy

Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

Keywords

Scripture

Isaiah 59:16-17, 2 Chronicles 20:15-17, Psalm 144:1-2, Ephesians 6:10-17, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Ephesians 6:10-13

Pastor: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. People: Put on the full armor of God to stand firm against the devil’s schemes. Pastor: with the belt of truth buckled at t...

liturgy

Hear Our Prayer, O Lord

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

Keywords

Scripture

1 Peter 2:1-12

Pastor: Friends in Christ, I urge you all to lift up your hearts to God and pray with me as Christ our Lord has taught us and freely promised to hear us. People: Our Father, who art in heave...

Quote

Author

Oswald Chambers

Keywords

Scripture

James 5:13-16, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Matthew 26:41, Romans 12:12, Ephesians 6:18, Matthew 6:9-13, Matthew 5:44, 1 Timothy 2:8, Luke 6:27-28, Luke 11:1-4, Mark 6:9-13

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

liturgy

Trusting God's Goodness and Power

Author

Laura B. Murray

Keywords

Scripture

Mark 9:23-24, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 8:28, Matthew 17:20, Ephesians 1:18-19 , Isaiah 40:28-31

All-powerful God, overwhelmed by the sorrows and pains of the day, we are prone to doubting. We search for your goodness yet we cannot perceive it. We long for your greatness but we disbelieve it. H...

illustration

Prayer for the Jeh

Author

Bradley Long

Keywords

Scripture

Luke 18:1-14, Luke 11:5-13, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Ephesians 6:18, Colossians 1:9, Philippians 4:6, Genesis 18:23-33, Exodus 32:31-32, 1 Samuel 1:10-11, Psalm 40:1, Psalm 116:1-2, James 4:2

One of the main linguists that worked on Rosetta Stone , a computerized language-learning tool, moved to Vietnam in 1962… of his own free will! He and a ministry partner went to translate the Bibl...

illustration

Love and Power

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Keywords

Scripture

Exodus 3:7-12 , 1 Kings 3:16-28, Isaiah 1:16-17, Luke 4:16-21, Psalm 72:1-4 , Ephesians 3:16-19

One of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites, polar opposites, so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and powe...

liturgy

Prayer And Praise Through Christ

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

Keywords

Scripture

Psalm 124:8, Psalm 130:3-4, Isaiah 53:5-6, Genesis 1:1-2, Micah 6:8

Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord, People: who made heaven and earth. Pastor: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? People: But with Yo...

Quote

Author

Phillips Brooks

Keywords

Scripture

Exodus 3:10-12, Judges 6:11-40, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Psalm 18:32, Luke 12:32

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, but pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Quote

Author

Arthur T. Pierson

Keywords

From the day of Pentecost, there has been not one great spiritual awakening in any land which has not begun in a union of prayer, though only among two or three. And no such outward, upward movement h...

liturgy

The Prayer of St. John Chrysostom

Author

John Chrysostom

Keywords

Scripture

Matthew 18:20

Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered toget...

illustration

Making it Rain

Author

Pete Greig

Keywords

In my book Red Moon Rising, I described a time on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza when an Anglican priest asked a bunch of young missionaries sent out by our organization to pray for rain because th...

illustration

The Power of Words

Author

John Piper & Justin Taylor

Keywords

Scripture

John 1:1-5, 14, Luke 4:16-21, Psalm 19:7-9 , Genesis 1:1-3, Exodus 3:4-10 , Isaiah 55:10-11

WORDS. We think words, hear words, speak words, sing words, write words, and read words—all the time. Every day. What do words have to do with Christianity? Almost everything. At every stage in redemp...

illustration

He’s Quite Fond of Me

Author

The Pastor's Workshop

Keywords

Scripture

Isaiah 43:1, Hosea 11:3-4, Zephaniah 3:17, John 15:9, Romans 8:38-39, Psalm 103:13-14

Brennan Manning recounts the story of an Irish priest traveling through a quiet countryside when he comes across an elderly peasant kneeling in prayer by the roadside. Struck by the man’s devotion, th...

liturgy

Fourth Sunday of Advent (Book of Common Prayer)

Keywords

Scripture

Psalm 51:10-12, Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 12:35-40 , 2 Timothy 2:20-21, Matthew 5:8 , James 4:8, John 14:1-3

Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of ...

blog

No Body but Yours

Author

Andrew Arndt

Keywords

One of the Wonders of Ministry I love being a pastor for many reasons, not least because of how often I get a front-row seat to wonders. The following wonder happened on October 17, 2023. I share it...

series

Mountains: 1, 1 Kings 18:22-39

Author

Allen Thompson

Keywords

Scripture

1 Kings 18:22-39, Psalm 121:1-2, Genesis 12:8, Psalm 42:null, Psalm 121:null

Why Start with Mountains? When we join the story, Elijah has been in conflict with King Ahab and Queen Jezebel over the turning of the nation and the people toward Baal. Meanwhile, a drought has s...

scripture guide

Scripture Guide, I Kings 18:22-39

Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

Keywords

Scripture

1 Kings 18:22-39, Genesis 12:8, Psalm 42:null, Psalm 121:1-2, Isaiah 4:null

This scripture guide is adapted from the Summer Settings sermon guide Mountains I . Why Start with Mountains? We start with mountains because there are an abundance of Bible passages related ...

Quote

Author

Annie Dillard

Keywords

Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute?… On the whole I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of condi...

Quote

Author

Karle Wilson Baker

Keywords

Scripture

Joshua 1:6-9, Isaiah 41:10, Ephesians 6:10-18, Matthew 10:28-31, Psalm 56:3-4, 2 Corinthians 4:8-12

Courage is Fear That has said its prayers.

liturgy

Lord, our heavenly Father, You never refuse the cries of Your children

Keywords

Scripture

Luke 24:1-12, Matthew 28:1-28

Pastor: Lord, our heavenly Father, You never refuse the cries of Your children. In the name of our Lord Jesus, hear our prayers this day: You founded Your holy Christian Church through faith, establ...

Quote

Author

John Wimber

Keywords

Scripture

James 4:2, James 5:14-15, Matthew 7:7-8, Luke 11:9-10, Mark 11:24

When we prayed for no one, no one was healed. When we prayed for lots of people, some were healed.

illustration

Finding Grace after Contracting Leprosy

Author

The Pastor's Workshop

Keywords

Scripture

Micah 6:8, 1 Kings 19:11-13 , Genesis 16:13, Luke 14:11, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Psalm 34:18

Peter Greave (1910-1977) was a British national who endured a challenging and tumultuous life, which took a severe turn in 1939 when he contracted leprosy while stationed in India, also his birthplace...

illustration

Jesus’ Hidden Invitations

Author

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

Keywords

Scripture

1 Kings 19:11-13 , Exodus 33:12-14, Isaiah 30:15 , Mark 1:35-38, Luke 5:15-16, Psalm 46:10

Jesus’ actions, in and of themselves, often make no sense unless we see them as responses to some hidden invitation—an invitation received from time spent alone with his Father. When Jesus was interru...

illustration

Feed My Sheep

Author

Dallas Willard

Keywords

Scripture

Isaiah 6:1-8, Exodus 33:12-23, 1 Samuel 3:1-10, Acts 9:1-19, Matthew 17:1-8, Psalm 16:11

Sometimes, of course, the sense of God with us becomes much more distinct. My oldest brother, J. I. Willard, served for over thirty years as a minister under the blessing of God. But his entry into th...

illustration

Christian Geese

Author

The Pastor's Workshop

Keywords

Scripture

Isaiah 40:31, Romans 13:11, 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Galatians 4:9, Hebrews 5:12; 12:1, 1 Peter 2:9

The Danish philosopher and contrarian Soren Kierkegaard once compared Christians of his time to a flock of geese in a barnyard. Every week, they listened to an eloquent speaker who recounted the stori...

liturgy

Holy Spirit, Fill Our Hearts

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

Keywords

Scripture

Acts 2:1-4, Isaiah 44:3 , John 14:15-17, John 4:26, Acts 2:38-39

Pastor: God promised: "I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants." Isaiah 4...

Quote

Author

Charles F. Stanley

Keywords

To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.

Quote

Author

A. W. Tozer

Keywords

Scripture

Luke 24:49, 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6, Romans 15:19, 1 Corinthians 2:4-5, Galatians 5:22-23

If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, ...

lectionary

Easter: Resurrection of the Lord

Author

Scott B. Bullock

Keywords

Scripture

Matthew 28:1-10, Matthew 27:51, Daniel 7:13-14, John 11:null, Psalm 30:null

Preaching Commentary Earthquakes & Cosmic Animation In Matthew 27:51, we read of an earthquake that occurred the moment Jesus breathed his last breath. Matthew wants us to note that the followi...

liturgy

liturgy

liturgy

liturgy

illustration

illustration

liturgy

liturgy

illustration

illustration

illustration

liturgy

blog

series

scripture guide

liturgy

illustration

illustration

illustration

illustration

liturgy

lectionary

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalm

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum