An Hour Of Prayer
An Hour Of Prayer These are days of great spiritual need in our nation. Only revival can bring lasting change and only God can bring revival. It is prayer time...
21 Bible Prayers for Government Leaders
In seasons like this, it is easy to become frustrated with the corruption, inaction, and incompetence we observe in government. It is not just in the United States either. While...
Revival Praying at Noon
“And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his...
What Is Your Bible Emphasis for the Year?
This week someone asked me, "What is your Bible word for the year?" For many years I have adopted a word, a book, or a truth from Scripture as my...
A Prayer at the Door of a New Year
One of my favorite authors through the years has been F.B. Meyer. His writings have stirred my thinking and warmed my heart. Recently as I browsed through a bookstore, I...
3 Prayer Pointers for Every Day
Prayer is a conversation with our Lord...and we all need to work on our communication! Developing a life of communion with God is the process of a lifetime. I never...
Developing a Biblical Prayer List by Pastor Scott Hooks
Prayer is a Heaven-bought privilege that gives us access into the presence of God. That door of access was opened to us through the blood of Christ that was shed...
“Revival Praying” Bible App Plan Now Available
Throughout the past few months, we have made available several Bible study plans through the Bible App. Again, while we do not align with this ministry in every area, we...
When Life Brings Us to Our Knees
Have you ever been so weak, so weary, so wounded that your legs gave out? You did not even have strength to stand up! Occasionally, I have heard people use...
Prayer Help: Use a PRAYER CALENDAR
Satan hates prayer and will do anything in his power to stop it. Samuel Chadwick observed, "Satan dreads nothing but prayer. His one concern is to keep the saints from...
Prayer Help: Take a PRAYER WALK
Prayer is a discipline and yet there is a danger in it becoming simply a dutiful routine. How quickly the time of prayer - our communion with the God of...
Pray for Canada.
Canada is a beautiful country and home to so many wonderful friends. My family and I love Canada and have enjoyed the time we have spent with our neighbors to...
“Prayer Is Still the Answer.”
This afternoon a memorial service will be conducted for a man who was used of God to encourage me greatly. Pastor Dave McCoy served for forty years at the People's...
God’s First Responders
In youth we sometimes imagine that we must comment on every world event, but through experience we learn that no one needs our opinion on everything! There is both a...
A Tool for Bible Study, Prayer, and Teaching
Solomon said, "Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh" (Ecclesiastes 12:12). This is the life verse of every college student!...
The Leader’s Most Sacred Work
The study of leadership is one that is as conflicted as it is popular. There is often more discussion and debate about leadership than there is real demonstration of it....
Pray Your Way Through Social Media!
All of life is better when we pray our way through it. Prayer is the means by which we stay in constant contact with God and it enables us to...
How To Learn To Pray
We are all students when it comes to prayer. Andrew Murray wrote a classic book called With Christ In The School of Prayer. I must confess to you that I...
Beginning Tomorrow
It is hard to believe it has been almost a year! The international shutdown at the beginning of the pandemic has become a point of reference in a variety of...
Thanks for Your Patience!
A little over a month ago we sold out of the hardback edition of Revival Praying. I am truly grateful to God for the reception the book has received in...
What We Really Need
We are one month into the new year! How are your resolutions holding up? I am not a critic of resolutions; they have very often marked turning points in my...
4 Stages In A Prayer Meeting
Recently I saw where a prominent Christian leader suggested that perhaps this would be a good time for churches to begin having prayer meetings again. The real question is: why...
One Revival Challenge & Two Pieces of News
These are exciting times to be serving Jesus. Yes, I know our nation is in a mess - but the Lord loves to step into the middle of a mess...
An Idea for Your Christmas Cards
Have you sent out your Christmas cards yet? Through the years it has become increasingly difficult to send cards to everyone that we love and want to greet. For the...
Exciting News to Share
One of the great joys of serving the Lord is watching Him work in ways we could never have planned. Yes, we are “laborers together with God” and He has...
5 Books To Read On Prayer + 1 I’m Reading Now
This is a hard one. I have so many books that have been a tremendous help to me on the subject of prayer. There are a host of "classics" -...
Your Christmas Prayer List
Is your Christmas shopping list complete? Christmas card lists, grocery lists, gift lists...tis the season for written reminders! What about your Christmas prayer list? At this time of year it...
Join Us This Thursday!
Just a quick note today to tell you what the Lord is doing here in southern West Virginia. A great number of preachers and people have been praying for some...
Pray For A Preacher
Tammy and I are spending the day with a great group of preachers and their wives at The Preacher's Rest. I thank the Lord for calling me to be a...
Fall On Your Face Before You Fall On Your Face by Dan Knickerbocker
Dan Knickerbocker is a happy Christian, a dear friend, and an encourager to God's people. He is being used of the Lord in evangelism all over the country and is...
The Need Of Our Nation
It is easy to fuss at the darkness around us and fail to do the very things that bring true light into our dark world. Political conservatism and true Christianity...
How To Pray For The President
Yesterday I opened the USA Today to find a full page ad with the names of a wide range of religious leaders calling for a day of prayer for our...
How Can We Pray For You?
Recently I have had several kind believers come to me in meetings and ask, "What can we pray for you and your family specifically?" Nothing could be more encouraging! Such...
40 Days Of Prayer
Every day should be a day of prayer, but it is a good thing to set aside specific seasons to give yourself to concentrated prayer. Extended periods of prayer help...
The True Church Business Meeting
I arrived a half hour before the evening service was to start. One hundred people were already seated in the auditorium. Why were they early? The church was meeting for...
Help Us Pray!
This afternoon I am helping to conduct a prayer rally in the Akron-Canton, Ohio area. This meeting with churches from around the region is for one purpose: to set ourselves...
7 Ways The Bible Helps Your Prayer Life
We all know we ought to pray more. We all want to pray more effectively. Wouldn't it be wonderful if God wrote a manual on prayer? Indeed, He has! God's...
Praying For Those Who Need To Come Home This Christmas!
In our last article I wrote about the geographical and circumstantial reasons that some loved ones cannot be home for Christmas. But there is another reason. Some people may even...
What I Do When I Don’t Feel Like Praying
People imagine that preachers jump out of bed every day with a strong urge to pray. Nothing could be further from the truth! We all battle flesh and flesh doesn't...
Did You Hear What God Did?
This week I had the joy of hearing a couple of reports that were overwhelming. In a world of bad news it is encouraging to hear of definite answers to...
“Lord, Teach Us To Pray!”
These words from Luke 11:1 are the prayer that opens the understanding to more prayer. How often we go through the motions and mechanics of prayer but fail to truly...
A President’s Day Prayer
Today is President's Day in the United States. In the war zone that is the American political system it is often easy to forget the spiritual conflict that is always...
7 Specific Prayers for the One You Love
lt,Tammy and I are on our way to speak at a marriage retreat for the next couple of days. This week is, of course, a special time for sweethearts and...
5 Things I Pray Before I Preach
Several years ago when I served on a church staff a college student came to me at the end of a service with an interesting question. He said, “I hear...
The 3 Most Important Times in A Revival Meeting
We have just come through one of the busiest seasons of the year for revival meetings. In reality, God chooses the season for revival. It cannot be scheduled or planned....
5 Prayers of the Evangelist
The service had just ended and an older woman whom I did not know came to speak to me. She told me that she prays for me and for my...
Praying for the Preacher | Bible Guide
Praying for the Preacher Many years ago my pastor taught me that I could have a part in helping all of those the preacher ministers to if I would labor with...
Do This Today for the President of the United States
In my office at home is a bust of my favorite U.S. President. Since I was a boy I have admired the strength and gentleness of Abraham Lincoln. On a...
Will You Do This In the Morning?
In recent years I have come to realize the importance of the morning hours. There is something special about the quiet - and the coffee! - before the noise of the...
30 Day Prayer Guide
We would like to make available to you this "Tool to Strengthen Believers." It serves to accompany our current series on Watch and Pray. Several years ago as I studied...
We Need Your Help
Tomorrow we will drive to Gray, Tennessee. At 2:00 p.m., Saturday we will be part of a special prayer rally with churches from around the Tri-Cities. For weeks we have...
An Item for Praise and Prayer
Yesterday I had the privilege to speak to a group of pastoral staff men in the church where I am preaching. It was a joy to share with them truths...
An Aid for Your Prayer Life
Prayer is a help. It is our connection to the great Helper! Prayer is our lifeline to Heaven and the only way to live victoriously on earth. Yet, as surely...
Our Daily Bread
This week a fine young man sent me a message asking how to keep his mind fixed on Christ while surrounded by so many distractions. It is not an easy...
A 31 Day Devotional Challenge that Could Change the Way You Approach the Bible
Two of God's most blessed servants, one hundred years apart, practiced the same devotional habit. Both George Whitefield and George Mueller read the Bible each day on their knees. This...
Keeping Your Prayer Life Fresh
Keeping Your Prayer Life Fresh Good things can get stale. Even our prayer life. One of the great challenges of using a prayer list is not allowing it to become...
7 Things to Pray for Your Pastor
7 Things to Pray for Your Pastor Everyone expects the pastor to pray for his people. But pastors need prayer too. In fact, they need much prayer. Their responsibility is...
A Victory! Now What?
Some of life's greatest defeats come after great victories. Call it a lack of vigilance, a false sense of your own strength. There are many reasons. Be sure of this:...
A Word for Christians about President’s Day
President's Day should be a reminder to pray. To pray for our president and for our nation. It is easy to complain. It takes no effort to criticize. But prayer...
Praying the Proverbs
Many years ago someone suggested to me that I make a practice of reading a passage in the book of Proverbs every day. It is a book of wisdom for...
Genuine Prayers = Meaningful Prayers
How to Make Prayer More Meaningful The new year brings with it fresh thoughts about our devotional life. We all need to give more time and attention to prayer. To...
I Am Praying for You!
Some of the most beautiful words I ever hear are: "I am praying for you." (Especially if I know they are more than just words!) My precious wife prays for...
The Greatest Method of Bible Study
The Greatest Method of Bible Study "I have been reading the Bible but I don't know how to study it. Can you help?" We have all been there at some...
How to Pray for a Special Meeting
Today we begin our annual Baptist Friends Conference at Temple Baptist Church and Crown College. Pastor Sexton and our precious people love hosting this meeting and seeking to encourage hundreds...
My Favorite Prayer Quotes
Today the Lord spoke to my heart again concerning the matter of prayer. When I think of prayer I think: what a great privilege! Then I think...what a great failure!...
A Remedy for Every Fear
Google the word phobia. Fear has reached epidemic proportions. Millions of Americans live in fear every day. Worse, many believers have become content with allowing fear to control their lives. The first mention...
Pray for Your Pastor
It was a great privilege to grow up in a pastor’s home. My dad has pastored the same church for over two decades. My grandfather was a pastor and several...
The Forgotten Ministry
In recent weeks the Lord has been dealing with me about so many weaknesses in my own prayer life. One of the most glaring has been my failure in the...
30 Days of Prayer
“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 It is significant that the only thing God commands us to do without ceasing is to pray. Dr. John R. Rice said often that,...
