Tag Archives: prayer
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The Hypothesis of Prayer
Posted on June 24, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I always cringe a bit when I see secular media touting evidence for prayer. The validity of prayer does not stand or fall on scientific verification. Rather, prayer gains its validity from the mouth of God in the pages of His Word. That said, I did put prayer to the test. My approach didn’t […]
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Call to Corporate Prayer
Posted on June 17, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.A friend of mine made this observation. “When Jesus gave the disciples the Lord’s Prayer, He said – ‘When you pray, pray like this…’ (Luke 11:2). The pronoun ‘you’ is plural. Jesus expected His disciples to pray together. When Jesus ascended to the Father, 120 disciples remained together in prayer. When Peter was arrested, […]
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Connecting the Dots
Posted on June 3, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.It’s easy for us to miss unless someone points it out. How many times have we rejoiced over good news and forgotten that was something we had prayed about? Or perhaps God has worked something in our lives and we have not recognized it as relating to our plea to Him, perhaps a job […]
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When Tornadoes Twist Our View of God
Posted on May 27, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Natural catastrophes like the F-5 tornado outside Oklahoma City and human atrocities such as the murder of the British soldier in London or shootings of school children in Connecticut shake us to the core. We reel at the pain and horror of it all. Our hearts break at the suffering shown us by the […]
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I Am Prayer
Posted on May 20, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.The English Standard Version includes a footnote to its translation of Psalm 109:4. The text reads: “In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.” The psalmist cries out to God, whom He calls “O God of my praise” (v. 1), for relief and retribution against the wicked who […]
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The Luther I Can Relate To
Posted on May 13, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I am reading a book manuscript on spiritual warfare. The authors quote me on the subject and asked if I would read the book and provide a comment for publication. After hearing their perspective on the topic, I readily agreed. I believe the area of spiritual warfare is greatly neglected in discipleship today, despite […]
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Lesson at the Lake
Posted on May 10, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Twice a year I get away for a two-day personal pastoral retreat. I use the time for projects or planning, but always for prayer. The place I go to is wooded, with several hiking trails. These paths are ideal for reflection and prayer. A few of the trails are well worn by me. I […]
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Pray It, Not Say It: maximizing corporate prayer
Posted on April 19, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.As part of an effort to lay a foundation for building my congregation as a house of prayer, I’ve launched my first Prayer Training Module (PTM). The purpose of the PTM is to disciple those involved in prayer through instruction and practice. Ten men and women gathered with me in a room off the […]
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The Weapon of Prayer
Posted on April 8, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.(excerpt from Warfare Witness: Contending with Spiritual Opposition in Everyday Evangelism, Chapter 7, “The Weapon of Prayer”) Seeing how God acts in daily existence helps us to see the place of prayer. God works in two ways, immediately and mediately. When He acts immediately, God directly acts to do something. For example, when Jesus […]
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Pray Unto Others
Posted on April 5, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I am a big proponent of praying specifically. As a pastor praying for the sheep Christ has entrusted to me, I don’t just pray, “Lord, bless everybody.” No, in the model of the Good Shepherd who knows His Sheep, I pray in keeping with my knowledge of them—their joys, their sorrows, their needs, their […]
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