God answers prayer. We can approach him as a loving Father who delights in meeting his children’s needs. But the Bible teaches us principles of prayer that teach us how to pray effectively and powerfully.
This primer on prayer sets out what the Bible says about prayer. Learn the basics of prayer—what prayer is, to whom we are praying, why we should pray, and how to pray. From prayers of confession and petition to habits of prayer, the role of praise and lament in prayer, and how prayer and spiritual warfare come together, You Rang? will help you get to know God, the One who calls us to pray and hears and answers prayer.
Astoria, Oregon, owes its existence as much to a little-known ship captain as its namesake, John Jacob Astor. Captain George Flavel happened upon the ramshackle village at the mouth of the Columbia River in the fall of 1849, bringing goods in the California Gold Rush. As he subsequently captained and piloted three different ships along the Pacific coast he learned that the perilous Columbia River Bar, the “graveyard of the Pacific,” barred the entrance to most mariners.
Humorous, compassionate, and tragic day-to-day experiences of a transport pilot in combat. When Jon Drury was shipped to Vietnam with 90 percent of his graduating class, he was assigned to the short-field C-7A Caribou, made by De Havilland. His challenging mission carried troops into combat, air dropped live chickens in crates, ferried cows to Special Forces camps, and dodged .50 caliber fire.
Can I go on? Should I give up? Is there any hope? The world’s false yardsticks demean and devastate you. Feelings of insignificance overwhelm you. Daily combat with giants such as fear, rejection, and comparison exhausts you. Lord, I Feel So Small explores twenty battlegrounds of significance to expose the lies that demean, discover the miracle of God’s purpose, and equip you for a life of unshakable confidence in God.