Parish Insights

The Power of Prayer

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In the Bible we see Jesus going away to pray again and again. Why? He must have thought it was important.

He was communing with God, His Father.

Getting Directions and Gaining strength

In the same way, we want to understand God’s plan for prayer and become more effective as we pray.

These podcasts are a tool for you to consider the ways we need to improve and grow in our ability to pray effectively.

Scripture references

  • He set the boundaries of people and nations, determining
  • their appointed time in history. (Acts 17:26)
  • Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and
  • subdue it. (Gen 1:28)
  • Then he believed in the Lord and He reckoned it to him as
  • righteousness. (Gen 15:6)
    • Without becoming weak in faith, he (Abraham) contemplated his own body, now as good as dead, since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; yet with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able to perform. Romans 4:19-20)
      • We are new creations. Old things are passed away,and all things become new. And all of these new things are of God, who reconciled us to Himself. (II Cor 5:17-19)


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        Parish InsightsBy Fr. Mike Lee