Prayer

Question: Is lighting of candles in conjunction with prayer biblical?

October 1, 1999

Question: The April 1999 issue of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family magazine carried a full-page promotion of the National Day of Prayer, directed by Shirley Dobson. The suggestions for participation included: “Light a scented candle in your home to remind you to pray. Put a lit candle in your...Read more

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Question: Does God hear and respond to the prayers of the unsaved? I know that believers have the privilege of prayer as children of God, but what about the lost?

Question: In Genesis 44:5, did Joseph use divination? If so, was this divination godly, or was it a sin?

Question: Today much is made of "prayer walking"...etc. Yet the Bible says "enter your closet to pray."

Question: Is lighting of candles in conjunction with prayer biblical?

Question: Pat Robertson has stated that the earthquake that devastated Haiti is a result of Haitians making a pact...

Question: The NewsWatch article about Governor Perry's prayer meeting...in the August 2011 TBC reminded me of Luke 9:49-50, when Jesus said, "do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side." Shouldn't that give us all reason for joy?

Question: If God has made us so that repeating a divine name invites the Spirit into our heart and soul, then what better form of prayer than to use this technique to invite the risen Christ into our hearts?

Question: I know that 1 Timothy 2:10 says that "...prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men"...

Question: [Watchman Nee] says that Adam and Eve originally had soul or mind powers that would seem supernatural to us....What do you think?

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