Get Your Free Prayer Resources Today

 Get Your Free Prayer Resources Today

We find ourselves in a very difficult season when earnest prayers are needed more than ever.

The time is ripe to pray better for ourselves, family members, friends, church leaders, and those in the news.  

Like so many others I have felt overwhelmed by the bad news that has been coming for months. The future seems uncertain and that can prompt fear. But during these stormy circumstances God has not changed, the Bible has not changed, and the options to pray have not changed. 

I have been doing my best to keep up with the latest development in the news. I have been considering reports of our chaotic current events as well as commentaries. I have attempted to consider various perspectives about controversial topics. But this has been emotionally exhausting. I have had to battle with not sliding into depression and hopelessness. 

All of us have strengths and weaknesses. Some of these came as part of our personality from birth and others came due to our experiences and education. I know that cooking is not one of my strengths. My brother cooks much better than me and he likes it. I like to do research and write. Those are my strengths. 

As a retired person I have more time to research and write than those that are not retired. 

Over the decades I have felt guided by God to prepare and share general prayer guides. I have posted the text of those documents on this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/344100079340999 And if you like those then I can send you the PDF version for your convenience. Just let me know. 

I believe that lots of Christians want to pray better just like I do. All they lack is just a little guidance. Then as they begin to pray better their heart and mind will take them into new frontiers of prayer for the glory of God.

I have been doing research on a general prayer guide related to the recent news. During my research I encountered the following free resources. These are useful for the short term as well as the long term.

These links go to downloads of PDFs that you can read on your computer or print out. You can put the print outs with your Bible, near your bed, and or take them with you. Consider making time and getting away from distractions, interruptions, children, and responsibilities. You can go on a kind of  personal prayer retreat at a public park or in your vehicle parked in a safe location. Some of my best prayer times were in the chapel of a hospital. 

These resources can be used with your spouse and or children. 

After some practice these can be used as you go for a prayer walk. 

  

What follows are links to an abundance of free prayer resources. Also there are links to some prayer resources that have a small price for small units. You can choose the titles that appeal to you. This is like buying one or more books on prayer by only purchasing the chapters that appeal to you. 

RESOURCES

The free prayer resources come from Tandem Prayer https://www.tandemprayer.org/ 

Prayer Tips

https://www.tandemprayer.org/collections/prayer-tips?sort_by=best-selling 

Power Lines

https://www.tandemprayer.org/collections/power-lines?sort_by=best-selling 

Praying for Our Nation in Crisis - a new one is added each week

https://www.tandemprayer.org/collections/prayer-guides-for-a-nation-in-crisis?sort_by=best-selling 

Attached are examples of Prayer Tips, Power Lines, and Praying for Our Nation in Crisis for you to get right away. Then you can know what you are getting when you use the previous links to get more to guide your prayers both now and later. 

Also they offer very short videos. 

On their website

https://www.tandemprayer.org/pages/videos 

More on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIHxZP17ni_Kxt858Zbd5ZQ/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid 

For a very small price you can enjoy some of the following.

Devotional Prayer Journals

https://www.tandemprayer.org/collections/prayer-journals 

Prayer Guides

https://www.tandemprayer.org/collections/guides?sort_by=best-selling 

Prayer Studies

https://www.tandemprayer.org/collections/prayer-studies-for-small-groups?sort_by=best-selling 

CONCLUSION 

Before the madness of this year remember that there have been all kinds of attacks in the media on Christianity. There has been a gradual decline in moral standards demonstrated by the celebrities. The teachings in the public schools have become more hostile to biblical values. In order to stand up against these trends and to reverse the tide it is necessary that many more Christians pray better. That includes you and me. 

I have witnessed that some of those people that are the most effective in prayer are involved in a prayer group and or they have a prayer partner. By using these resources as a start you can begin a prayer partnership or begin a prayer group online. 

You are invited to not only get these prayer resources and use them but also to forward this email to others. Who are the most prayerful people you know? Who are the missionaries, pastors, and church leaders that might like these?

Surely in the future the lockdown conditions will decrease. There will be a return to a much more busy lifestyle. So now is the time to invest in learning to pray better. Surely praying better will yield great returns for all the years to come. 

Finally please pray for me. I have invested hours in the research and writing of a general guide as a response to the news. I guess that I am more than halfway done. There have been times when the blessings of God were on me. Time dissolved as I was in the groove of the creative flow. May it be completed soon. Then may God guide me in wisely sharing it with many who are ready for those inputs.  

Please open the attachments right away. Then save them and print them for your use soon. Make time to explore the links and bookmark the ones you like best. Plus buy the ones that resonate with you as well as  those you want to share with others. Do not procrastinate. In our busy lives there are lots of distractions and interruptions to take us away from our spiritual growth. So take a small stand now and set an intention to pray better using these and other resources.  

Shalom

John S. Oliver

P. S. If you know of other prayer resources that you would recommend then please inform me by responding to this email. Those could go out in the revised version of this message.