Articles on Prayer

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Why Did My Prayers Fail?

When it seems like God has not answered your prayers, it can be easy to give in to discouragement and doubt. Here is encouragement for those of you who may be feeling that sense of discouragement, and some simple suggestions of how to stand strong in faith.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 24, 2026
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Good News!

We must pray harder than we have ever prayed before. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, is often credited with saying that “It seems God cannot act until a man asks Him.” God needs us and our prayers to bring in an awakening unto God.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 24, 2026
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Sanctified Patriotism

Freedom carries with it the responsibility to serve. When we fulfill that condition of freedom, we will also enter the ranks of the true patriots, and we will never need to worry that freedom will ever pass from this land.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 24, 2026
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Persistent Prayer

Let’s face it. Some prayer goals challenge our faith. Some seem impossible. Only a few are easy. But the hardest of all to pray is the persistent prayer. It is this prayer upon which Paul places great emphasis.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 24, 2026
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God Is Talking. Are You Listening?

“But,” you say, “I try to talk with God, but He never answers me.” Perhaps the problem is we don’t understand how He talks to us. If we attune ourselves to the way God talks to us, we might be amazed at what He is telling us.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 24, 2026
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Unity In Prayer

Thank God we are all different! A toe has an entirely different view of things than a nose, and hands can do things toes can’t do. But when we come together in prayer our unity as one body makes us strong and we can do amazing things.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 24, 2026
When the Prayer of Agreement Becomes the Prayer of Disagreement

When the Prayer of Agreement Turns into a Prayer of Disagreement

In the midst of our diversity, God has given us the ability to come together in the unity of agreement. In that unity there is power.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 24, 2026
Well What Did You Expect?

Well, What Did You Expect?

I want to tell you the story of a man who dreamed a dream and made that dream come true. His story highlights three questions each of us must answer before we can make our dreams come true.

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by Rev. Matt W. Leach September 28, 2026