So often when we pray, we feel helpless, especially at those times when we are not even sure what to pray (see Rom 8:26) God’s Holy Spirit uses the Word of God to guide us in prayer: as Donald Whitney says, ‘can you have a greater assurance that you are praying the...

As well as being examples of poetry and song, the Psalms are chiefly prayers. We may well try to categorise these prayers (according to subject matter such as lament, thanksgiving, petition and so on), but the psalms themselves are not arranged in this kind of order....

During the India trip, we were involved in the children's work done in Fredrick's church and in the slum area where the women's tailoring programme is situated: In both situations, we had fun telling Bible stories, singing action songs and doing games. The love of...