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Epaphras Prays Podcast
Short teachings on prayer and intercession and a few minutes of praying for the people of God from the Word of God
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Epaphras Prays PodcastOne Key To Answered Prayer Is Faith
In our desire for answered prayers, we often grasp desperately at promises while missing their source. Prayer is not primarily about getting what we want, but…
Epaphras Prays PodcastThe Most Important Thing We Can Do
Jesus once asked a blind man, "What do you want me to do for you?" (Luke 18:41) This question demonstrated Jesus' kindness and His willingness to respond to…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWhat To Pray For Yourself To Grow In Christ
We often spend our prayer time interceding for others—family, church members, and neighbors—asking for blessings in their circumstances, health, salvation, and…
Epaphras Prays PodcastOf Praises and Supplication
Welcome to the PrayerCast, like a podcast but with prayer. In this Episode: PRAISE O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! - Psalm 8:9…
Epaphras Prays PodcastAsking Directly From God's Own Word
Have you ever noticed how technology has changed the way we navigate? These days, most people rely on GPS and smartphones to guide them from point A to point…
Epaphras Prays PodcastHow Praising Is Praying
Many Christians believe the primary purpose of prayer is to ask God for help and blessings. Yet research shows that in the Bible's own prayer book—the…
Epaphras Prays PodcastHow We Can Pray When Someone Asks
Do you pray for people you know? Do others ask you to pray for them? Most requests for prayer come to us because of a need someone has. It is likely a physical…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWhat Results From Our Praying?
Have you ever wondered why some prayers seem to precede remarkable breakthroughs in your life? This pattern isn't coincidental—it reflects a profound spiritual…
Epaphras Prays PodcastA February PrayerCast 0225
A PrayerCast is like a podcast, but instead of talking or reading, it’s praying. You are welcome to pray along as we do. Hello there, I'm the voice of…
Epaphras Prays PodcastOur Ever-Present Intercessor
But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not. --Luke 22:32 I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you. --John 16:26 He ever lives to make…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPray Always and Don't Give Up
Epaphras Prays is a newsletter about personal and intercessory praying. We encourage the People of God to pray from the Word of God for other People of God…
Epaphras Prays PodcastMinistry Work is Empowered by Prayer
Epaphras Prays is a newsletter about personal and intercessory praying. We encourage the People of God to pray from the Word of God for other People of God…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPraying Like Spurgeon - A PrayerCast
We cannot hear his voice, but we can pray these printed words along with Charles Spurgeon: Glorious Liberty OUR Father, we bless Thy name that we can say from…
Epaphras Prays PodcastThe Surprising Power Desire Makes In Prayer
Introduction Prayer is often described as the heartbeat of a believer’s relationship with God, but what gives prayer its power? According to E. M. Bounds, the…
Epaphras Prays PodcastA Reading of Christmas Hymns
I love Christmas hymns, the ones we sing in church or hear on our radio. Songs like O Little Town of Bethlehem, The First Noel, Away in a Manger, Joy to the…
Epaphras Prays PodcastMay God Open Doors For The Word
The “good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people” were first told by an angel of the Lord to some shepherds tending flocks in the fields. He told…
Epaphras Prays PodcastHarvest Only Happens By Our Praying
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers…
Epaphras Prays PodcastOur Greatest Tool That Will Build God's Church
The building of the church isn’t about the building itself. Jesus is the builder and designer of His church, using people as laborers who do the work through…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWhat Keeps Us From Praying and Praying Rightly
There is first of all, a lack of praying (to our Lord)--of spending time personally, privately, in our own closets in quiet devotion, or intercession. We do…
Epaphras Prays PodcastA Day of TAG
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! – Psalm 107:1 PrayerCast Notes: Goodness and Mercy—from Spurgeon’s Prayers…
Epaphras Prays PodcastIntercession Is A Privilege
We are instructed by Almighty God to pray for others. We call this intercessory prayer, and we see this numerous times in Scripture. This is often how Jesus…
Epaphras Prays PodcastA Study In Prayer--King David
Reading and studying the prayers found in the Bible is beneficial for me to learn to pray. So we’re beginning an occasional study at Epaphras Prays of the rich…
Epaphras Prays PodcastKeeping Ourselves In The Love Of God
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy…
Epaphras Prays PodcastShall I Go Up?
We need to make a it a point to seek God's guidance before making decisions. This is in keeping with king David as seen in 1 &2 Samuel. Acting without God's…
Epaphras Prays PodcastStay Vigilant and Keep Praying
You have prayed long, you have prayed hard, and you are to be commended. But now is not the time to rest from our prayers, for the battle is won, but the war…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPraying For Our Enemies Using Scripture
Imprecatory praying is a special type of prayer. This type invokes a curse, and involves asking for divine judgment or punishment. These are found throughout…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWhy do nations turn from the Lord--and how do we return?
Many nations are living in Psalm 2—conspiring together and raging against the Lord, and rushing headlong to destruction. In this PrayerCast we're praying from…
Epaphras Prays PodcastYou Must Pray By Intentional Effort
When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will…
Epaphras Prays PodcastGod’s Prayer Manual: How We Use Our Bibles For Guidance
for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. Isaiah 56:7 God’s church is called “a house of prayer”, which ought to show us the significance…
Epaphras Prays PodcastGiving Ourselves To Praying For Others
At that day ye shall ask in My name - John 16:26 To intercede is to pray on behalf of another. We act as a go-between, or an advocate for someone. Here are two…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWhat Good Is Brought By Our Praying?
Hello, thanks for opening this newsletter. Today’s article is from Johnathan Edwards (1703-1758) a prominent Puritan theologian and pastor in the United…
Epaphras Prays PodcastYou Are Not Alone If You Struggle With Praying
Do you struggle in praying? You’re not the only one, I have also, and if we’re honest, we all do somehow. Asking for things comes naturally to us—from people…
Epaphras Prays PodcastDo You Have A Way To Pray?
I have a way to pray to the Lord. It’s not the only way, but it’s a pretty good way. If you don’t have a way, this will get you started and help you stay…
Epaphras Prays PodcastTo You O Lord I Call
This edition of the Epaphras Prays PrayerCast includes * a 2nd Century Prayer of the Early Church, from Polycarp * a prayer of David in Psalm 28 * an…
Epaphras Prays PodcastAn Invitation to Pray for Courageous, Knowledgeable Leaders and Intercessors
Prayer Insights from George Whitfield (1714-1770) In his urgent prayer for revival, Whitfield begged the Lord to raise up another generation of pastors and…
Epaphras Prays PodcastA Forgotten Widow Sees Her Prayer Answered
For years I have traveled and spent time in small prayer groups. I am constantly amazed—but not surprised anymore, by the prayers of the elderly. In every…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWhy We Teach Praying From Scripture
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. - Psalm 119:58 KJV The psalmist here is asking the Lord to show kindness…
Epaphras Prays PodcastAsking For God's Word to Multiply
Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly - Acts 6:7 But the word of God grew and multiplied. - Acts 12:24 So the word of…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPray Always But Don't Babble
The key to persevering prayer is to keep praying.Persistence in petitions pleases the Lord. I recently shared this on social media, and someone commented that…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPrayerCast- Pray With Charles
This Edition of the PrayerCast prays a transcribed prayer of C.H. Spurgeon in the volume of Pulpit Prayers. The key points in Spurgeon's prayer include: *…
Epaphras Prays PodcastBroken Walls and the Need for Assembled Prayer
In the Old Testament book of Nehemiah, we see a great example of what James says in the New Testament: the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and…
Epaphras Prays PodcastAsking According to the Lord’s Written Word
Sometime back, I stopped always asking God for only what I want and started asking Him for what He wants. I don’t recall just when that was, and often I slip…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPrayercast: For The Mind Of Christ
We are praying this time for our minds, that we would think on Jesus, be renewed and transformed, have the mind of Christ and on things above. We are praying…
Epaphras Prays PodcastThe Right Focus Will Make Our Worry Plummet
Our Savior knows we worry and fret constantly about many things. That’s why He tells us not to worry about what we will eat, or wear—for our heavenly Father…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPowerful Prayers To Support Our Pastors In Need
This post was previously released in 2022, and we’ve updated it for today after being inspired by a recent post by Paul Christopher because we’ve been reminded…
Epaphras Prays PodcastExhorting Prayers For All Who Are In Authority
Intercessions are our prayers on behalf of others needs. There are many examples of this in Scripture, and we are instructed to do the same: to pray for the…
Epaphras Prays PodcastIt's Important To Keep Watch On Our Altar Fire
Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it shall not go out. — Leviticus 6:13 LSB We are to keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the…
Epaphras Prays PodcastSeven Personal Prayers that will Grow Your Spirit
Personal prayer seems to be the most neglected of all Christian duties, which is unfortunate because private prayer is the true measure of a Christian’s walk…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWithout This One Tool You Won’t Be Prepared For The Task
Take Up Your Tool Someone asked: What does it mean that prayer is a tool? Perhaps that since God is building His church, and we are His laborers, prayer is our…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPrayerCast for May
Welcome to the PrayerCast for May Our Prayer Themes This time we touch on: * Getting more of God—The Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ASK, He gives…
Epaphras Prays PodcastA Day of National Praying
Today is the National Day of Prayer, now designated as the first Thursday in May each year. Long before, came the presidential proclamation, which we reaffirm…
Epaphras Prays PodcastWhat Prayer Is
Thank you for reading Epaphras Prays. We are a small group writing about prayer and actually in prayer. We are supported by Subscribers, not advertisers…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPrayerCast for April
Thank you for reading Epaphras Prays. We are a small group writing about prayer and actually in prayer. We are supported by Subscribers, not advertisers…
Epaphras Prays PodcastAppeal For Intercessory Praying
Brethren, I have to EXHORT YOU TO PRAY FOR OTHERS. —C. H. Spurgeon Why would he have to? In the final part of the sermon—Intercessory Prayer, the preacher…
Epaphras Prays PodcastInterceding for Our Friends
Job prayed for his friends, and so we pray for our friends. There are four types of others for whom we should especially intercede. Some of these will be in…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPrayerCast for March
Come, pray with us from these five Scriptures for the Church, for the wisdom, insight, knowledge, revelation of God which we lack. Listen along or read along…
Epaphras Prays PodcastEnlisting In Intercessory Praying
Do we know, or need to remember, that intercessory praying is the sweetest praying our Father hears? This is because it is the nature of the prayers of his own…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPrayerCast for February
Come, pray with us these four Scriptures for the Church: Romans 15:5-7, 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, Ephesians 1:17-19, Colossians 1:9-12 Listen along or read along…
Epaphras Prays PodcastOur Purpose in Prayer
This edition comes in audio form as we read from Chapter 3 of "Purpose in Prayer" by E.M. Bounds Thank you for listening to Epaphras Prays . This post is…
Epaphras Prays PodcastPrayerCast for January
Come, pray with us these five Scriptures for the Church: Acts 4:29-31, Ephesians 3:16-19, Philippians 1:9-11, 1 Peter 4: 7-9, 1 John 1:7 Get full access to…