Why Pray? (4 of 9)
Series: God Talks: A Conversation through the Psalms
Scott Maze
Psalm 65
Americans are on edge. Our stock market has taken a tremendous beating over the past two weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial average plunged 513 points on Thursday and gyrated violently on Friday. The recent debt ceiling negotiation of this past Tuesday has caused Standard and Poor to lower the United States government from its list of risk-free borrowers for the first time in our nation's history. Some are speculating that such a move could cost the national government tens of billions of dollars each year in higher interest payments on our debt. Americans are on edge.
31 Americans were killed yesterday in Afghanistan, as 22 of the 31 belonged to a Navy SEAL unit. Locally, wild fires this week near Rudy road burned sixty acres and threatened numerous homes in the area, including some members of our church. The summer is scorching hot outside and we need rain. Still others are grieving the loss of children in at least two recent deaths within our congregation.
American are on edge and nervous as few other times in recent memory. We are uncertain about our future. We pray for the security of our nest eggs but see little results. We pray for the safety of our troops. We pray for rain and the rain doesn't come. And we pray for our health.
Does Prayer Make Any Difference?
Paul and Jill are the parents of six children. One of the six, Kim, had been diagnosed with Autism. The family had struggled with Kim's Autism for years as she had gone to speech therapy for some five years with no success. While away on vacation in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Paul was walking down from the campsite to their Dodge Caravan when he noticed his fourteen year old daughter, Ashley, standing in front of the van, tense and upset. When he asked her what was wrong, she said, ''I lost my contact lens. It's gone.'' Father ...
Series: God Talks: A Conversation through the Psalms
Scott Maze
Psalm 65
Americans are on edge. Our stock market has taken a tremendous beating over the past two weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial average plunged 513 points on Thursday and gyrated violently on Friday. The recent debt ceiling negotiation of this past Tuesday has caused Standard and Poor to lower the United States government from its list of risk-free borrowers for the first time in our nation's history. Some are speculating that such a move could cost the national government tens of billions of dollars each year in higher interest payments on our debt. Americans are on edge.
31 Americans were killed yesterday in Afghanistan, as 22 of the 31 belonged to a Navy SEAL unit. Locally, wild fires this week near Rudy road burned sixty acres and threatened numerous homes in the area, including some members of our church. The summer is scorching hot outside and we need rain. Still others are grieving the loss of children in at least two recent deaths within our congregation.
American are on edge and nervous as few other times in recent memory. We are uncertain about our future. We pray for the security of our nest eggs but see little results. We pray for the safety of our troops. We pray for rain and the rain doesn't come. And we pray for our health.
Does Prayer Make Any Difference?
Paul and Jill are the parents of six children. One of the six, Kim, had been diagnosed with Autism. The family had struggled with Kim's Autism for years as she had gone to speech therapy for some five years with no success. While away on vacation in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Paul was walking down from the campsite to their Dodge Caravan when he noticed his fourteen year old daughter, Ashley, standing in front of the van, tense and upset. When he asked her what was wrong, she said, ''I lost my contact lens. It's gone.'' Father ...
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