Graham Jones Blog

Intercession is simply praying for somebody else. End of. Yet more unbiblical, nonsensical teaching gets attached to this subject than almost any other. You will hear people claim they hold the office of an intercessor. Where is that in the Bible? It is not. Everybody...

Prayer does not change God. Prayer changes us. God is always in a good mood. He has been in a good mood since the universe was born. You do not have a problem with God’s mood or God’s heart. We have a problem with our own hearts. So often we come to pray for a...

Intercession is simply praying for other people. Most of us have prayed for others at times and seen answers. Yet most of us have also been challenged or disappointed by the lack of answers we have experienced when praying for others. Many treat prayer as the last...

The disciples came to Jesus and said, “Lord, teach us to pray.” In a way it was an admission. They thought they knew how to pray, yet when Jesus prayed something different happened. When He prayed, stuff happened. Blind eyes opened. Things changed. I believe we have a...

The disciples came to Jesus and said, “Lord, teach us to pray.” They were good Jewish young men. They had gone to synagogue. They had learned the prayers for every occasion. The culture and background had taught them how to pray. But when they got around Jesus, He...

Prayer raises many practical questions. How do we align our praying with the will of God? What does it mean to pray in the Spirit? How can we move beyond begging or crying for help into confident faith? These are good questions. The disciples asked Jesus to teach them...

Developing a prayer life that works requires honesty, vision, and practical steps. The disciples saw results when Jesus prayed, and they asked Him to teach them. We can follow their example. Rather than settling for patterns that produce little fruit, we can build a...

Many begin the Christian life with a simple, childlike expectation that God answers prayer. Then lived experience and the wisdom of others often lead to a more cautious realism. Yet Jesus invites us into something deeper: a mature confidence that aligns with His own...