Resources on Prayer, Praise and Worship

The preparation for worshipping God is to look at the Lord Jesus; to fill your heart and mind and soul with him. When we see the wonders of the way he behaved, what he said and what he showed us about God, we feel our hearts and spirits move in response to the fact that, in Christ, we are looking upon God. These studies show how our relationship with the Lord Jesus leads to an overflow of prayer, praise and worship.

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Why Talk to God?
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Why Talk to God?
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Five Studies on Prayer, Praise and Worship

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The Wonder of Worship
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The Wonder of Worship
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One Meditative Study on Contemplating God

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When Prayer is Difficult
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When Prayer is Difficult
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Three Studies on What the Lord Promises to Us

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Teach Us To Pray
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Teach Us To Pray
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Two Studies on the Pattern and Practice of Prayer

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The Adoration of Christ
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The Adoration of Christ
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Six Studies on the Nature and Practice of Worship

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Through the years David Gooding answered many Bible-related questions that he received through correspondence and in Q&A sessions. Below you will find a list of answers to questions related to prayer, praise and worship.

 
Featured
Facing unanswered prayers for a dying loved one
Pastoral
Facing unanswered prayers for a dying loved one
Pastoral
Pastoral
Does the New Testament forbid musical instruments in the church?
Church
Does the New Testament forbid musical instruments in the church?
Church
Church
Looking at Paul’s instructions to the women in the church at Corinth, how were they to dress themselves and how were they to behave in general?
Church
Looking at Paul’s instructions to the women in the church at Corinth, how were they to dress themselves and how were they to behave in general?
Church
Church
How would you engage in praise or worship? Is worship an event that can be confined to a given time, or is it a lifelong process?
Church
How would you engage in praise or worship? Is worship an event that can be confined to a given time, or is it a lifelong process?
Church
Church
How do we reconcile the ability of God to save, and the fact that our prayers were not answered concerning loved ones?
Doctrine
How do we reconcile the ability of God to save, and the fact that our prayers were not answered concerning loved ones?
Doctrine
Doctrine
Can I pray in faith for my children to be saved and be sure that they will be saved?
Doctrine, Church
Can I pray in faith for my children to be saved and be sure that they will be saved?
Doctrine, Church
Doctrine, Church
In 1 Timothy 2 we’re encouraged to pray for and on behalf of kings and those in authority over us. Can we expect peace, tranquillity and quietness as a result?
Church
In 1 Timothy 2 we’re encouraged to pray for and on behalf of kings and those in authority over us. Can we expect peace, tranquillity and quietness as a result?
Church
Church
Should we allow our praise and worship to be limited to the hymnbook that is supplied?
Church
Should we allow our praise and worship to be limited to the hymnbook that is supplied?
Church
Church
In the semi-official occasions, when women may pray and prophesy, are they to cover their heads? Does that also apply to their own homes?
Church
In the semi-official occasions, when women may pray and prophesy, are they to cover their heads? Does that also apply to their own homes?
Church
Church
Do you consider that there is a difference between entering into the holy presence of God, and coming to the throne of grace in prayer?
Church
Do you consider that there is a difference between entering into the holy presence of God, and coming to the throne of grace in prayer?
Church
Church
Is it in any way wrong to address Jesus Christ in prayer, rather than the Father?
Church
Is it in any way wrong to address Jesus Christ in prayer, rather than the Father?
Church
Church
Does persistent prayer change God’s mind, or how should we view it?
Church
Does persistent prayer change God’s mind, or how should we view it?
Church
Church
If the Lord’s Supper is considered to be one of remembrance with the emphasis on our Lord’s death, is the idea of praise and rejoicing out of place?
Church
If the Lord’s Supper is considered to be one of remembrance with the emphasis on our Lord’s death, is the idea of praise and rejoicing out of place?
Church
Church
Is the singing of hymns in any way even remotely related to praise?
Church
Is the singing of hymns in any way even remotely related to praise?
Church
Church
First Corinthians 11:5 speaks of sisters praying. Should sisters in the meeting be robbed of the joy of participating in prayer?
Church
First Corinthians 11:5 speaks of sisters praying. Should sisters in the meeting be robbed of the joy of participating in prayer?
Church
Church
Not just as individuals but as a group of people, how do we listen to God?
Church
Not just as individuals but as a group of people, how do we listen to God?
Church
Church
If we are to worship in spirit and in truth, can the use of time-honoured clichés be justified?
Church
If we are to worship in spirit and in truth, can the use of time-honoured clichés be justified?
Church
Church
Is it wrong to pray that the Lord change his own laws of nature perhaps, to preserve life, such as calming the sea and the raging storm? Is that an abuse of prayer or a use of prayer?
Church
Is it wrong to pray that the Lord change his own laws of nature perhaps, to preserve life, such as calming the sea and the raging storm? Is that an abuse of prayer or a use of prayer?
Church
Church
Can we be aware of success in worship by a physical sense of elation?
Church
Can we be aware of success in worship by a physical sense of elation?
Church
Church
Is the gift of praying in tongues for private use, or would you suggest that it could be for public use?
Church, Biblical Interpretation
Is the gift of praying in tongues for private use, or would you suggest that it could be for public use?
Church, Biblical Interpretation
Church, Biblical Interpretation
Why did you say that women praying and prophesying was on unofficial or semi-official occasions?
Doctrine
Why did you say that women praying and prophesying was on unofficial or semi-official occasions?
Doctrine
Doctrine
What is your image of the invisible God when you focus on him in prayer, since we worship an invisible God?
Church
What is your image of the invisible God when you focus on him in prayer, since we worship an invisible God?
Church
Church
A Critique of Liberal Scholarship - Part 8 - A critique of Jeremias’s interpretation of the parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge (Luke 18:1–8)
Liberal Scholarship, Biblical Interpretation
A Critique of Liberal Scholarship - Part 8 - A critique of Jeremias’s interpretation of the parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge (Luke 18:1–8)
Liberal Scholarship, Biblical Interpretation
Liberal Scholarship, Biblical Interpretation
Can women pray during church services?
Church
Can women pray during church services?
Church
Church
Why do you conclude that the praying and prophesying of 1 Corinthians 11 is not a part of church activity? How do you define a church gathering in which women would not be permitted to speak?
Church
Why do you conclude that the praying and prophesying of 1 Corinthians 11 is not a part of church activity? How do you define a church gathering in which women would not be permitted to speak?
Church
Church
What are your thoughts on Canon Michael Green's translation ‘wives’ in 1 Corinthians 14:34?
Church
What are your thoughts on Canon Michael Green's translation ‘wives’ in 1 Corinthians 14:34?
Church
Church