Prayer Awakenings
Has God Moved Your Heart to Build His House?
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:6:50 AM Friday, March 08, 2013
As we consider the task before us of building a House of Prayer, and then look back on the situation in Ezra's day, dare we ask the question of whether or not the Church today is in a sort of Babylonian captivity? Have we become comfortable with chur ... Read More
Will We Still Pray?
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:1:19 PM Wednesday, November 07, 2012
It’s over! The elections, I mean. For some there’s a sigh of relief. Some are jubilant, while others are despondent. ... Read More
An Unprecedented Call to Prayer
Author:David Butts
Topic Date:5:46 PM Tuesday, May 29, 2012
It seems that a time of intense prayer for 40 days prior to our elections is in order. I have to confess . . . I argued with the Lord about this. I thought, not another 40 day event! But He was insistent that this be not another event or prayer gathe ... Read More
Time to Persist
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:8:32 PM Monday, February 13, 2012
One of my favorite verses on prayer is a real challenge to me to persist in my praying. Habakkuk 2:1 calls us to a commitment to pray until something happens. ... Read More
Are Things Getting Better or Worse?
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:7:27 PM Tuesday, January 03, 2012
In a recent radio interview regarding revival in America I was asked, after 20 years of traveling and teaching on prayer in the Church, do I think things are better or worse. My answer? Both! ... Read More
Christmas . . . A Time for Reflection
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:3:25 PM Thursday, December 22, 2011
I admit it! I love Christmas. Oh, I get turned off by all the commercialization and secularization like many of you. But it's our holiday! By our, I mean the Church. And I'm not letting other people ruin our holiday. ... Read More
9-11 Prayers FIlled with Hope
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:2:36 PM Friday, October 28, 2011
The Statue of Liberty loomed before us as we worshipped the Lord and prayed on board a small ship this past September 11. Prayer leaders from around the nation had gathered to participate in Cry Out America. ... Read More
A Right Theology
Author:David Butts
Topic Date:7:06 PM Wednesday, August 31, 2011
For most of the last twenty years I have given myself to teaching and mobilizing prayer. Though it is a great privilege, it is also frustrating at times. For a very long time I felt that if Christians were just more committed, they would pray more. ... Read More
Waiting Is Good for Us
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:1:54 AM Wednesday, August 17, 2011
I'm sitting on a plane, hoping they can fix the tire and we can take off only an hour delayed. I do a lot of this . . . sitting and waiting in and around airplanes. It's good for me. ... Read More
Can Prayer Really Save America?
Author:Dave Butts
Topic Date:7:14 PM Thursday, June 30, 2011
It's an important question you know. "Can prayer save America?" It's much more than a clever theme for a magazine. The answer might well determine the future of our nation. ... Read More