What Our Prayers Lack

From our Wednesday Night Service.

The most commonly missing or misunderstood aspect of prayer is reasoning with God. While we shouldn’t barter with God, we should reason with God in our prayers by appealing to our need and his glory.



Primary Text

Genesis 18:22–33


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