Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

by R.C. Sproul

What is true of Peter is true of all of us: we fall in private before we ever fall in public.

God is authoritative in all things. If I thought even for one moment that a single molecule were running loose in the universe outside the control and domain of almighty God, I wouldn't sleep tonight.

the sovereign God commands by His holy Word that we pray. Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required.

Prayer, like everything else in the Christian life, is for God's glory and for our benefit, in that order.

freedom always means freedom within limits. We must not, however, confuse human freedom and human autonomy.

There will always be a conflict between divine sovereignty and human autonomy. There is never a conflict between divine sovereignty and human freedom. The Bible says that man is free, but he is not an autonomous law unto himself.

The true sacrifices of God are a broken spirit and a contrite heart.

We need to do more than sing "Amazing Grace"-we need to be repeatedly amazed by grace.