J. Vernon McGee On Prayer
Overview
Deepen your prayer life with this treasury of Dr. McGee’s best sermons on communicating with God. Explore the Christian’s “greatest neglected resource”; examine the prayer styles of great men of faith such as Daniel, Abraham, and Nehemiah; discover the “real” Lord’s Prayer and its meaning for believers today; and more.
Top Highlights
“‘When a man prays for a corn crop, God expects him to say ‘Amen’ with a hoe.’ You can’t just stay on your knees all the time and pray for a corn crop. That’s pious nonsense. But to pray for the corn crop, then go to work, is the thing our Lord is talking about in days when men’s hearts are failing them.” (Pages 5–6)
“Prayer today is the most neglected area in the life of the believer and in the life of the church. It is the weakest member of the body of truth. In fact, prayer deficiency has weakened every vital organ in the life of the believer and in the church today. It was the late A. C. Gaebelein who asserted that being alone with God and communing with Him is the strength of the Christian’s life. There is a steady erosion that has worn away this strong foundation in the lives of believers. Andrew Murray, a great man of prayer, said that prayer is an index of the spiritual life. Most of our trouble and our problems can be traced back to the poverty of our prayer life. The neglect of prayer has affected all areas of the Christian’s personal life and the total life of the church.” (Pages 2–3)
“We act as if we have to hold on to Him or He will not hear us at all. We don’t have to hang on to His coattail and beg and plead with Him. God wants to act in our behalf! If we would come into His presence with an attitude of knowing that He wants to hear, it would transform our prayer lives.” (Page 10)
“The principle for power, the formula, is yielding! Too many believers go through life today never learning to yield to the will of God in their prayer lives. But God says that if we will be filled with the Holy Spirit and yield to His will in prayer, we will have power with Him and with men. How we need that power today!” (Page 58)
- Title: J. Vernon McGee On Prayer
- Author: J. Vernon McGee
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2006
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Prayer › Christianity--Sermons; Sermons, American › 20th century
- ISBNs: 9781418518011, 1418518018
- Resource ID: LLS:JVMCGONPRAY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:00:00Z
J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988) was an ordained Presbyterian minister, theologian, and radio minister. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas in 1904. McGee was pastor of the historic Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles from 1949–1970.
McGee earned his BD from Columbia Theological Seminary, and his ThM and ThD from Dallas Theological Seminary. After serving in Presbyterian congregations in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas, he moved to southern California to serve as pastor of Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church. In 1949 he moved to Los Angeles and became pastor of the Church of the Open Door. He also served as chairman of the Bible department at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University) and lectured several times at Dallas Theological Seminary.
In 1967, McGee started his popular Thru the Bible radio series and soon it was broadcast on over 400 channels in North America. The radio broadcasts were transcribed, edited, and published in the Thru the Bible Commentary series. Other titles by McGee include David: A Man After God’s Own Heart, J. Vernon McGee on Prayer, Jesus: Centerpiece of Scripture, Living by Faith, and more.