Epaphras Prays Podcast

We are surrounded by the lost. If they don’t know Jesus as Lord and Savior, they are lost, unsaved, in the domain of darkness, aka. pagans. And they may well be family, neighbors, co-workers; our family doctor, the girl at the grocery checkout, a client; a person sitting next to us, or someone we consider voting for. We pray today for unsaved people among us, as did Paul: Brothers, my heart’s...

We are connected in communities, aren’t we? Family people, church people, work people, and neighbors, friends, and on and on. We are social creatures, spending much of our time in proximity to other people.These are people God put in our lives—to relate to, work with, share life with—and pray for. The Lord wants you and I to come to Him and ask for blessings on their behalf. And you may be the...

Back in the early days when I first began to seek the Lord in prayer, I really knew very, very little about praying at all. After all, it was not something that I naturally knew or had learned automatically.But the church I started attending, it was a big part of their day. They had several in-church prayer meetings each day for one hour at 6 and noon and 6 p.m. seven days a week.I started going....

Introduction:In The Four Essentials of Prevailing Prayer, C.H. Spurgeon unpacks a single verse — Mark 11:24 — with profound depth, revealing that effective prayer is not about repetition or religious formality, but about faith in action. He challenges believers to move beyond vague petitions and half-hearted requests, calling instead for prayer that is focused, fervent, confident, and expectant....

The term “Bride of Christ” is a beautiful metaphor that describes Christians, the collective body of believers we call the Church, and our intimate relationship with Jesus. Throughout the New Testament, this imagery paints a picture of Jesus as the devoted Groom and the Church as His cherished Bride.Jesus as the GroomIn Scripture, Jesus is portrayed as a loving Groom preparing for His wedding...

From Mark 11 starting in verse 12.The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs. Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.As they...

We often reach for the phone, the checkbook, the casserole when someone is in need, because doing something feels like being useful. Something practical, tangible, material. Helping is the right thing to do, but we often rush past prayer to get there. Our culture prizes accomplishing, and prayer rarely makes the to-do list. That gap between what we offer and what we actually do has a name. Which...

What if every blessing you’ve ever needed was already waiting — held back not by your circumstances, but by your silence?In this episode, we explore from a Spurgeon sermon (The Result of Prayer) about how prayer isn’t just a spiritual habit — it’s the doorway that mercy walks through. Tracing the pattern from Scripture and lived experience, we look at why great blessings are almost always...

Getting a group together for a prayer meeting can be a challenge. Many people don't like to pray aloud with others, so they prefer to sit quietly. Others might come to a prayer meeting but don't really know much about prayer at all, so starting one can feel daunting. One of the things I like to utilize with new prayer groups — groups filled with people who like the idea of praying but haven't...

These prayers come from the scriptures in 1 and 2 Peter, and they reveal to us God’s own will for his people. After all, this is what Peter was writing to his letters recipients and said, do this, have this, know this. Then we also know and understand that this is what God has for us, that is, his people today. As then, also now.And because there are scriptural prayers, we can count on these...