Essential Doctrines

So what are the essentials of your faith? With so many denominations and non-denominational churches to attend, is doctrine an important part of your choice or not?

If having a Biblically based church is high on your priority list, what doctrines would be essential for you to have fellowship with a church family?

For some the list might be short and for others it might be long. If you say a doctrine is essential for you, please say why.

Let the blogging begin!

How's Your Prayer Life?

I would like to start a discussion about our prayer life. I believe that for a person or for a church to be healthy they need a solid view of prayer and a solid prayer life.

So, to start the discussion, I want to ask some questions.

What is your view of prayer? What is it for? What is the reason we do it?

Where do you pray? Is it important where you pray?

How often do you pray? Is your frequency important?

What do you expect to get from prayer? Do you have an agenda or a product you are after in prayer?

What is God's part in prayer? Is God an active participant in prayer?

These are just some questions to start our thinking and our discussion. I will try to respond from time to time to the comments made on the blog. You may tackle all of the questions of one of the questions as the Lord lays thoughts on your mind.

Thanks for participating in this open discussion.