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21 Ways to Minister to Those Who Are Suffering
As lovers of an all-powerful God, let us be prepared to love people in their pain by empathetically and mercifully pointing them to a God who is in control. Read… What to Say About Virginia Tech – Desiring God.
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Your Prayers Not Heard?
What if it feels like God isn’t hearing our prayers? These are some possible hindrances to prayer. They will challenge you. They certainly challenged me. “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful…
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My House Shall Be a House of Prayer – Jim Cymbala
Prepare to be fired up and ignited with truth… Jim Cymbala: “My House Shall Be A House of Prayer”
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Solitude Is a Furnace
“Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self. Jesus himself entered into this furnace. There he was tempted with the three compulsions of the world: to be relevant (‘turn stones into loaves’), to be spectacular (‘throw yourself…
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What Is True Christian Maturity?
“Christian maturity is not a matter of doing more for God; it is God doing more in and through us. Immaturity is noisy with anxiety-fueled self-importance. Maturity is quietly content to pursue a life of obedient humility. Christian worship is an intentional act of redressing the proportions, the priorities–from me work for God to God…
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Too Crusty For Christmas? (My Christmas Wish)
Stop and really ponder this one. Christmas. When the Creator comes from his throne on high… down to us… in a barn. May we recognize how holy God is, yet that He humbled himself, chose to be born in a barn, laid in an animal’s feeding trough in order to meet us in our messes,…
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Your Future Is Determined By One Thing
“People who have a seeking heart still makes mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.” King Asa once led a whole nation in seeking God but became a coldhearted oppressor of his nation. A prophet…
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What Destroys Churches Today
“I know what most easily destroys churches. It is not crack cocaine. It is not government oppression. It is not even lack of funds. Rather, it is gossip and slander that grieves the Holy Spirit.” “Sin grieves the Holy Spirit and quenches his power among us. Without his blessing we miss out on what God…
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Dead Beat Dad / Heavenly Father?
If experiences with our earthly dads may have distorted our view of the heavenly Father, we need to learn to see Him as He truly is… Read: Our Heavenly Father.
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Busyness Injures Our Souls: Slowing Down To Focus on God
An over-scheduled life injures our souls, and our relationships. So how can we begin to live in Sabbath Simplicity, which I define as a God-focused, sanely paced life? Read the full article… Author and speaker Keri Wyatt Kent connects faith and real life..
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 