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The Importance of Knowing God’s Great Love
I was favored with an earthly father who loved me a whole lot. I’ll never forget a day that Dad and I went out flying a kite when I was growing up in Antioch, Illinois. He was handling the kite as it flew high overhead, and then suddenly it began to twirl and twirl earthwards. Continue reading
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Those Who Trust God…Pray
What does it mean to trust in God? It’s an important question, if for no other reason, because many people would claim their favorite verse to be Proverbs 3:5 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. But how do you do that? How do you trust in Continue reading
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More Answers to Prayer
Here are more answered prayers from our 40 days. But first, a couple of quotes to keep the fire hot… “Ten minutes spent in the presence of Christ every day, aye, two minutes, will make the whole day different.” Henry Drummond. “We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have Continue reading
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The Rote Prayers of My Childhood
Though I became a Christian at age 18, I’ve been praying for as long as I can remember. In particular, I recall two memorized prayers. The first was at mealtimes, and I prayed it over and over: “God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen.” Not to be too Continue reading
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Some Answers to Prayer From Our 40 Days…
We’ve been posting answers to prayer in the foyer of Edgewood in Waupun and in the commons area at North Fond du Lac High School. In case, you haven’t stopped to see what God is doing, Here are some of the answers (from Waupun) so far (I took the names out of one or two guessing that Continue reading
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Nighttime Prayer with the Knowlton Kids
I’ve been digging through the annals of my own mind for thoughts about prayer, and I thought today I would write about the nighttime life of prayer in our home. I don’t know if this will be of interest to you; it’s nothing spectacular, but maybe a few of you will find it helpful. I’ve already talked Continue reading
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Why We Have Failure in Our Prayer Life
Here’s a powerful thought on prayer from John Piper in one of my top 5 books of all time, Desiring God. Here I have underlined a key thought as the author is referring to the woman at the well from John chapter 4… Jesus says to the woman, “If you just knew the gift of Continue reading
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A Somewhat Morbid Answer to Prayer in Australia
Another prayer story from my seminary professor Don Carson – this one is true, although I don’t remember the exact details: A man was called to pastor a church in Australia, but when he got there, he saw that things were not as one might have hoped. The people were divisive and mean. Many were Continue reading
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A Good Walk Not Spoiled
During my sophomore year at the University of Illinois, I joined a Bible Study led by a guy named Bill Wargula. Bill was probably a junior or senior at the time, but he was significantly older than the rest of us because he had already spent 6 years in the Air Force. In fact, as Continue reading
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How Long Should I Pray?
The other evening Annie and I were about to watch a movie together – Rio, which turned out to be quite enjoyable – and yet I hadn’t had my prayer time for the day. Circumstances had conspired to put off our movie time, and realizing that sleep would come shortly after the show, I knew Continue reading
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