Prayer
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War Room (review)
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 (ESV) My sweetie and I rushed up to Oshkosh this weekend after the Saturday evening service to see the latest offering from the writing, producing and directing team… Continue reading
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Reading Your Bible Everyday is Legalistic (and other lies you’ve been told)
Here is a dire warning to sober us up: Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Hebrews 2:1 (ESV) So here is the rule of thumb – drift away from your daily time in the Bible or your weekly time in corporate gathering for worship and the Word,… Continue reading
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Walking vs. Running
I went for a walk today…and a few hours later, I went for a run. The walk was better. Here’s why… The walk, you see, wasn’t about fitness, just about prayer, though there might have been some side health benefits along the way. But I didn’t do it to get my heart in shape, at least not my physical… Continue reading
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Pray for Me
I don’t think I usually ask the church to pray for me. And maybe that’s just…dumb. Oh, I’ll fill in the Friendship Register at church with a prayer request sometimes, though the pace of the service and my responsibilities keep me from it many weekends. But I don’t think I turn to fellow brothers and… Continue reading
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Pray This Prayer…
2 Thessalonians chapter 1 has a prayer that I have been praying off and on for over 2 decades: To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of… Continue reading
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How Prayer Delivered Me From Panic Attacks
The following is an excerpt from my book on prayer. I’m picking up after the personal story of how I came to have my first panic attack: For you who are blessedly uniformed, the panic attack was different than any fear I had ever experienced, not just normal anxiety intensified. Of course, I had dealt… Continue reading
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Do You Have a Little Faith…or a Lot?
As Christians, we know that we are called to have faith, certainly a faith that saves. (Ephesians 2:8, 9) But Scripture also seems to speak of a type of faith beyond that, the faith we are called to “exercise” daily, a faith that “moves mountains.” (Matthew 17:20) In this area, some Christians apparently have more faith than others.… Continue reading
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You Do Not Have Because You Do Not Ask…
“Everyone who asks receives…” Luke 11:10 (ESV) What do you think that statement from Jesus means? Let’s examine it from a postmodern, deconstructionist point of view. You know, as that particular U.S. President tried to teach us not too many years ago: “It depends on what the meaning of is, is.” Yechhh. No, no, no. Words mean things… Continue reading
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The Turning Point In My Life, Conclusion
(This is part 3.) What had I done wrong? What was my problem? Would I ever be able to go into ministry? And then, in a flash, the Spirit of God led me to 2 Corinthians 3:5… “Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is… Continue reading
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