Category: Prayer
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Surprised By Titles
Many Bibles I have include titles of sections and of chapters. However, I have one Bible that does not. I recently completed the Psalms, took notes, and assigned titles to each Psalm. What if we all ignore the titles that someone else assigned to the chapters and sections and listen for the titles the Holy…
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What to Do In Uncertain Times
As we begin a new year and a new decade, we see uncertainty in our world, our nation, and even in our families. Lord, are we safe? Will we have enough money? What if one of us gets sick and needs extended care? I don’t know what to do, God.
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Resolved: Listen Deeply … 5 Strategies
Texts, emails, phone calls, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, television, radio, calendar, to-do lists, traffic, never-ending meetings. Do these intrusions make up a good part of your day? Could they be interfering with the important things in your life? In 2019, the word “busyness” described a good part of my life. Resolved.
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From Suffering to Ministry
Why, God? What do I have to learn, Lord? Is there some sin that I haven’t confessed? Elizabeth and Zacharias had prayed for a child, but no child came. They were old now. In those days, it was a disgrace if a woman could not have children. Elizabeth was probably looked down upon, and some…
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A Checklist – 7 Remarkable Insights About God
Checklists for the week: groceries, work, school, chores, dentist, music lessons, soccer, homework, dinners. Oh, and Bible study. Lord, help me make it through this week! We have checklists for work, for home, and for the grocery store. Have you ever made a checklist of God’s attributes and then reviewed them with Him?
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Happy Birthday, My Beloved
Adjunct Professor, Associate Dean, Registrar, Dean, ACBSP Accreditation Leader, Omicron Theta Chapter of Delta Mu Delta Founder, Study Abroad Cheerleader, Adopted Father of many, Air Force Veteran, Father, Beloved Husband, Faithful Friend, Marriage Servant, Awesome Speaker, Distinguished Professional, Recognized Leader, Degree Collector, Adventurer Extraordinaire, World Traveler, and much more – that is my man in…
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The Key to Success, Purity, and Hope
We can memorize poems, memorize names, or memorize our multiplication tables … head knowledge. We can meditate upon the Word, apply it to ourselves, pray the words as our own, consume God’s Word as if it were the life-giving manna and living water that it is … heart knowledge. When God’s Word is in my…
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Praying God’s Love on Your Husband
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all…
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Feel Better Fast & Make It Last … A Review
Ever feel like you’re out of control? Are you anxious? Worried? Sad? Stressed? Angry? Dr. Daniel Amen offers hope for you – hope through a four-pronged approach to health: biological, psychological, social, and spiritual. (p. xxi)
