Prayer
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NT Wright’s book Simply Good News challenges the reader to look at how we pray. We often pray the Lord’s Prayer in reverse. I will be looking at Wright’s analysis on “praying as good news people” in my message on Sunday. His contention is the Lord’s Prayer helps us with priorities in prayer. They are sections… Read more
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4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (John 15:4) Read more
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Our Sunday reading and my main message centers around the Lent reading guide we have been utilizing this season. This next Sunday we are in the Gospel of Mark, which has led me into the thought of, “How do we hear God?” The disciples had Jesus right there with them, and Mark is clear: they aren’t getting… Read more
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We get the opportunity to choose where our minds settle. We can choose our thought patterns in many ways. It is work. Too often it is so much easier to “drift” and allow the junk to float right in. Let us choose to reflect on the goodness of God today. I will dwell on your mighty acts, my Lord. Lord, I… Read more
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There is a spiritual thirst. There is a spiritual hunger. I long for my life, and the life of my church, to reflect the position of spiritual travelers who have simply found fresh water and good bread. We journey together. Let this be place of refreshing. A place to settle in and ask questions. A… Read more
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We truly need a fresh touch of the Spirit in our land. We pray for our city today. We pray for the Spirit to work in power. May those who are spiritually thirsty find fresh water for their souls in our churches! Let our churches be a place of refreshing in the Spirit! For I will… Read more
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In this Lent season, we want to continue to pray for a spiritual harvest. We want people touched with the light of the gospel! Let’s not get so focused on where the Lord is leading us months from now that we forget to look at those right around us today! Pray for people you interact… Read more
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First of all, Lent isn’t “normal” in our tradition. It has become “normal” for us in the past few years in our congregation. We have commemorated Ash Wednesday these past few years and we have focused our ministry on preparation for Easter. But this Lent is not “normal” for us even in that way this… Read more
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Going into Lent, we pray for harvest. We pray for our own souls to be prepared, but we also pray for OTHERS. We pray they may see the greatness of our God. We pray for harvest. Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is… Read more
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