Prayer
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I love reading about past moves of the Spirit. Too often the temptation is too look at a past revival and try to predict a future movement. There is really only one thing that is predictable: prayer. If we then try to say what IS or IS NOT a revival after that, and base it… Read more
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Prayer for Mission Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and… Read more
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Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness;give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. (Ps. 86:11, NIV) Lord, the allegiances of this world call me in so many different directions. Today, let my heart be undivided. Let it be FOCUSED. Teach me your way today. Let my heart be united to revered your… Read more
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As I pray for my friends Steve and John, two men of God, two ministers, who have battled physical attacks and it has seemed like “night,” I was listening to a sermon by John Kilpatrick. The word he spoke that gave me a new boost in prayer was, “Usually a bad report is a prelude… Read more
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I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know a thing about prayer. Not really. I read about prayer. I read Scripture. I read from people of prayer, from people who have gloriously walked with God, and yet… I don’t know how to prayer. These past few weeks have stretched me in interecessory prayer like… Read more
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Attacks happen because we have an enemy. You can live a “blessed life” without attack. Those who go constantly without attack aren’t living a “blessed life.” They are being ignored by the enemy. No one wants attacks. No one likes attacks. No one relishes attacks. But attacks happen. We don’t whine. We pray. We are… Read more
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I love NCAA basketball. I live and die with the Kansas Jayhawks. I died early this year. There is a marker I use in watching games (if I can) early in the NCAA tournament: If a high seed team rolls through their first two games, taking care of business and not letting a much lower… Read more
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The call of Jesus to his disciples was to wait until they were clothed with power from on high. In the waiting, we need a sense of anticipation. For the Church, we shouldn’t be waiting alone. We should be waiting together. It’s not about sticking ourselves in a room until something happens… although I’m not… Read more
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Lord, may people see in me a God they want to follow. Read more
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“The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, he mocks at our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray.” — Samuel Chadwick Read more
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