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The Boldness to Believe
My morning reading has taken me into the Deuterocanonical books (what we would call the Apocrypha). These are fascinating stories! It’s been a while since I’ve journeyed through these books, so I am doing so this summer with some extra time. I am also using the Common English Bible in the process. The language is very fresh and readable. In…
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Why I Believe in the Power of the Word
I had the opportunity to spend some time with an Indian brother in Christ. He shared his story with me and as I heard it I was excited again about the power of the written Word of God. While living in India he was facing getting laid off at his job. Visiting a church one Sunday the pastor gave a…
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Why Keep on Asking?
What is it with prayer and Jesus’ teaching to be persistent? Why not just barely ask once and leave it? Sometimes it’s because we’re not ready for the answer needed. We need to be better prepared and when we keep on asking we also begin thinking more. The Spirit can then prepare us for what is needed and we become…
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Living in the Power of Prayer
If there is one thing Luke shows us in his gospel, it’s the tie-in of Jesus’ ministry with prayer. When Jesus would give himself to prayer (and Luke points it out early and often) something happened. It’s no wonder that the disciples finally get it in Luke 11. They see Jesus praying yet again and finally got the courage up…
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Setting the Pilgrim’s Heart
I will be away at a silent retreat this weekend. It is time to come away and listen. My Bible and journal will be the only items to join me. No study materials. It is time to HEAR. My heart is longing for refreshing, as is my body. The silence is wonderful. These are times when I joyfully pull aside…
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Making Jesus “Routine”
Is my worship routine? Is my devotion routine? As I read Luke 7:36ff, I ask some tough questions of myself. Do I just expect Jesus to be “in my house?” “Well, of course Jesus is in my house! I’m his ‘choice servant’!” So, I just sit down with Jesus and get into a conversation. Maybe it’s even a “theological discussion”…
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Walking on Water
I was listening to a great message on asking God for the impossible today. A couple of things stood out to me. 1. When we find ourselves in impossible situations, sometimes we forget God may have put us there. The disciples were in the boat because Jesus had instructed them to be there. The storm came and they were exactly…
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The Place of Intercession
One of the great pictures in the Old Testament of intercession is the story in Numbers 16. Moses and Aaron spend much of that time period on their faces before God interceding for Israel. Everything has fallen apart. The spies have returned from Canaan, but they don’t want to take the land. The people are in rebellion and want to…
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My Mourning Over the Passing of David Wilkerson
This incredible clip so encapsulates the passion of David Wilkerson. I weep every time I hear this. This prophet of God will be SO missed!
Category: Spiritual hunger
