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Beans and Rice… and Prayer… and Saving Money
I continue to be challenged in prayer. Maybe it’s because I’m trying to pray more, and I found out God seems to be always talking. (I may need to look into that correlation.) One of the challenges for me is to fast regularly. My wife and I have decided to fast once a week. This weekend we also discussed moving…
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Tired of the status quo
A quote I’ve carried with me for over a week: Prayer is rebellions against the status quo. As I was reading through Isaiah today, and came to chapter 54, I noticed in my margins I had written, “No more status quo.” These were the verses: Sing, barren woman who has borne no child; break forth into singing and cry out, you…
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The Pressing IN of Faith
The gospel for reading this morning was Luke 8:40ff. There are two people pressing in: Jairus (for his daughter) and the woman with the bleeding problem. Both needed to press in hard. Jairus comes and gets Jesus, but when word comes that his daughter is dead, the common sense thing would be to forget about it. Just go home. Bury…
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Intimidation
Malala Yousafzai is 14 years old. At age 11 she stood up to the Taliban in her part of Pakistan. How? By going to school. The Taliban forbid girls to be educated. She has spoken out for girls to be educated, she has written about it, and she has gone to school. This week she was shot by Taliban terrorists…
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What Does It Mean to “Own” a Country?
Actually, I have no idea. It was a challenge dropped into my heart during prayer a few weeks ago. There have been several things dropped into my heart in the past few weeks that have stirred me to prayer. These are things beyond me. Owning a country is one of them. It’s not “buying” a country. Wouldn’t that be nice? As…
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EM Bounds on Prayer
Fervency in prayer is the precursor of what God will do by way of answer. God stands pledged to give us the desire of our hearts in proportion to the fervency of spirit we exhibit, when seeking His face in prayer. — E.M. Bounds, The Necessity of Prayer
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Designed for his presence
Arise! Shine! Your light has come; the Lord’s glory has shone upon you. (Isa. 60:1, CEB) We are called to be people of the presence. God’s design is for his glory to dwell among us. As the people of God, we are vessels of his glory. We are called to radiate his presence, his glory. Live in power. ASK for that…
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If praying is all this work…
Why pray? Why not look at the fallow ground of our souls and think, “This is just pristine wild, untouched wilderness. Why should we disturb this?” Why “plow up” the fallow ground of our hearts in prayer? That phrase just sounds like… work. Ew. Tozer isn’t pleasant about this life of prayer, either! The plowed life is the life that has, in…
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There is always the option of NOT praying
The beautiful thing about American Christianity is that it offers options. We can talk about revival all day long and come away thinking, “Wow. What an uplifting conversation.” The wonderful thing is we never really to do anything about it. Same thing with prayer. We can talk all day long. But in America, we have the option of actually NOT praying! It’s a beautiful…
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Satan and Prayer
You know what time it is? As you do all this, you know what time it is. The hour has already come for you to wake up from your sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we first had faith. (Rom. 13:11, CEB) It is time to wake up. It is time to set our hearts to seeking God.…
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