Category: Prayers
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Let Us Not Get Comfortable in Our Bitterness and Hate
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I was praying this morning and Jesus brought to my mind an event where a group of people were very insensitive and hateful towards me many years ago while I was still a New Christian. They were in a Ministry and a position of authority called to be caring towards…
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One Key and a Full Tank of Gas
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When my newly purchased PT Cruiser was having a luggage rack installed at the Dealership, I needed to drive a rental car. Their Rental Agency gave me a key and instructions to refill the gas tank to full, before returning it the next day. I was confident, maybe even a…
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To Know Our Heavenly Father
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If we did not have a great relationship with our Earthly Father, it can cause problems getting close to our Heavenly Father. If we love Jesus a lot, we might even be tempted to only focus on Jesus when we pray or think of God. In John 10:9 Jesus tells…
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God Thou Art My Praise
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I love the Bible verse, Jeremiah 17:14 “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for thou art my praise.”. I like its simplicity and how it reminds me that there is a tremendous amount of power in just a few of…
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God is the God of the Living
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One of my first favorite Scriptures as a new Christian was Acts 1:11 “Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go…
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Memorizing Scripture For a Purpose
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Whitney (page 44-45), Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life, taught me that Memorizing Scripture stimulates Scripture Meditation. He recommended using picture references to memorize Scripture. For example, memorizing Psalm 119:11, I picture a Bible with a heart on it that reminds me to store up God’s Word in my heart,…
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Fasting as a Christian Spiritual Discipline
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Whitney (page 164-165) in his book,Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life, taught me that Fasting as a Christian Discipline is for a purpose. Thanks to Whitney, it is clear in my mind that it is never to impress God or gain His Favor. I can not impress God. Jesus did…
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One God with Many Names and Titles in The Holy Scriptures
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God warns us not to stumble over the stumbling stone, the Rock, the Messiah. The LORD inhabits His many names. He inhabits His Hebrew name Yeshua. He inhabits His English name Jesus. The LORDS mercies never come to an end. The LORD has us learn the Names of GOD for…
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Do We Have Secret Sins?
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It was April 2011 and I had been doing a Bible Study. Looking at Proverbs 28:11 had led to the discussion of people having secret sin or something they struggled with and would not want to discuss with another human. God helped me see that asking for prayer (with someone…
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Can I Accept God as Father and Mother?
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I was cleaning out an old file and found some Scripture References that I had researched after some prayer time in 2010. I had been praying in my car and complaining about my mother never listening to me and how difficult it was to talk to her. I felt the…
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Hope is on its way!
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While in the process of waking up this morning I heard what sounded like a News Report. They said they were going to be reporting on the future condition of the Human Race in five years. The News Reporter said, “Humanity has sunken to an all-time low.” Then I heard…
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Father of Love
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How do you feel about God the Father? I was always a little afraid of Him. This year our relationship has grown as I have come to know Him as the Father of Love. I have started to Relax, Listen and Learn while just being in His presence. He is…