Praying Boldly How do You Pray? Are you praying boldly? When you have something going on in your life that is negative, do you ask God to help you “get through it”? Do you ask for “strength to endure”? I’ve done that and still do. I feel, sometimes, that I shouldn’t ask for much because […]
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Open Your Eyes Does it feel like the enemy is all around you and you are trapped? I know this feeling well. It seems that the situation is hopeless. You want to throw up your hands and give up or give in. However, this is when we really need to speak to God. Ask God […]
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Tuesday’s Woman of the Bible – Lydia Paul had a Vision Today’s woman of the Bible is from the New Testament. She is Lydia, a merchant in Phillipi. 13 And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to […]
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Learning to Trust in God Urgent Need Recently, a situation came up where my daughter had a need. I didn’t know how I was going to meet that need financially or logistically. I prayed that night, asking God to show me the way. I mentioned it to my pastor, who made a suggestion that I […]
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A very dear friend is constantly praising God and praying for people. Even if someone has done something that should make her angry, she doesn’t complain on and on about it. She will discuss it, then pray about the situation. So imagine my surprise when I found out about her numerous, very serious, medical issues. […]
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The story is usually referred to as The Woman With the Issue of Blood or The Bleeding Woman but I think that takes away from the main point. The story is about a woman who bled for 12 years. In those days, women were considered unclean when they were menstruating and were shunned during that […]
Do you sometimes feel absolutely unworthy? As if your past, or present, is so bad that you simply can’t be forgiven? I’ve been there and it’s no picnic. However, God loves us unconditionally. And, no matter how bad or past, or present, is, Jesus redeemed us all. Let’s look at the story of Gomer. The […]
Have you ever wanted to do something but wasn’t sure if it was the right thing to do? I think everyone has had that moment at some point in his or her life. But, what do you do when you just aren’t sure? Pray about it! It took me so long to learn that. I […]
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Luke 9:3 And He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have two tunics apiece. Matthew 10:9-10 9 Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts, 10 nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for […]
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Jeremiah 1:5 4 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” This is when God first spoke to Jeremiah; letting him know that he was set apart to be […]