Posted in prayer on Feb 15th, 2012
A Christian can measure the depth of his or her faith by the frequency of his or her prayers for difficult people.
It doesn’t take a whole lot of faith to pray for your friends or for your loved ones.
We have natural, emotional reasons to do so.
But when it comes to praying for those who boil [...]
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Posted in prayer on Sep 22nd, 2011
I am so grateful that the Word sometimes pokes me.
You know what I’m talking about — those occasions when we read a passage and we are reminded by the Holy Spirit that we haven’t been doing all that we’re called to do.
I’m not talking about those times when we flat out need to repent of [...]
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Posted in prayer on Jul 1st, 2011
I saw myself in 2 Kings 18-19 this morning.
Perhaps you’ll see yourself, too.
It’s the passage that describes the assault upon the Southern Kingdom of Israel by the king of Assyria. You can read it here.
Here’s the brief recap. The pagan King Sennacherib is rampaging through the Southern Kingdom in search of riches and [...]
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