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Teach Us to Pray

Teach Us to Pray The disciples followed Jesus around and they often saw him pray. They knew about prayer, but watching Jesus pray must have made them question what they were doing, so “one of the disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’”1 And Jesus recite what we call “The Lord’s Prayer.” And it is, of course, a great daily prayer....

Teach Us to Pray Teach Us to Pray The disciples followed Jesus around and they often saw him pray. They knew about prayer, but watching Jesus pray must have made them question what they were doing, so “one of the d…

Guard Your Heart

Guard Your Heart: Part One When Eve decided to eat the fruit from the one tree God had instructed her not to eat from, she was trusting that it was a good decision. She was wrong. So how do we know when to trust ourselves? Here’s a helpful tip: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.”1 But wait a minute....

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Do you have questions for God?

Questions, Anyone? When Jesus told his disciples he would be leaving for a little while and they could not go with him, they were perplexed to say the least. They had a lot of questions. Peter asked him, “Lord, where…

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Making Plans

“What is your life?”1 James asked the churches who were going to be reading his letter. It’s an oddly worded question. He’s not asking What is the meaning of life? or What do you believe? for they knew the answer to those big questions. No. The question James asked was personal. He asked, What is your life like? What plans are you making for your life?...

Making Plans “What is your life?”1 James asked the churches who were going to be reading his letter. It’s an oddly worded question. He’s not asking What is the meaning of life? or What do you believe? for they …

Grow Up, People!

No doubt about it – we who have surrendered our lives to Jesus have been adopted into God’s family. According to John’s letter, we are “called children of God; and so we are.”1 Hallelujah! Amen! However, when John addressed believers as “my little children,”2 he was not advocating that they remain in elementary school. When Jesus said “unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven,”3 he was not telling us to be immature....

Grow Up, People! No doubt about it – we who have surrendered our lives to Jesus have been adopted into God’s family. According to John’s letter, we are “called children of God; and so we are.”1 Hallelujah! Amen! Ho…

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Tell Me Something I Don’t Know

I don’t profess to know everything – even though I might act like I do! My problem, however, is that I approach most sermons, Bible studies, and inspirational reading with this thought in the back forefront of my mind: Tell me something I don’t know. Sad to say, they mostly don’t. I am glad to say that one exception to this experience is when I listen to my current pastor, Joshua....

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know I don’t profess to know everything – even though I might act like I do! My problem, however, is that I approach most sermons, Bible studies, and inspirational reading with this thought in the back …

Are you living the abundant life?
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