Tag: Faith and Prayer
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A Powerful Way to Pray The Lord’s Prayer Personally
It can be easy to remember and recite the words of the Lord’s Prayer but what if Jesus meant for us to use it as a model and pray it in our own words … personally pouring our hearts out to the Father? It’s called The Lord’s Prayer because it’s the prayer Jesus taught His…
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Helpful Promises About Jesus Found In The Psalms
The Bible from beginning to end points to Jesus. The coming Savior was promised in Genesis and details about His life, death, and resurrection were prophesied throughout the Old Testament. Based on eyewitness Biblical accounts, scholars report that the Gospel accounts tell us that Jesus fulfilled more than 300 of those Old Testament prophecies and…
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How to Know the Difference Between Foolish & Wise
Many of us want to see the world in shades of gray . . . a blending of beliefs and ideas presented as perfectly acceptable truth. But there is no simply acceptable truth. There is only truth or lie, fact or fiction, right or wrong. David believed that God and His Word are the absolute…
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12 Meaningful Things Jesus Wants Us to Know About Prayer
Jesus said, “The Father and I are one” (John 10:30) and “The Father is in me and I am in the Father.” (John 10:38) John wrote, “In the beginning, [Jesus] the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) Jesus always been and will always be true God,…
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5 Simple Ways to Celebrate God & His Love Today
How often do you pause to simply celebrate God and His love? We know what it feels like to celebrate but what does it actually mean to celebrate God? The Dictionary gives the word “celebrate” four simple meanings: to rejoice to observe to perform/participate (a solemn or religious ceremony) to praise publicly; proclaim So, let me ask again… How often do you celebrate God and His…
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3 Basic Ways to Worship God and Obey the 1st Commandments
The Commandments as given in Exodus 20 begin by telling us 1) to worship God and put nothing else ahead of Him and 2) to not make an idol of any kind. God inspired Moses to write: Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord…
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How God Will Give You Everything You Need While You Wait
It is especially hard to wait for a much-needed prayer to be answered. Yet, God promises to give strength and hope daily even when the wait is long. #Waiting #BibleStudy #Faith #Prayer #Blessings
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How to Answer Someone Who Says Your Faith is Belief Without Evidence
There’s a Twitter user who seems to take pleasure in challenging followers of Jesus and the Bible. This individual often replies to faith posts with comments like… “Faith is believing something without sufficient evidence. Faith is pretending to know things you don’t know.” Is that right? Is faith belief without evidence? This is how the…
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This Truth About “Wait Right Here” will Help You Live by Faith Today
Years ago when our son was little, I’d take him to the mall to burn off the fidgets on days he couldn’t run around outside. I can still remember one particular visit like it happened yesterday… We were enjoying our time together when he looked up at me and said, “Wait right here Mommy, I’ll be right back.”…
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How God will Help You Live with Faith and Faithfulness
I’ve been wondering about the difference between faith and faithfulness. Faith is believing in someone or something. Faithfulness is consistently acting on that faith. We can have faith that we have the best job in the world but if we don’t faithfully fulfill the tasks of that job we probably won’t have it very long.…
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How You Can Know What it Really Means to Believe in Jesus
If someone asked you what it really means to believe in Jesus, how would you answer? Most of us have read or heard the verse: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in…
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How Faith & Prayers Will Make a Difference in Your Life Every Day
Every time I sit down to write, I feel overwhelmed because I want everyone who visits this space to know how God can change their lives the way He’s changed mine. No matter how you are feeling . . . on top of the world or in the pits of despair, I want you to…
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5 Minute Faith-filled Devotions and a Prayer for Hope in the New Year
Happy New Year! I think many of us were thankful to turn the calendar page and start the new year. Each January 1st, we dream of new opportunities, fresh starts, and endless possibilities. Have you made your list of goals and resolutions for the year? Last year, I made it a goal to write a…
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What to Do When You’re Tempted to Reject Your Faith in God
Every once in a while there will be a headline that broadcasts the news of a famous Christian who has walked away from their faith. And I wonder if that isn’t a major goal of the enemy of our souls. Famous or not the enemy wants people to doubt and reject their faith in God.…
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5 Blessings God Wants You to Celebrate Every Day
Two of my favorite words in the Bible are, “But God…” You and I are sinners “but God’s” love is faithful and unfailing. You and I are weak “but God” is our strength. You and I are disappointed and discouraged “but God” is our helper. People will let us down “but God” is always with…
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How God Answers Prayers In New or Unexpected Ways
Herod Agrippa was the fourth Roman-appointed king in his family to rule in Jerusalem. He was also a smooth politician who found an opportunity to gain approval from the Jewish leaders by jumping on the Christian persecution bandwagon—ordering the death of the Apostle James and the arrest of Peter. Can you imagine how Peter must…
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Why You Need to Pray First
Mark was probably the first Gospel written. It was penned by John Mark, who was not one of the 12 Disciples but was a follower of Jesus and a companion of Paul and Barnabas on their mission journeys to “go and make disciples.” The 1st Chapter skips over everything prior to the start of Jesus’…
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Pray When You are Confused and Nothing Makes Sense
I have to admit, I’m confused and nothing makes sense! Almost every news report, ad, tweet, and post seems to have an agenda. It’s hard to know what to believe when contradicting points of view all claim to be “fact-based” truth. One thing I know for sure is that nothing feels normal and no one…
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5 Prayers that will Increase Your Faith When You are Worried
Why do I put myself out there week after week telling you about my struggle with worry and anxiety? Because I hated it! And if, by God’s grace, one or two of you might be spared the emotional, mental, and physical suffering that accompanies perpetual worry … I will shout my story from the rooftops.…
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Day 30 – God, Help My Loved Ones to Love and Trust Jesus
The first Bible verse most of us learn is… For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 God’s only Son, Jesus … His amazing and gracious gift of love. The Bible also says about Jesus: “There is…
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Mountain Moving Prayers that will Empower Your Faith
What’s your one thing? Well, let me back up for a minute. The other morning I woke up with this thought on my heart and mind… End the Year with 40 Days of Mountain Moving Prayers I’ve finally realized that the Lord often wakes me with a prompting because it’s one of the few times…
