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Take a few minutes of your quarantine—sit down with the Maker of the Universe—your Heavenly Father and Best Friend—and chat. You never know what might come of it. Here’s the Biggest little prayer of all time—it’s model for all prayers, yet it stands alone in what God loves and wants to hear from each of
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Take a few minutes of your quarantine—sit down with the Maker of the Universe—your Heavenly Father and Best Friend—and chat. You never know what might come of it. Here is St. Patrick’s ‘Prayer of the Day’. Albeit a few weeks late, God is always listening. Let’s pray… I arise today Through the strength of Heaven
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Prayers come in all shapes and sizes—as long as we pray. We can think them, say them and read them—laugh them, cry them, worship and tremble in them—so long as we mean them and remember with Whom we’re speaking. And don’t forget to listen. Here is the POTD—the ‘Prayer of the Day’. Join in, even
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“THERE EXIST BEINGS WHO…spend more money, waste more time, take more trouble, than would be required for ten good actions, and that gratuitously, for their own pleasure, without receiving any other payment for their curiosity than curiosity…Why? For no reason. A pure passion for seeing, knowing and penetrating into things. A pure itch for talking.
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A.W. Tozer’s opening line caught me off guard. When the shock wore off, it began to make sense… “Make sure that you don’t substitute prayer for obedience. Prayer is the oxygen of Christianity, but if we pray without preaching the gospel as we have been commanded to, we are drawing near to God with our lips,
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True story? No clue. Good story? Definitely… Several years ago a preacher moved to Christchurch, New Zealand. Some weeks after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the bus from his home into the city. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him a dollar too much change. As he
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My favorite poem (to be read in the meter of my favorite poet—Dr. Seuss)… When I Became A Christian by Adrian Plass When I became a Christian I said, Lord, now fill me in, Tell me what I’ll suffer in this world of shame and sin. He said, your body may be killed, and left to rot
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Following Jesus is no trivial pursuit; neither is it a religious duty reserved for the devout. Following Jesus is capitulating (in ashes) to who He really is and doing what He said to do. Christians may find this somewhat optional (if we’re honest) or even imposing, but followers of Jesus follow because they came to the shattering realization of just
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The success of the Gospel isn’t measured by the popularity of its people or it’s appeal to the world, but by the obedience of simple folks to the Holy Spirit. The cost is often high, but the results are beyond measure. Think you need a big name to shake the world? Think again. The Holy Spirit and a bunch
Jay McCarl 