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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
We pray for peace. We rarely pray for war or bloodshed. Some topics surface in prayers more frequently. We pray for the sick, the dying, and their families. We pray for wisdom and maturity to mark the actions and thinking … Continue reading
Reflecting on the Anniversary of My Son’s Death
I’ve reflected today on Psalm 90. While today is recognized in the United States this year as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21 in 2019 is the fourth anniversary of a day that began with a telephone call informing … Continue reading
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Tagged a severe mercy, adoption, christianity, death, grief, grief recovery, Lament, love, mourning, pain, Psalm 90, Psalms, renewal, sorrow, Spiritual Formation, spiritual warfare, spirituality, vale of soul-making
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Devoted to Prayer?
When you think about activities of the Church that reveal its priorities, what comes to mind? Preaching the Bible? Observing Communion? Helping the poor? Healing the sick? Teaching our young the fundamentals of the faith? Evangelism? Foreign missions? Baptism? How … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 1:14, Acts 2:42, Acts 6:4, benevolence, Christ, christianity, church, Church of Christ, Colossians 4:12, elders, faith, God, maturity, Prayer, priorities, religion, Romans 12:12, spiritual discipline, Spiritual Formation, spirituality, truth, unity
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Prayer for Rescue from Deceit
Few experiences are so distressing as having someone lie about you. Anger and bitterness threaten to consume my soul when I am the victim of slander. The writer of Psalm 120 prays for deliverance from lies. He warns of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Call for Fire Seminar, christianity, deceit, faith, lies, meditation, Paalm 121, Prayer, Psalms, Psalms of Ascent, reflection, relationships, religion, spiritual warfare, spirituality, truth, worship
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Prayer When Hope Has Been Exhausted
The prophet Hosea, in chapters 8 and 9 of his prophetic book, proclaimed a message of warning and impending doom to his contemporaries in Northern Israel. The ominous nature of what the future held emerged in images like “reaping the … Continue reading
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Tagged Assyria, christianity, disaster, Exodus, fear, Genesis 19, Gibeah, Hosea 9:14, Lament, Prayer, religion, vulture, whirlwind
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A Prayer When We Are Running Away from God
Hosea’s wife did not respond to his love. She left him for a life of prostitution. But then as Hosea chapter 3 begins, God calls Hosea to go love his wife as God loves his people. When Hosea finally found … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter 2:10, Christ, christianity, forgiveness, God, Hosea, Israel, love, Prayer, pursuit, relationships, religion, spirituality
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