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Praying on the National Day of Prayer
I attended a National Day of Prayer event at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, today. It was an inspiring event. From the singing of the National Anthem to the prayers to Chaplain (Colonel-Retired) Scott McChrystal’s well-spoken remarks to the concluding chorus of … Continue reading
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Tagged God Bless America, National Day of Prayer, peace, Prayer, renewal, spiritual renewal, spirituality
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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
A Prayer When Afraid
Did you ever notice that the words “Don’t be afraid” are spoken when you are most afraid? In Mark 4, a storm arises while Jesus and his disciples are in a boat on the Sea of Galilee. His disciples are … Continue reading
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Tagged despair, dread, faith, fear, forgiveness, grace, grief, Jeremiah, Jesus, Lament, Lamentations, loss, Mark 4, peace, Prayer, redemption, Spiritual Formation, spirituality, unemployment
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Prayer Combat Inspection
When I was in the Army, I struggled at times with PCI, Pre-Combat Inspection. PCI meant that I would review a packing list with the training or the deployment to discern whether I had the required equipment. I would also … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, christianity, faith, focus, forgiveness, Jeremiah, Jesus, justice, Matthew 6, peace, Prayer, reconciliation, religion, spirituality, The Lord's Prayer, The Model Prayer, Theology
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A Prayer of Confidence in God
As I reviewed news from the G20 summit this past week, I read about protests outside the conference and controversy concerning relationships among leaders of powerful nations. I read a tweet by the first Lady of the United States about … Continue reading
Posted in Prayers from Psalms
Tagged anxiety, Ephesians 2:10, faith and polltics, faithfulness, government, international relations, justice, ministry, peace, Philippians 2, Prayer, Psalm 133, Psalm 138, Psalms, reconciliation, security, social justice, spirituality, Theology, unity, vision
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Praying with Awareness of a Legacy of Sin
As in my last post, I will consider what the prayer of returned Jewish exiles to their parents’ homeland can teach us about prayer. In that previous post, we observed the prayer was offered to the God who created the … Continue reading
