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Praying with Self Awareness
Prayers are rare in the book of Proverbs. Several pithy statements about prayer appear, but developed conversation with God appears only in Poverbs chapter 30, among the sayings of Agur, a king unidentified elsewhere in the Bible. I’m going to … Continue reading
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Tagged ethics, Prayer, Proverbs, Spiritual Formation, spirituality, temptation, The Lord's Prayer, wealth
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Jesus and Temptation in the Garden of Olives
Jesus executed a “Call for Fire” when facing death. “Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place he said to them, ‘”Pray that you will not fall into temptation.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, faithfulness, Jesus, Mount of Olives, overwhelmed, Prayer, self-denial, submission, temptation, Theology
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