Christians like microwave-type praying. Our God desires marinating-type praying. -Peter Lord- Sometimes I feel a burden on my heart about a particular person or situation and pray a passionate quick prayer; then I feel a relief and am able to go about my daily business knowing that things will work out. The above kind of [...]
Charles Spurgeon delivered an awesome essay on prayer in September of 1871, and things have not changed since then as to what he said about your spiritual condition as it directly relates to your prayer life. It is an awesome and convicting read. ********** When a man becomes cold, indifferent, and careless, one of the [...]
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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon. Emily Dickinson I found this quote quite interesting as I think back to certain times in my life where I made a decision to do something that came back to haunt me for awhile. Fortunately I didn’t get involved in anything [...]
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Two Parts To Every Burden There are two parts to every burden. One is the burden in itself, and the other is how much of that burden you internalize and take for your own. You cannot magically transport yourself away from difficult circumstances. Yet you can choose to see, understand and live the fact [...]
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This excerpt is from a sermon preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled “A Call To Worship,” delivered April 20, 1873. If the spirit of prayer be not with the people, the minister may preach like an angel, but he cannot expect success. If there be not the spirit of prayer in a church there may [...]
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Prayer is the most powerful thing you can do to change your circumstances or solve problems that arise in everyday living. If you get into the habit of giving all the small things to God, when a burden comes along that is so huge you think you can’t stand under the load, you will automatically [...]
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George Muller, in the mid-1830s, cared for over 2,000 orphans in England – all by faith in God. Muller was known as the man who got answers to his prayers. Before he died, he had listed in his journals over 50,000 answers to prayer. When asked how he determined the will of God on [...]
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The Scriptures below made a huge impact on me as I read them recently. I will write them here so you won’t have to look them up. I Corinthians 1: 26-31 For ye see your calling, brethren , how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: [...]
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Christians like microwave-type praying. Our God desires marinating-type praying. -Peter Lord- More and more God has been dealing with me about my prayer life. I know that sometimes I just feel a burden on my heart about a particular person or situation and pray a passionate quick prayer; then I feel a relief and am [...]
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. -Barbara Johnson- One thing I have found out the hard way is you absolutely must learn patience if you intend to walk with God. I used to be just about the most impatient person in the world. When I decided [...]
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