Tag: prayer
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Too Proud to Ask?
Hebrews 13:18 “Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.” What’s the difference between spiritual pride, which should be avoided at all costs, and spiritual humility, which is a mark of every truly godly person? How should one view himself or herself along…
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A Life of Communion
2 Samuel 5:18-19 “Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. And David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?’ And the Lord said to David, ‘Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.’” 2 Samuel 5:22-24 “And the Philistines came…
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Out of Sight AND Out of Mind?
Hebrews 13:3 “Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” I asked my adult Sunday School class the following question some time ago: “Do you love Christians whom you have never met?” I asked that question because when we…
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Why is nothing ever easy?
2 Samuel 2:3-4 “And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.” 2 Samuel 2:8-9 “But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son…
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Encourage Yourself
1 Samuel 30:6 “And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” Have you ever been in a situation where it seemed as though nobody could really help you – or perhaps nobody…
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An Open Invitation
Acts 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” It’s interesting to note how often the Bible warns us to be careful about who we spend time with for there are many…
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Asking in Prayer
Matthew 7:7-11 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if…
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A Word to the Self-Confident
1 Samuel 23:1-4 “Now they told David, ‘Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.’ Therefore David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go and attack these Philistines?’ And the Lord said to David, ‘Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.’ But David’s men said to him, ‘Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how…
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Divine Guidance
Psalm 32:8-9 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.” Life is full of decisions. Some are pretty inconsequential,…
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Worship: Two Kinds
Hebrews 11:4 “By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.” Do you know that the way a person worships reveals an awful lot about their faith (or…
To Encourage You 