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God Wants me to Pray!

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  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;  Ephesians 6:18 Pray without ceasing .  1 Thessalonians 5:17 This year the Lord has impressed on my heart that my prayer life can be so much more than it has been.  I’ve had a prayer life, some years better than others.  I’ve always struggled with how to organize my prayer life.  Lists seem too much like I’m just reading an inventory of things I want rather than sincere heartfelt requests to God.  Prayer “straight from whatever is on my mind” has seemed too scattered, jumping here and there – so I have been praying all throughout the day as thoughts cross my mind, people’s needs come to my memory, or as I look at social media and people ask for prayer requests; sometimes I have prayed for someone because the time on the clock is their birthday.  I’ve been praying – basically talking to God almost all day long, and yet, my prayer life still
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Faith Over Fear

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I have often wondered how Elijah could have been so afraid of what Jezebel said, (“ Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.” 1 Kings 19:2 )  after he had just seen such a tremendous victory…and yet here I am.  I can’t say I’ve seen the huge miracle that Elijah did in calling fire from heaven to burn water buried stones, but, we are seeing blessings of God as we’re ready to charter our 2 nd  church in less than 3 years since we came off deputation.  Folks are coming to church, a church in Florida sent a mission’s team here to help us, US!  So, Satan is calling out the big guns…the IRS!  The IRS. They have taken us through the wringer before and about bankrupted us…and we did nothing wrong – they decided to disallow any and all of our write-offs, they levied our bank accounts, and put a lien on our property; but when it was all said and done, they
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All

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A L L I like to remember it this way... A- always L- look for the L- Lord All …that is a big word for having just 3 little letters.  It is big because it is completely inclusive; it leaves nothing out!  For the last several days I have been pondering over the verse in Psalm 10 that states that the wicked, in their pride do not seek after God because God is not in all their thoughts.   The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts .  Ps 10:4 This is not saying that God is not in any of their thoughts, it is saying that it is wicked and proud to think we don’t need God; it is wicked when God is not in ALL our thoughts.  In other words, when I think I can handle something on my own, I am being wicked and proud, because in that action or thought process I am not including God.  Wow!   How many mindless things do we do every single day and not consider God?  How many times do we do something wit
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Who Art Thou...?

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"But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7 God told Samuel not to judge who should be king based on his countenance – which would include his facial expression, his behavior, composure, self-control, because man can’t tell what is in the man’s heart – but God can. As a Christian, I believe the Bible, and I believe that I will do well to follow the teachings of the Bible.   The Bible is my standard.   Because of that, I have chosen to dress a certain way (modestly, gender specific), I strive to love and forgive, I read my Bible and pray daily; but…those things don’t make me a Christian.   In many cases they don’t even necessarily show that I am a born-again believer. I am afraid that in our zeal to please God by doing, we have without realizing it, portrayed th
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

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What Do We See in the Mirror? Every day we spend time looking at ourselves in the mirror.   We use it to see ourselves, to make sure things are in place, to apply our make-up, fix our hair, make sure there is nothing in our teeth, see if our tummy shows less with our top tucked in or out…we use it all the time, right?   But, when you look in the mirror what do you see?   I am positive that none of us see ourselves the way others view us.   We look for our own faults, and we tend to be much harder on ourselves than we are on others.   We look so that we can present ourselves to others looking the best we can. I wish there was a mirror for my heart, one that would be honest with me and tell me who I really am on the inside.   See, our hearts are so deceitful; our hearts tell us what we want to hear.   I am pretty sure that my heart can convince me to believe anything that I want so that I can get my own way.   The Bible confirms this in Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart is deceitful ab
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