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Development of a Prayer Warrior
April 07, 2019 - Lord Jesus and Holy Father in Heaven, holy and glorified is your name. Let Your will be done first and foremost in every...
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Knowing About Faith vs Living In Faith
March 26, 2019 - It's so strange to me to actually think about the difference between what I considered to be faith in the past and what...
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Who am I, that I could give anything to You?
February 22, 2019 - This prayer from 1 Chronicles 29:10-19 is from King David after he had gathered all the resources together to build the...
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Prosperity by the Word of God
August 31, 2016 - Prosperity by the Word of God Psalm 1:3 For all who take their delight in living by God’s Word, there is prosperity. Und...
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Cease Striving
March 14, 2016 - I was upset. Things were committed for a certain date but the process was taking forever. One party kept asking for more...
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Seek the Lord
November 07, 2015 - I read this devotional from the In Touch Ministries site this morning and thought, "This is exactly what I've been prayi...
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Obedience Always Brings Blessings
October 30, 2015 - Learning to accept this principal was totally different than learning the principle in itself. What I mean is that it's...
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My Prayer for You Today
October 27, 2015 - God says that we are to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. This is what I would want someone to pray for me so I a...
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Material Blessings
October 02, 2015 - LORD your grace & mercy are more abundant than my dreams could ever imagine.
Sometimes I hear ministers and fellow laym...
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Confronting Conflict
September 14, 2015 - This was a timely reminder for me today. It was a refreshing source when a new issue to worry about popped up without wa...
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God's Purpose, Our Prayers, His Support
August 19, 2015 - We've been through some arduous journeys lately; more than I can probably write about in the next few minutes but maybe...
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Different Than It Appeared
April 22, 2014 - My first thought was that this was too late to post for anyone's interest but then I remembered a friend's recent strugg...
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Operating Standards
April 19, 2014 - Making the decision on what is good but what is best is a matter for godly wisdom. With just the bare minimum of moralit...
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I'll Take the Arrow
April 17, 2014 - Do you know who are the accountable people in your life? Can you name the ones who love you enough to give you the truth...
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Choosing to Die Daily
April 12, 2014 - Choosing to die, daily, of the things that I want is extremely difficult for me. In our culture of "it's mine and I want...
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Twenty "Cans" for 21 Days
April 10, 2014 - Earlier this week, the men's group at our church was presented with a message that came really close to the feelings in...
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The Global Reset Button
April 09, 2014 - Never be surprised how quickly God will give you the chance to be obedient when you open yourself up to it. This morning...
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Moving On
April 01, 2014 - There are some things in our lives that we will never ever forget, a moment spent with a loved one, a date with someone...
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How to Conquer Your Fears!
March 30, 2014 - This is so important to remember!
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twh
How to Conquer Your Fears
Read | Psalm 27:1-3
I’ve walked with the L...
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Extending the Goodness of God
March 27, 2014 - Time for self evaluation. What have we done with all that we have been blessed with?
Time for action... Do more with wh...
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Thoughtless Iconoclasm
March 25, 2014 - This is probably one of the most difficult entries I have posted so far. It speaks to something that Crystal and I have...
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Green Pastures: They Require Action
March 24, 2014 - The reality of what is written below by John Barry is not lost on us. We have had years of amazingly large financial ble...
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Resting in God's Faithfulness
March 22, 2014 - We have experienced a week of God's miracles in our lives. When our emotions were heavy with stress over life's issues,...
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A Man Worthy of Our Praise
March 21, 2014 - Read | Matthew 8:23-27
In today’s reading from Matthew 8, the men who traveled with Jesus on a stormy night asked somet...
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We Don't (Really) Mean it
March 20, 2014 - Making time to pray for others is vital to our Christian life. Without it, we become self-centered and overly engrossed...
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God's Assurance even in times of trouble
March 18, 2014 - It's not easy for me to write this. Yesterday, we saw the amazing miracles of God happening in our lives. We made a deci...
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Accept Him now
March 18, 2014 - Let me say this... if you have not taken the time to know Jesus Christ, you are missing out on the greatest blessing the...
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A God of Grace by Charles Stanley
March 15, 2014 - I grew up with a distorted mindset of just who God is. Relating a father figure to God was unconceivable to me. It has b...
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Trust in the LORD
March 14, 2014 - Life has a way of making us realize we are not in control. Each day brings challenges and trials that we think we can ma...
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Meditation Brings Blessings
March 13, 2014 - When the problems of life have become overwhelming and we start to think we can not stand, God is still there. He is jus...
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Cry Out Like the Psalmist
March 12, 2014 - It's hard to not look for our own way out of things. Our first response is usually, "What can I do within my ability to...
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Jesus Christ (Meant to Be) the Superstar
March 10, 2014 - I know from my own experiences and from those of very dear friends that pastor, preacher, mentor worship can become a cr...
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The Vine and the Branches
March 08, 2014 - March 8: The Vine and the Branches
John 15:1–16:4
Jesus isn’t simply a high priority or even the highest priority of o...
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Loving Each Other through Differences
March 07, 2014 - The song goes,
"I pray for you. You pray for me.
I love you. I need you to survive.
I won't harm you with words from...
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The Unrelieved Quest by Oswald Chambers
March 03, 2014 - One of the key dangers we face as Christians is pharisee-like attitudes. It seems that the longer we have been Christian...
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A Bold God and a Bold People
March 01, 2014 - We loved the post from this morning's devotional in Connect the Testaments...
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twh
March 1: A Bold God and a Bold P...
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When we get off track
February 15, 2014 - Living life for God requires focus and attention to details. God is not a god of chaos so the things he has planned for...
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The Blessings of God
February 01, 2014 - No doubt this is a hard concept to keep in mind everyday. We face frustrations, trials, obstacles, failures, pain, injur...
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God's Discipline
January 31, 2014 - Writing this journal is sometimes difficult. The time it takes, the commitment to seeking God first, the worry that I ma...
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Save Us!
January 16, 2014 - Crying out to God is something that every person will do at some point. If not here on earth, many times, then definitel...
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Those Who Hurt
December 28, 2013 - Today, I'm taking a break from the past few segments that we were discussing. This is because yesterday, we found anothe...
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Guidance of the Holy Spirit
December 23, 2013 - For those who believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the Lord of All, there is a special gift...
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Am I Really On the Right Track?
December 19, 2013 - This is one of those devotionals that will make you shudder if we didn't have confidence in James 1:5 where we are told...
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Freedom
December 16, 2013 - The freedom we have to avoid living under the oppression of our own sinful ways is sometimes lost on us. We live trying...
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Thankfulness, It's not just a feeling but a requirement
November 28, 2013 - When we look upon the life that we have been given, we find ourselves caught between what we want to be, where we are an...
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When Hezekiah Gave Away the Farm by John D. Barry
November 27, 2013 - I can say for certain that the message below is very true in my life. There are days when I have followed God's guidance...
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O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul
November 20, 2013 - One of the most difficult things I find in life is staying positive when things around me aren't even remotely comfortab...
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When Temptation Knocks by Charles Stanley of InTouch Ministries
November 17, 2013 - I read this devotional this morning before going to worship. It was so real and so applicable to all the times I've face...
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God speaks when we listen, trust and obey
November 15, 2013 - Yesterday morning, I was so excited about a direction God had shown me during my devotional reading and prayer time that...
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Wavering Faith by Charles Stanley of InTouch Ministries
November 12, 2013 - I share these because they almost always speak to my heart in some way or another. I've learned over the years that the...
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How to Turn Your Crisis into an Opportunity
November 10, 2013 - How to Turn Your Crisis into an Opportunity
By Dr. Charles Stanley of InTouch Ministries (click here for full article)...
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When We Are to Blame by Charles Stanley of InTouch Ministries
November 09, 2013 - During a trial in life, it's often difficult to figure out whether we caused it our selves or if we just came upon somet...
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What is my true desire?
November 04, 2013 - Taking into account the level of desire I have to relieve financial stress, you would think that I would be more in tune...
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