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If He Didn’t Forget, How Could We Pray?

If He Didn’t Forget, How Could We Pray?He ForgotI was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He’d forgiven. One by one I thanked God ...

Jesus, I Need You... When I Feel Disappointment

This Mixed-up World Dear Jesus, I’m frustrated with this mixed-up world. Everything seems turned upside down. What You’ve declared to be evil and wrong is often considered to be right ...

Boundaries: Pray for Wisdom

The Serenity PrayerGod grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.As the ...

Pray for Joy

The Bible says in Nehemiah 8:10,Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!It doesn’t say exercise is your strength, or hard work is your ...

Hedge of Protection... Prayer Can Be a Funny Thing

As a man of faith who spends most of his time traveling to churches, I have become more and more attuned to the irreplaceable value of prayer in one’s life. ...

The Prayer of Release Brings Freedom from Blaming God

My husband and I have a friend who is gifted in many ways, but he has shut God out of his life, blaming Him for a car accident in which ...

Prayer: Timeless Love

The scene of Jesus huddled in a locked room with a dozen friends, one of them a traitor, while outside temple guards and Roman legionnaires buckle on their swords and ...

An American in Prayer: Kneel Before the King

The Greatest of Them All1931 was a long and boring year. The stock market crash of 1929 plunged America into the depths of the Great Depression, and most businesses struggled ...

Faith May Move Mountains But Prayer Moves God

It’s been said that faith may move mountains, but prayer moves God.Amazing, isn’t it, that our prayers, whether grand and glorious or feeble and faint, can move the very heart ...

Pick Me! Pick Me!

The Community of AmenGod sets the lonely in families. — Psalm 68:6I was driving down I-71, enjoying the sunshine and the quietness of my car. We had just moved back ...

Creating a Prayer Room at Work or Home

*Daniel had a specific place that he designated for prayer, which was an upstairs room in his home to which he withdrew three times every day (Daniel 6:10).We don’t know ...

Spiritual Warfare Is Serious

When the messenger addressed Daniel, he instructed him to “consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up” (10:11).In other words, Daniel needed to “listen-up.” ...

Receiving and Releasing His Power in Prayer

Receiving and Releasing His Power in PrayerI heard about a little boy who went to his dad and said, “I want a little brother.”
His dad looked up from his newspaper. ...

A Lesson in Perseverance... from a Yorkie

It had been a long weekend of delayed flights and short nights. I had finally gotten home, but Monday morning I could barely crawl out of bed. I think I ...

National Day of Prayer: Don’t Give Up

Editor’s Note: Today is the National Day of Prayer and we would love for you to join other believers all over the United States in praying for our families, our ...

Do Angels Assist God in Answering Our Personal Prayers?

Whether the Lord allows angels to eaves-drop on our prayers, I don’t know. I do believe He frequently employs them in answering prayer: case in point, the prophet Daniel.As prime ...

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Free Online Bible Study by Jennie Allen

Free Online Bible Study by Jennie Allen

What does the Bible tell us about our emotions? Join the free Untangle Your Emotions Online Bible Study and get exclusive content from author Jennie Allen, 6 study videos, and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 6/10.