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Comforting Presence
They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your...
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Casting Our Anxieties on God
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7- Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a...
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Directing People to Jesus
He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.” John 1:20 Illustration When evangelist Gypsy Smith got saved,...
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A Fresh Breath
And with that, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:22 Illustration Dr. Paul Brand was speaking to a medical...
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Avoid Making Excuses for not Praying
Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your...
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Overcoming Prayer Obstacles
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying...
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A Spirit of Expectation
Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24 Illustration...
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How to Cope with Delayed Prayer Answers
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was...
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The Benefits of a Personal Prayer Retreat
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Matthew 5:16 Illustration In one region of Africa, the first converts to...
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Prayer is a Faith Exercise, Not an Emotional Response
while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it, and prayed that he might die. “I...
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Increasing Our Stamina for Prayer
Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. “Watch...
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The Benefits of Communal Prayer
Again, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. Matthew 18:19...
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Strengthening Your Prayer Routine
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer. Illustration A fisherman...
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Developing A Prayer Strategy
Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Dead Sea. It is already...
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Prayer as Spiritual Collateral
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I...
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An Investment in Prayer
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from...
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A Surrendered Heart
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 Illustration Roger Staubach, who led the...
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We Walk By Faith And Not By Sight
And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living...
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God Knows His Plans
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future....
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Looking To The Future
One thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God...
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A Fresh Touch From God
Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.” Matthew 9:29 ESV We now have enough evidence about the...
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