Have you ever asked yourself the question, ‘Why should I pray?’ R. A. Torrey, a former president of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, once wrote ten powerful reasons why we as believers should pray: There is a devil and prayer is the God-appointed means of resisting him. Prayer is God’s…
Read more“When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the LORD. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.” Jonah 2:7 NLT I find it quite interesting that the above scriptures are not a prayer for deliverance but a prayer of thanksgiving.…
Read moreThere’s a song by William McDowell entitled, Withholding Nothing. Some of the lyrics of the song are: “I surrender all to You. Everything I give to You. Withholding nothing….Withholding nothing…(repeated several times) I give You all of me….I give You all of me…. (repeated several times) King Jesus, my Savior…
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I love this time of year when the lilies adorn the sides of the road and dance in meadows. Such simple beauty. They don’t worry about what they’re to do, they’re content to just be; no high maintenance, they simply take root and bloom where they’re planted year after year. Their…
Read moreWhen I was 18 years old, I began driving almost an hour each way to attend college. My grandmother was concerned about the distance (aging myself here, but it was before cell phones!) and the possibility of breaking down beside the road. In her concern, she advised me, if…
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