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3 Things Your Pastor Might Not Have Told You About Prayer

My husband is a pastor—and I think he’s a good one. But I have never heard him preach what I’m about to share with you. Now I haven’t heard y...

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Praying Like a Warrior and Not a Wimp begging in prayer believing god can i trust god confidence in god god's got this nothing to fear spiritual authority spiritual warfare warrior not wimps Jan 11, 2023

Where did we get it wrong?

When were we taught that prayer was a sweet little thing we do when we get too old to do the other "things?" 

Maybe it started in 2nd grade Sunday School when we were seat...

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It's Not That Hard to Hear God's Voice Part 3 begging in prayer believing god can i trust god confidence in god faith god's got this how to hear god's voice how to pray how to pray for people in pain how to pray for someone i love how to win spiritual battles playing tug of war with god prayer works praying god's word Sep 27, 2022

This is the 3rd part of a 4 part series on hearing the voice of God. Prayer is such a marvelous mystery! Just the thought that the God of the Universe invites us into relationship with Him where we ca...

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"If It Be Your Will...When It's Right to Pray These Words and When It's Wrong." begging in prayer believing god can i trust god confidence in god faith god's got this how to pray how to win spiritual battles prayer prayer works praying through pain where is god when it hurts Aug 30, 2022

The Bible teaches us that God has plans for our lives, and that one of the privileges of our position in Christ  is to release those plans through our prayers. Consider what Jesus said about the will ...

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What's the Secret to Answered Prayer? begging in prayer believing god can i trust god confidence in god faith fear and faith god's got this how to pray how to pray for people in pain how to pray for someone i love how to win spiritual battles secret to answered prayer spiritual warfare where is god when it hurts Aug 24, 2022

When I was 12 years old, I heard that when we prayed, we were supposed to go into our closet and pray to God who sees us in that secret place. So I got myself a cardboard box, covered it with a piece ...

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Believing the Promises begging in prayer believing god bible reading can i trust god confidence in god faith god's got this how to pray how to pray for people in pain is god good? prayer works praying for others praying for the lost Aug 16, 2022

  So in keeping with last week's blog post, God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It, I found myself pondering the promises God's given us in His Word. I was in Largo, Florida visiting with our Pray...

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If You Just Had Enough Faith a mothers love for her adult kids begging in prayer can i trust god confidence in god faith family estrangement fear and faith god's got this how to pray how to pray for people in pain how to pray for someone i love how to win spiritual battles what about when god isn't good? where is god when it hurts Jul 18, 2022

I pulled this blog post from 2013. Before you read it, I need to tell you what I did before I found this one. I read through several blog posts that were written in 2013, and in reading them I was rem...

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A Prayer of Lament and Repentance begging in prayer how to pray how to pray for people in pain how to win spiritual battles lament and repent prayer works scripture prayers May 30, 2022

Lord, we come to You this morning with heavy hearts. They are heavy with grief over what we’ve become. Our spirits are broken—we are crushed with the weight of sin expressed in corruption, scandal, wa...

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Look Where Fear Puts You begging in prayer fear and faith nothing to fear praying through pain promise keeper provider what about when god isn't good? May 23, 2022

This blog post is reprinted and revised (just a tad) from a blog I wrote for Lifeway Resources that was posted on their website in January 2015. I accidentally came across it today and was so encourag...

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When You Just Want God to Say, "YES!" begging in prayer can i trust god faith god's got this playing tug of war with god prayer works praying through pain promise keeper say yes lord what about when god isn't good? where is god when it hurts May 16, 2022

River has a point. Sometimes it just seems like the only good answer is "yes." The only KIND answer is "yes."

Right now.

Right here. 

Right like you've prayed.

But what about when the answer comes...

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