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Joy--Week 3 of Advent advent believing god bible reading christmas christmas prayer ideas favored by god god's got this prayer Dec 18, 2023

This week we light our 3rd candle in the advent wreath. We've lit two purple candles, and this week we get to light the pink one representing joy. Here's a devotion to help guide your conversation cen...

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Is God's Grace Resistible? begging in prayer believing god can i trust god confidence in god courage to share god's got this god's soveriegnty and prayer irresistible grace prayer Mar 19, 2023

In my previous post, I shared excerpts from 3 articles that support this statement: Grace is irresistible.

In this post I'm going to discuss how a theology of irresistible grace affects our understan...

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The FIRST of 3 Things Your Pastor Might Not Have Told You About Prayer begging in prayer how to hear gods voice how to listen in prayer how to pray how to win spiritual battles listen pray and trust prayer prayer works secret to answered prayer Jan 23, 2023

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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It's Not that Hard to Hear God's Voice When You Put Yourself in the Right Places can i trust god confidence in god god's got this how to pray how to win spiritual battles is god good? prayer Sep 13, 2022

If there were anything I'd love to be able to gift Jesus followers with, it would be the ability to hear God's voice loud and clear. What if we could rise up out of the baptismal waters and suddenly h...

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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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God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It! believing god can i trust god confidence in god faith fear and faith god's got this how to pray how to win spiritual battles is the bible reliable nothing to fear prayer prayer works the bible is god's word victory Aug 09, 2022

Hmmm, what would my life be like if I really lived this way? Let's break this way of thinking down into its' pieces: 

"God said it!"

When I was a child, most parents had this answer when their child...

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Who's the Spiritual Leader in Our Homes? fathers mothers parenting prayer prayer works promise keeper spiritual authority spiritual leadership in the home truth about women Jun 28, 2022

This year we had so much fun on both Mother's Day and Father's Day at our church. On Mother's Day we brought in cotton candy, donuts and a flower truck laden with fresh-picked flowers where we invited...

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Can I Trust God to Meet My Needs in THIS?! can i trust god prayer praying through pain promise keeper provider Feb 26, 2022

Sometimes we find ourselves in circumstances that overwhelm us. They challenge the very fiber of our faith. 

Let me share a secret. The devil is eager for you to cave to the temptation you're struggl...

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