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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...
I asked my granddaughter, River, how she would define peace. She said, "It's not war. It's not when people are angry and fighting."
She defined peace by pointing to its' opposite. If we live...
As I write this blog post we are in the first week of advent. During the first week of advent we focus on...
HOPE
I found a great definition of hope online:
Hope is an optimistic state of mind that...
I’m literally sitting on top of the Mountain of Blessing in the West Bank of Israel as I write this. Tom and I are guests of Tommy and Sherri Waller who founded and lead HaYovel, a ministry...
Tis the season of ghosts and goblins, witches and vampires! It's one of the funnest holidays of the year! Children dress up in costumes and go door to door with their little plastic pumpkins...
This is part 4 of what I've decided now is a 5-part series on learning how to hear the voice of God. As I was preparing to publish this post, I came across this youtube message by pastor Mike Todd....
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...
Today I’m going to share with you 2 of 8 ways God speaks and how you can be sure to hear Him.
God speaks to your heart, not to your ears.
God gave you ears to process sound...
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...
The other day I found myself in Buc-ee's. If you've not yet found yourself there, stop reading this post and go directly to the nearest Buc-ee's, do not pass "Go!" do not collect $200! :)
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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...
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...
