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Finally understanding faith after years of questions

Faith. For many years I have struggled with this word. Decades ago, I witnessed church leaders turn faith into a work — something that Christians are supposed to work to create and grow and obtain. Christians were condemned if they appeared not to have enough faith according to someone’s apparently random measure of judgment.  These …

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A Post-Election Prayer for a very divided nation

Fellow Americans, Today, two men will meet. Two men who are deeply unpopular and who face high disapproval ratings. They come together from different backgrounds, races, experiences, and beliefs to begin to work together on behalf of our nation. Let us pray for them today, that God will give both humility and wisdom and enable …

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A warning…

“Show me Your ways” and “Show me Your glory” are two dangerous prayers to pray. You might end up finding your life completely changed… (These are Moses’s prayers, from Exodus 33:13 & 18) Note to readers… if you are an occasional blog reader who only stops by here once a week or two, I’m sort …

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Quality Time is all about drawing near

(In a recent post, I wrote a little about the Five Love Languages, as written about by Gary Chapman in The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts.  I explained how I found myself wondering if they apply to our relationship with God. This is an extra add-on to the seven posts I …

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