How can we pray reliably according to the will of our God? He has given us so many clues in the scriptures that to do so is really not difficult. The big issues of His will for us are found in the purposes for which we were created and redeemed. To pray for them regarding …
If we were honest about the prayers we tend to pray most often, they are prayers that attempt to get out God to alter our temporal circumstances. There are very few of that type of prayer recorded in the scriptures. Prayers in the Bible are primarily focused on the greatness and glory of our God, …
Our modern view of prayer in the religion of the institutional church is very weak and one-dimensional. For so many, prayer is characterized by the following fallacious attitudes and beliefs: Prayer is an event - we "do" prayer, usually at specific times and in specific settings. Over a meal. Before a meeting. For a few …
The advice in the title, given by A.W. Tozer. He stated, "Read less, but read more of what really matters." Sound wisdom. I have been publishing lists of influential books that will help to guide readers into a deeper understanding of the Gospel of the Kingdom as Christ Jesus presented it, and the New Covenant …
I keep a "Prayer and Praise" book of my own making, a collection of hymns, scripture prayers and psalms, specific requests and people for which I pray. I update it from time to time, including adding new items, new scriptures to pray, and new songs and hymns. The focus of the booklet is to guide …
I am a steady reader. Some might say a voracious reader. I know a few voracious readers, and I don't read as much as they do. But I am always in the midst of a book or two, and sometimes three. As I stated in the most recent post, the characteristics that make a book …
What makes a book worth the time to read it? There are many different measures for evaluating books. People have differing opinions. One person’s masterpiece is another person’s meaningless drivel. How do we know what makes a book great? I have a short list of characteristics that I use that helps me choose my reading …
Jesus, in John 15, directed His true disciples in this way, "Abide in me, and I in you." He went on to add, "I am the vine and you are the branches; he who abides in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing." The abiding …
"Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. And this we will do, if God …
"For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind …
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