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Eight Prayers to Empower Your Search for Intimacy With God
You know how much I value a close relationship with God. I’ve talked about it in many ways through my writing. Still, some people find intimacy with God something they don’t know how to cultivate for themselves. So I am pleased to share a resource for finding intimacy with God through prayer provided by Debbie Goodwin.
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Is Your Thanksgiving an Offering of Great Praise to God?
How to Avoid Offering the Same Old Sacrifice -- Psalm 145:3 tells us the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. Yet in years past I often found myself feeling like my praise falls short of that. I started using biblical terminology, repeating phrases found in scripture that describe Him. “You are great and greatly to be praised!” (Psalm 145:3.) “You are Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6.) “You are full of compassion and plenteous in mercy.” (Psalm 86:15.) Although I find great value in praying scripture, praising through scripture seemed…
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The Truth About God’s Desire to Save Unbelievers
Increase Your Confidence When Praying for Salvation of Others -- We all know them. We all love them. As Christians we long to see them -- our friends and loved ones who do not believe as we do -- come to believe in God through Jesus Christ as a savior. We have likely strived to persuade them to not only believe that God is, but that He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6) and to convince them He loves them and wants to reward them by forgiving them, drawing close to them, walking with them.…