How often we long for someone to come and defend us, to make things right in our families and in our workplaces. When we sit in the hospital next to a beloved family member, we pray for God to intervene. When we look at the path our adult children are taking, sometimes we plead fo...
“This moment humanity is going through can now be seen as a portal and as a hole. The decision to fall into the hole or go through the portal is up to you. If you consume the news 24 hours a day, with little energy, nervous all the time, with pessimism, you will fall into the...
Because of the pandemic and the shelter-in-place order I have not been able to gather together with a number of other believers for almost three months. And, neither have you. Sure, we have had online worship, Zoom bible studies and prayer meetings, and telephone conversations. Perhaps indiv...
The Blessing of Work: A Biblical Perspective February 25, 2025 Posted in @jimmiekepler, American Poets, Art, Artist, Artist's Life, Authors, Baby Boomer Poets, Bible, Bible Memes, Bible Study, Bible Verse, Blessed, Blessing, Blog, Business, Businessperson, Cancer, Caregiver, Caregiving, Chang...
As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God. Majority Standard BibleDuring the days of Jesus? earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud ...
What is the last prayer of the Bible and why should we embrace it? O.S. Hawkins: At the end of his life, John, the disciple Jesus loved, is in exile on Patmos. He receives the vision we know as Revelation and faithfully records the wondrous imagery he has seen to the b...
He begins a prayer in chapter 1, then leaves it in praise of Christ. He concludes the prayer at the end of chapter 3 and caps it off with a wonderful doxology.As I was trying to prepare a list of the great prayers of the Bible, first one then the other of these prayers was on ...
To launch. And we want to make it all good. But then things happen so beyond our control we eventually have to face the reality that we aren’t God. And we can’t operate like we are. So what do we do with that gap where our mommy capabilities end and trusting God begins? I ...
I wasn't comfortable praying as Jenny did either; I don't find any ironclad promises of a spouse in the Bible to base such bold claims on. And I don't want to miss any great things God might have in mind for my single years by demanding they come to an end and on my timetable...
15.)Pray that they would stand firm in their faith to the end. (Matthew 24:13) May our own faith in God grow ever stronger as we lift our children to Him, believing that He hears, that He cares, and that He will act on their behalf....