Holy Spirit
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(NOTE: This week’s post continued below) ************************************************ NEWS FLASH! URGENT PRAYER NEEDED! We are sure that by now you are aware of the desperate plight of the Iranian people. Thousands of unarmed Iranians have been slaughtered in the streets of their nation as they protested against their evil and tyrannical government, Many thousands more have
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(NOTE: This week’s post continued below) ************************************************ NEWS FLASH! URGENT PRAYER NEEDED! We are sure that by now you are aware of the desperate plight of the Iranian people. Thousands of unarmed Iranians have been slaughtered in the streets of their nation as they protested against their evil and tyrannical government, Many thousands more have
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(NOTE: This week’s post continued below) ************************************************ NEWS FLASH! URGENT PRAYER NEEDED! The Berlin wall fell in November 1989. This historic event ripped open the Iron Curtain, ending the Cold War, and resulting in the collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It marked a powerful turning point for the
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Glory to God! We’ve just entered a shiny, brand New Year! Hopefully, now, we’re all revived, refreshed, and renewed… with God’s passionate fire rekindled and blazing intensely in the fireplace of our hearts. Late last year Holy Spirit began to lead me to study the prayers of Jesus. As I studied, I wrote a series
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Jesus prayed… He prayed at every opportunity. He prayed earnestly. He prayed urgently. He prayed intensely. He prayed powerfully. He prayed productively. He prayed passionately. Jesus prayed with focus, faith, and fire. He prayed at His baptism in the Jordan.He prayed before choosing the apostles.He prayed before feeding the multitudes.He prayed publicly, and He prayed
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The average person has about 6,200 thoughts per day. Our seemingly endless stream of thoughts is generated, considered, analyzed, and either filed as a memory, or forgotten as a “throw-away”. And all this with astonishing speed: 275 mph (443 kph)! Wow! I’m having some lightning-fast thoughts right now. Like, how did neuro-scientists count all those
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This week, as I have thought about and prayed for the Philippines, I felt Holy Spirit drawing me to the following passage of scripture: ¹¹ “(God said) ‘(Elijah), leave this cave, and go standon the mountainside in my presence.’ The Eternal passed by him. The mighty wind separated the mountains and crumbled every stone before
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As I chronicled in my previous post, the Philippines has recently been pummeled and pounded by a series of catastrophic natural disasters. The island of Cebu, where I lived and worked as a missionary for many years, was hit especially hard. First, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in northern Cebu, struck on the
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a book of miracles! From the moment of creation when God said, “Let there be light!”(Genesis 1:3) all the way to the Apostle John’s vision of the new heaven and earth (Revelation 22:1-5) miracles abound! We read about the awe-inspiring miracles of Jesus recorded in the Gospels, but
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For the last three weeks we have been on a treasure-hunt together. We are pressing into the realm of the miraculous, not seeking the miracles themselves, but instead diligently seeking the Miracle-Worker. Our primary text has been 2 Kings 4:1-7. Please take the time to read or reread this passage of scripture, and refresh your