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Peace | Prayer | Short Shorts | Worry

PRAYER: Prayer is the key of the day and the lock of the night.

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Failure | Prayer | Short Shorts | Weakness

PRAYER: Seven prayerless days make one weak.

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Adversity | Prayer | Short Shorts | Strength

PRAYER: That person stands best who kneels most.

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Conviction | Desire | Goals | Holy Spirit | Life | Lost | Prayer | Priorities | Purpose | Salvation

WHAT THEN? He was a splendid young fellow, eighteen years of age, a freshman at the university, of athletic build, with a good mind. His father was my law partner,

Evangelism | Holy Spirit | Power | Prayer | Salvation | Spiritual Power | Transformation | Zeal

WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? Early in this century, there was a remarkable Methodist bishop in the southeastern United States named Arthur J. Moore. Moore had pastored some of the

Belief | Failure | Humility | Humor | Prayer | Reverence | Trust | Understanding

A LEVEL OF TRUST From the B.C. cartoon: One guy says, “I’m in a lot of trouble. I don’t believe in prayer. I’ve tried to be good, I’ve never blasphemed.

Burden | Character | Church | Expectation | Faith | Holy Spirit | Prayer | Preaching | Sermons | Trust

COMMUNICATING TRUST “Dr. Pierce Harris, Pastor of First Methodist in Atlanta of 27 years was once asked, “How do you get people to fill your Church? His reply: ‘I’ll tell

Faith | Frustration | Grace | Poem | Prayer | Requests | Trust

COME TO A KING Come, my soul, thy suit prepare, Jesus loves to answer prayer. He himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not say thee nay. Thou art coming

Dependence | Faith | Life | Poem | Poetry | Prayer | Submission | Trust

PRAYER JUST FOR TODAY Give me your help, Lord, to live this one day, One knot to unravel, one problem to weigh;/One path to discover and choose the right turn,

Attitude | Blessing | Blessings | Failure | Forgiveness | Gratitude | Perspective | Prayer | Provision | Thanks

SHARED BREAD David H. C. Read – pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City – was a chaplain in the British Army and was one of a

Child | Children | Humor | Perspective | Prayer | Thanks

TIRING THANKS One day, during Sunday School, I asked my class of four year olds how many of them said grace (prayed) before meals. When I found that none of

Grace | Humility | Mercy | Praise | Prayer | Thanks

THEIR OWN PRAYER A Russian bishop was making a visitation of his diocese. In that diocese was a forgotten island to which no one ever went. But when the bishop

Communion | Prayer | Thanks | Thanksgiving | Value | Worship

PRAYER OF THANKS Dear Gracious Father: In the quiet of this moment we resist the temptation to scurry out of the blinding light of your love and righteousness back to

Adoration | Poem | Poetry | Praise | Prayer | Thankfulness | Thanks | Worship

You Are Like the Noonday Sun in the Night O Lord, Creator. Ruler of the world, Father. Thank, thank, thank you That you have brought me through. How strong the

Attitude | Communication | Encouragement | Ideas | Praise | Prayer | Thanks | Thanksgiving

POSITIVE COMMUNICATION Check out your communication patterns. How much of your communication with God includes genuine praise and thanksgiving, adoration and gratitude? Are you light on these factors and heavy

Blessing | Grace | Praise | Prayer | Thanks | Thanksgiving

DEFINING THANKSGIVING …along with praise, comes thanksgiving. sometimes in the Scriptures, thanksgiving is used interchangeably with praise. When it is used distinctively, praise usually focuses on expressing homage, admiration, and

Humor | Ministry | Pastor | Phone | Prayer | Rest | Sleep | Time

PASTORAL WAKE-UP CALL Our friend Sue Kennedy of Clear Lake, Iowa sent a little cartoon recently. The pastor is holding the phone and the clock reads “2:00 a.m.” The voice

Attitude | Desire | Endure | Goal | Leadership | Perseverance | Plan | Prayer | Success | Work

FOUR STEPS TO ACCOMPLISHMENT There are four steps to accomplishment: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

Ministry | Missions | Prayer | Servanthood | Service | Short Shorts

Action: “It is so much easier to pray for a boor than to go and see him.” – C.S. Lewis

Adversity | Prayer | Short Shorts | Trial | Value

Prayer: The quickest way to get back on your feet is get down on your knees. From Shredded Wit, published by Harvest House

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