DANGEROUS TRICKS John Turpin, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, California, told this true story at a recent Pastor’s Conference at Asilomar Conference Grounds. It seems that two […]
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PRAYER A farmer asked the district superintendent to assign a pastor to his community. “How big a man do you want?” asked the superintendent. “Well,” the man replied, “we’re not
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PRAYER, PUBLIC PARADING Hugh Sidey, writing on The Presidency in Time magazine, gives some advice to the new President in the Jan 5, 1981 issue. He suggests that there is
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THE POTENT HOUR Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in thy presence will prevail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take, What parched grounds
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CHILDREN’S CANDID RESPONSES Our Kindergarten class went to the fire station for a tour and some instruction in fire safety. The fireman was explaining what to do in case of
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A METHOD OF PRAYING Be simple and direct in your secret prayer. The grace of simplicity is not to be despised in public prayer; but when we call on God
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COMMUNICATING PERSPECTIVE They tell us that the following prayer was offered by Dr. Blake Smith before a football game in Texas: “In thy presence we know that no issues of
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MEETING HIM IN CHURCH I love to step inside a church, To rest, and think, and pray; The quiet, calm and holy place Can drive all cares away. I feel
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I SAID A PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY I said a prayer for you today And know God must have heard — I felt the answer in my heart Although He
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LUTHER AND MYCONIUS It was a sense of being in the center of God’s will that gave Luther his great boldness in prayer. In 1540, Luther’s great friend and assistant,
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WHO SHOULD NOT PRAY Bion was a Second Century B. C. Greek Philosopher who was born in what is now southern Russia. When he was a boy he was sold
PRAYER Before me, closed doors — Why, I know not! He promised to provide, has He forgot? I cannot seem to find the proper key; O God, why do the
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PREPARATION FOR PRAYER I have a friend who took his little 6-year-old boy fishing with him one day. They put out the line and then went up to the cabin.
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GOD IN US “Many men, in their earnest desire to enter fully into the Christian experience, strain after a realization of God’s presence as though by some violence and stress
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PRAYER TOO AVAILABLE? Our failure to think of prayer as a privilege may be partly due to the fact that we can pray any time. The door to prayer is
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UNCEASING PRAYER You’ve heard people say, “I don’t know what to pray about.” Or, they will get a prayer list and pray for missionaries because they don’t know what else
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THE GUEST A pious father always closed grace for the evening meal with these words: “Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest and bless what thou hast provided.” “Papa,” said the
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COMMODORE’S PRAYER Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will some day be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I
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YOUR BEST PRAYER Listen, my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas.
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THE PROPER FOCUS OF PRAYER There is a shrine in the French Pyranees where people come to pray for healing. A war veteran who had lost a leg appeared at
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