1582) Saying Grace
A visiting pastor was attending a men’s prayer breakfast in a Mississippi Farm County. He asked one of the impressive older farmers in attendance to say grace that…
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1582) Saying Grace
1512) Time for God?
By Joshua Rogers at: www.joshuarogers.com/2010/12/07 I have a confession to make: it’s been about three or four weeks since I’ve read my Bible for more than 15 minutes.…
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1512) Time for God?
1505) How the Church Moves the World
By Mindy Belz, in World magazine, May 27, 2017, page 28 (www.wng.org). ------------------------- An Iraqi boy prays inside St. George's Church in Baghdad -------------------------------------- Months into the invasion of…
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1505) How the Church Moves the World
1482) Deliver Us From Evil
In the final petition of the Lord's prayer we ask God to deliver us from evil. Martin Luther's Small Catechism also refers to such protection from evil in Luther's…
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1482) Deliver Us From Evil
1481) Hallowed Be Thy Name
The first petition of the Lord's Prayer (after the introduction) is perhaps the most difficult to understand. We know what the other petitions mean when they ask for…
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1481) Hallowed Be Thy Name
1428) A Desperate Prayer
By Fred Craddock, Craddock Stories, ed. by Mike graves and Richard F. Ward, Chalice Press, 2001, pages 110-111. I met a desperate woman the other day. I…
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1428) A Desperate Prayer
1427) Prayer as Nagging
The Unjust Judge, Eugene Burnand (1850-1921) ------------------------------ By Walter Sundberg, The Rose magazine, page 26, Spring 1999. -------------------- Luke 18:1-8 -- Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show…
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1427) Prayer as Nagging
1425) Figure it Out
My wife and I got acquainted in Chautauqua, New York, with a minister who had no arms. He was telling us one day there at Chautauqua the experience…
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1425) Figure it Out
1323) ‘Much Obliged, Dear Lord’
----------- "We should devote 364 days a year to being thankful and set aside only one day for grumbling and complaining." ------------------------ Fulton Ousler (1893-1952) was a journalist,…
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1323) ‘Much Obliged, Dear Lord’
1307) Answers to Prayer
By Joshua Rogers, November 6, 2016 blog at: www.joshuarogers.com --------------------------------- When I was little, our family hit hard times and we didn’t even have money for groceries. I…
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1307) Answers to Prayer