By John Piper ———————————- Matthew 5:44 — (Jesus said), “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”    Prayer for your enemies is one of the deepest forms of love and obedience, because it means that you have to really want that something good happen to them. You might do nice things […]
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By Rick Warren, posted April 17, 2018 at: http://www.pastorrick.com ———————-    When we pray, we can claim the promises of God. Why do we do this? Because it helps us remember what God has promised. Did you know there are over 7,000 promises in the Bible? These promises provide the answer to all our
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Above: Philadelphia Eagles in prayer after a game. ————————– By John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, February 6, 2018, at: http://www.breakpoint.org    There were plenty of intriguing story lines behind Philadelphia’s amazing Super Bowl win. One of them was the Christian faith of so many of those Eagles.    In the days leading up
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By Kathryn Butler is a trauma and critical care surgeon. Her book on end-of-life medical care through a Christian lens is anticipated in 2019 (Crossway). She writes at Oceans Rise. ——————-    Weeks of chemotherapy eroded the lining of her mouth, mangled her immune system, and culminated in an hours-long surgery to carve out a tumor the
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In the Garden of Gethsemane, 1878, Vasily Perov (1834-1882) ———————    (…continued) Finally, along with all our prayers for this or that which we so desperately want or need, we must also remember to pray that prayer of Jesus when he was most desperate. On the night of his betrayal and arrest, less than
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   (continued…)  I just finished reading a book by Eric Metaxas called Miracles. In part one the author defines miracles, and discusses why even in this age of science we should not rule them out. He also looks at the miraculous world all around us, and, at the miracles of the Bible, especially the
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Vending machines are simple. You view the choices, decide what you want, put your money in the slot, press the button, and, immediately, you get just what you ordered. Simple.    Prayer is usually more complicated. Usually. But not always. Sometimes; every once in a while; prayer works just that simple. I was talking
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Ron Boyd-MacMillan shares the following insight from his teaching, “Why I Need to Encounter the Persecuted Church” (www.opendoorsusa.org) ——————————    On his first visit to America, I took a Chinese Bible teacher to a Christian bookstore. I was not prepared for his reaction. I thought he would be overwhelmed by the variety of Bibles,
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By Randy Alcorn, January 5, 2018 blog at: http://www.epm.org    Jesus is not our ‘go-fer’ who exists to run our errands. Rather, He is our Sovereign Lord who gives us what we need, while sometimes denying what we want.    We want deliverance from suffering. We want our loved ones to be protected.Â
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Above: Chinese village —————————— From the Open Doors Daily Devotional, December 24, 2017, at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org ————————–    Chinese evangelist, Brother Xi, was travelling one very cold Christmas Eve in the rugged province of Gansu. As he came to the next village he sensed something was wrong. He introduced himself as a bearer of good
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