Balancing Our Prayers

Your experience may be different but try as I might to keep prayer orderly and balanced, I tend to  wander all over the place: praising Him, complaining, saying my perceived needs, praising Him, complaining, needs of other people – well, you know how it goes. If you don’t get it,...

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A Thought on Prayer – Part 1 of 2

Matthew 6:7-8 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” (ESV) Prayer is the one thing...

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The Danger of Assimilation

The inability to meet together (Hebrews 10:25) has significant ramifications. Not all of us can attend Sunday morning services because of the health hazard presented by COVID-19. Bible studies and other services have been canceled or moved online. We understand that it is difficult to “stir up one another to...

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Pentecost and Shavuot: A 3332 Year History

According to Jewish tradition, Friday, May 29, 2020, marks 50 days since the day after the Passover Sabbath. Leviticus 23:15 says, “You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. 16 You shall count fifty days...

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