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Running To The Lord

“Trust in [God] at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him.” – Psalm 62:8  Do bitter circumstances drive you to the Lord or away from Him? Hannah was crushed, but she ran in the right direction. Today’s Additional Scripture...

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Waiting Well

“In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help.” Psalm 18:6 Now, we haven’t said anything yet about Hannah’s prayer life, but we need to follow the progression of the story the way the writer of...

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Praying Like Christ

“If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” 1 John 5:14b What is God’s ultimate purpose for you and me? Paul answers that in Romans 8:29. God’s goal for all Christians is that we might be “conformed to...

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Prayer and God’s Will

“Devote yourselves to prayer.” – Colossians 4:2  Does it surprise you to realize that Romans 8:28, probably one of the most quoted verses in the Bible, is set in a context of prayer? Most people who quote verse 28 forget that...

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Effective Prayer

“The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.” James 5:16 In the previous devotional, we talked about how impossible it is for believers to be arguing with each other or at odds with each other and praying effectively at...

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The Holy Spirit is Your Helper

“In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” Romans 8:26 You can’t talk about power...

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The Language of Prayer

“Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.” Mark 11:24 Have you ever groaned when you felt something deeply? All of us have had...

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Too Busy to Pray

“Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.” Luke 5:16 An old gospel song says, “If you’re too busy to pray, brother, you’re too busy.” Most Christians would say amen to that, I think, because we know how...

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The Standard of Truth

God’s people are called to live in the balance of both truth and love. When truth is abandoned, love becomes nothing more than sentiment—kind words without strength, compassion without clarity. On the other hand, truth without love becomes cruelty—harsh words...

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Speaking the Language

“The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things.” John 14:26  Prayer is like the weather: Everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. At least not often,...

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Seated with Christ

The promise to Laodicea is one of the most stunning in all of Scripture. Jesus says, “The one who overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me on My throne.” Think about that. A church that had been lukewarm and...

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