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Praying God's Word for the Unsaved |
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 Romans 10:17 reminds us that "faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." When praying for the unsaved that we love it is easy to lose hope. What is needed in many of our prayer lives is a solid dose of God's Word. Please take the following passages and pray through them with the names of those that you are burdended for. Read on to see the verses and prayer examples.
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Praying the Lord's Prayer |
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Have you ever thought about how many people in the world pray? It seems that everyone prays to someone or something. Many people even have prayers memorized so that they can rattle them off quickly. But how do we pray? How can we know we are really praying and not just speaking useless words? As believers, we have a divine model given for us in Scripture. This model was not given by anyone, but by the Lord of prayer Himself. Christ said, "Pray in this manner." Matt. 6:9. I hope and pray that this tool will help in your quest to meaningful and effective prayers.
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 Have you ever asked yourself this question? Or maybe, “Why did I just get so angry? I’m not usually like that.” Or, “I wonder what it is about that person
that just seems to rub me the wrong way?”
We all have our bouts with anger, but the bigger questions that need to
be answered are: Where does this anger
come from and what does it reveal about me?
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 There are times in every life when circumstances or emotions seem to dry up the very soil of our lives. Perhaps times when life seems pointless, or even despairing. It is at moments like these that we must turn to the fountain of life - Jesus Christ. We need to go scripture and like David, pray for the quickening hand of God. Here is some helpful instruction on why we should pray that God would quicken us. The verses are taken from Psalm 119 - use them in your prayer life. Beg God to quicken and revive you in your walk.
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The Lord has graciously allowed us to finish our recording Christ Only, Always. We will start shipping out the orders very soon. It is a compilation of mostly vocal and some instrumental numbers. Click here to take advantage of this great tool for your home. We pray that it will be a blessing to you and your families and it will help you keep Christ first, Christ Only, Always.
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During the fall
semester, the team was reading through A Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent
– a book of meditations on the Gospel. Through meditation on the person of
Jesus, our souls were refreshed and encouraged. Recently Christy did a workshop on being crucified with Christ. We would like to provide one of
the meditations below. Click here to read this article.
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Pray and read your
Bible. Christians are told over and over
this is what they must do everyday to walk with the Lord. “I can read my Bible. That’s not difficult, but prayer? I don’t know what to say”. “I don’t have enough to say – my prayers only
last ten minutes.” “My mind wanders and
I find myself thinking about all that I have to do today.” These are questions and comments I have heard
people say and even said myself. Yet the
Bible says to “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17). How can I have a greater prayer life?
Click here to read this article by Reba Snyder.
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Thankfulness.
It’s so easy when things are great. Hard when things aren’t. We have this
little picture on the top of our bathroom sink that has 1 Thessalonians 5:18. Sometimes
I read 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every
thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you and
think “That seems impossible. How can I be thankful for _________?” This past
month I have been doing a study on Job as well as reading in the Old Testament.
Click here to read the rest of this article by Stephanie Coffey.
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Jonathan Edwards on the Pilgrim |
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 The Christian Pilgrim was preached by Jonathan Edwards in 1733. His message is a challenge to those of us who name Jesus as our Lord, to live in light of another country - Heaven. I know this message has been a great challenge and a blessing in my own life. So I hope and trust that this will be both an encouragement, and an admonishment for your walk with Christ. May we live with eyes of faith; seeing things not yet seen. - Click here to read excerpts from this sermon.
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25 Characteristics of a Fool |
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 If you are studying through the book of Proverbs you will inevitably come across the "fool". This tool, is here to help you see all the times the fool is spoken of in the book of Proverbs. It is taken from a helpful book in dealing with Anger. We hope this is a blessing to you in your studies. Click here for the article.
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Gospel Grid by Will Galkin |
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 Sometimes Christians can feel overwhelmed or under equipped
when thinking about taking the gospel to those around them. We can be burdened
about everyone and end up reaching no one. What is needed is a Gospel Grid. During the adult pre-service in our local church meetings we have been studying
how we can reach others with the gospel. Please download the PDF provided. This material is designed to help equip the believer with a biblical grid to
assist them as they do their part in reaching the lost around them with the
gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel Grid will seek to assist the believer by
walking them through the following questions:
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Who has God placed into my life to reach with the
Gospel?
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What is the mindset of those that God has called me to
reach?
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What is the gospel and how should I communicate it?
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What is my plan to reach those around me with the
Gospel?
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Walking in the Spirit (updated) |
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 This study on Galatians 5 is a challenge for all Christians not to use liberty for the purpose of our flesh, but rather to walk in the Spirit and serve others. This is an updated version of Will's walking in the spirit notes. Click here to download the PDF.
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Why we don't pray - Will Galkin |
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 Sitting in church yesterday I found it difficult to listen. My brain was
spinning. Responsibilities and cares were occupying my thoughts. Rather
than miss was a wonderful sermon I took a few moments and jotted down 15 (I
added 2 more later) items that were running my mind. I then committed to
the Lord to be thankful for these items as they are God's means of getting
me to pray. This morning the Lord reminded me of a book I had read a
couple of years ago. In his book A Call to Spiritual Reformation D. A.
Carson gives four reasons why we don't pray. I thought that some would
enjoy looking over his thoughts. Click here for a PDF of why we don't pray.
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Be Not Conformed - Will Galkin |
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 The world's mindset is appealing, and if we aren't careful we can allow this culture to change our worldview. As Christians, Romans 12 tells us not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Download this sermon to hear a message on Romans 12.
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