Tag: prayer
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Make Time To Be Still
I want to encourage you to focus on a spiritual principle that is true all year long, but that is especially necessary during this holiday season. The Christmas season is a joyful time for many, a heavy emotional time for others, and a very busy time for just about everybody. Our normal life and work…
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Praying for our Missionaries
Every time missionaries step foot in our churches, they ask us to pray for them. Every time a missionary sends a letter, he or she mentions some specific prayer requests. Yet, since it can be difficult to track all of the individual needs of each missionary that we support, we tend to pray something like…
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The Key to a Powerful Prayer Life
I believe in the power of prayer. I believe that you believe in the power of prayer, or you probably wouldn’t invest the time to go to a prayer meeting, or to spend personal time in prayer. I imagine that you could tell stories of answered prayers in your life, and you can probably quote…
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Getting To Know Our Shepherd Through Prayer – Part 1
Psalm 23 One of the beautiful things about prayer is that it allows us to get to know the LORD. Maybe not when our prayers are just long “wish lists” or special orders that we place in God’s inbox. But when you and I spend time with our Father, our Abba, our Daddy, opening our…
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Remember Where The True Battle Is
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12 As you and I face the trials and adversities of life, it is very challenging to keep the right perspective. We live, move, work, serve,…
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Remember Your Father’s Heart
Luke 11:5-13 Have you ever heard anyone ask, “Do you know who you’re talking to?” Or simply say, “Remember who you’re talking to.” Every once in a while we need people to remind us of who we are are talking to. Maybe we are talking to our parents, our boss, a police officer, or the…
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An Answer To Prayer (video)
It was into one of the darkest moments of national history that God shone a bright light. He raised up a man who would be faithful in the midst of an ungodly world. He would lead God’s people spiritually, morally, politically, and see them transition toward becoming a nation led by a man after God’s…
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Thankfulness and Thanksgiving
Thankfulness and thanksgiving ought to be a natural part of the Christian’s life. We have experienced the grace of God in ways that we will never fully comprehend. We are all natural-born sinners, deserving of judgment, condemnation and Hell. And yet God loves us unconditionally, sent His Son Jesus to carry our judgment…
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Seeking God – Like David
Prayer is at the core of the Christian’s life, and at the core of a church’s ministry. Much can be done without prayer (and sadly, it often is), but it is done in the flesh, trusting in talent, skill and determination. But not seeing the power and glory of Almighty God. If we are going…
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Lessons Learned
I believe it would be fitting for me to share some personal thoughts and lessons learned from the opportunity our church, Vandalia Baptist Temple, recently had to host the World Baptist Fellowship Fall Meeting. The emphasis of this “semi-annual” meeting is always world missions, which is very close to my heart. My wife Megan and…
Rick Washburn, Jr. 