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I’ve so enjoyed sharing with you all about prayer, I decided to talk about prayer journaling. I’ve kept journals since I was a child, and often I wrote prayers in them. Yet I never followed any formal method of prayer journaling until a bit over a year ago, when Pastor Charles Stanley taught me his … Read more Joy in Prayer Journaling
In my 3 earlier posts* (*their titles shown at the end of this), I talked about the power behind the special prayer called “A.C.T.S” (Adore, Confess, Thank, Supplicate). I discussed the first three parts of that prayer and briefly introduced the fourth part when we supplicate or ask of God. We might ask for help … Read more Redeemed Requests: Powerful Supplication
In my last post (“Encouraging Hurt Believers through God’s Praise”) I talked about why we normally praise God before asking for help when we follow the A.C.T.S. prayer (Adore, Confess, Thank, Supplicate). We don’t have to follow this model to pray to God, and in urgent problems, we cannot follow such a formal style. But … Read more Why We Confess Our Sins before Asking for Help
In my much-earlier post I talked about “Why We Praise God” (that is the name of the post). If you missed it, please check it out. That post was addressed to atheists (and any unbeliever) who wondered if praising God was foolish. The post also addressed believers who wondered the same thing. In this post … Read more Encouraging Hurt Believers through God’s Praise
Jealousy, our own and other people’s, can either protect a relationship (“healthy jealousy”), or it can damage relationships and hearts. In last week’s post, “True Guilt and False Shame,” I briefly mentioned jealousy, and I’d like to further address that quality. Jealousy can become a tool of Satan unless we recognize it and control it. … Read more Handling Jealousy, Ours and Other’s
God can help us sort out our true guilt when we actually sin and help us rebuff the false shame people or culture try to place upon us. Satan is behind these attacks, and we need to use spiritual warfare to fight back. But first we have to be aware of the attacks, before we … Read more True Guilt and False Shame: Spiritual Warfare