Reading Time: 6 minutesJesus was going to be made ruler over all the earth and his disciples would become the instruments, the executors, the putters into effect of his reign. So he says to them, whatever you decree in my name I will do it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s a Bible tidbit. I always had a little difficulty understanding John 14:10:
John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”
It seemed to me that Jesus dropped the subject in the middle of the sentence, moving from discussing the “the words,” to discussing “the works.” Now I can see it’s just a punctuation issue, or lack of reading ability on my part.
Here’s what I think he’s saying:
Reading Time: 4 minutesI like this one because if played out over an extended period, about two years. Too often we call it quits when the answer doesn’t show up right away and we end up missing out on what God wants us to have.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA few years ago now, Sensei Erik, who is now a 6th degree black belt, and Sensei Jamie who is, I believe, a 5th degree black belt, returned from Renshi Tom Ward's Karate camp in Indiana. They said they had a great time and learned a lot from some of the higher level Senseis who
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNitz shared a beautiful testimony of answered prayer with us yesterday at church. A friend was in the hospital with a blood clot in her lung, a very serious condition, the friend couldn’t even get out of bed or move around. Nitz felt led to lay on the bed with her friend as she read
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome more testimones of answered prayer from the last couple church services. – N.’s friend, an elementary school teacher, was quite distraught about being moved to a different grade level. N. told her not to be upset, let’s pray, God will help you. They prayed, N. said there was a very strong anointing of God
Reading Time: 5 minutesSeveral months ago Becky and I went to the hospital to pray for a friend who had become very dangerously infected as the result of a fairly routine, doctor’s office, medical procedure. This friend had been in the hospital for several days, with a very high fever that wouldn’t go down. The doctors had tried different medicines but nothing worked… (Read the rest: http://goo.gl/vAwGs )
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJesus taught that God wants to answer our prayers, but most Christians have been taught about prayer in such as way that, as Charles Finney put it, “Their prayers were just such as God had promised not to answer.” I want to change your picture of prayer by showing you that even after God says “Yes!” to our prayers we still won’t receive the answer if we fail to do our part. Video, lasts about 35 minutes.
Reading Time: 7 minutesMost Christians have been taught about prayer in such a way that, as Charles Finney said, “Their prayers were just such as God had promised not to answer.”
Reading Time: 7 minutesMost people think about prayer like a kind of slot machine. You put your coin in, pull the handle, and hope for the best. Nothing you do can change the outcome and when your prayer isn’t answered it’s not a big surprise. But if you actually stop to look at what the Bible says about prayer you’ll be shocked to discover that the Bible talks about prayer like it’s a sure thing, a certainty, a guarantee. The Bible pictures prayer as something more like a garden. It’s a sure thing, everyone can have a garden, but it requires effort on our part. There are things we must do, conditions we must meet to receive the answer to our prayers. (Read the rest of this post on my blog here: http://goo.gl/D62Ru )