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Trusted to Pray

The prayers of children are often thought of as being "cute", "playful", "precious" or "pretend". Adults can often become exclusive with regard to children and prayer, sending them to kid activities in the fellowship hall or sitting quietly on the pew as the adults pray the "big" prayers. Our good intentions of keeping order and being "serious" can cause us to push the children away during corpora

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Blanket and a Bible

A Sudan Mission Project: "If this were Jesus, would you give Him your blanket?" Sudanese Christians have faced horrific persecutions at the hands of a radical Islamic regime. An estimated two million Sudanese have been killed during two decades of civil war, including many Christians. A glimmer of hope exists with the peace accords, and we can help our Sudanese brothers and sisters rebuild their

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A tragedy or a spiritual event?

Our schools need prayer. Our governments need prayer. Our children need prayer.  We received the following correspondence recently regarding the Columbine shooting in Littleton, Colorado (USA). Reading through this should make anyone want to fall on their knees and start repenting and interceding in prayer. Prayers for our own needs have their own merit, but the world is crying out all around

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What’s a Mother to Do?

No matter your domestic status, all mothers face some of the same challenges when it comes to spending real time and energy praying and it often seems impossible. So what is a mother do when it comes to prayer and intercession? At the outset, please know that the cause of prayer desperately needs a mother’s touch. The empathy and unconditional love that soothes and comforts is the perfect model

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Persecuted Christians

Asia Bibi was arrested on June 19, 2009, after she engaged in an intense discussion with a group of women who worked with her. Answering their calls for her to accept Islam, Asia reportedly told them, “Jesus is alive, but Mohammad is dead. Our Christ is the true prophet of God, and yours is not true.” Upon hearing this, the Muslim women became angry and began to beat Asia, who was taken into

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