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27Mar2012
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A Successful Kids Prayer Ministry

Recently we asked our Facebook Kids Prayer Focus Group to tell us in their own words what they envisioned as a successful Kids Prayer ministry. The Bible says that "where there is no vision the  people  perish." For a ministry to be truly effective you need to know what your goal is so you can consistently evaluate whether the things you are doing are helping reach that goal. Here are some resp

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26Mar2012
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Yet Will I Trust

As I sit here and watch the fresh snow falling in the Seattle area, the term "new beginnings" stirs up memories that are not necessarily pleasant. I don't know what the proper term is for this feeling but the snow takes me back to a very emotional time in my life. I had picked up my son from his Middle School and we drove to Tiger Mountain Summit where it was snowing. I was feeling like a failure

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He’s Going Down!

I must confess, helping teach a kids prayer class has made me realize that I didn't know quite as much as I thought about prayer. I find myself being taught by them more and more. A few weeks ago, we were teaching on the armor of God. I particularly liked this lesson because I have been a long-time advocate of praying the Word. One of the teachers was talking about using the 'Sword of the Spirit.

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Kids Prayer Boot Camp Curriculum

New training material! BUY NOW [Downloadable version]BUY NOW [Hardcopy version] Our new Kids Prayer Boot Camp curriculum is a 12 lesson series designed to train children in the fundamentals of prayer. It has been designed with a military style format that includes training in the following areas: CORE FUNDAMENTALSEnlisting—Basics and CommitmentOur Commander-In-Chief—Our leader and worship

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Worship Series: What God Needs Most

The foundation of prayer is a RELATIONSHIP with God. Prayer is not just lists of things we pray about, or something we do to be powerful Christians. We can get a thousand prayers answered and we can become powerful leaders but if we don’t really KNOW God in a personal way, then prayer is nothing more than things about US and what we can get done. Jesus wants to KNOW us—that person that’s dee

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