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
Read MoreWhat’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
Read MoreTargeted Prayers
Praying specifically for needs of others (and ourselves) is very important. We don’t pray specifically to tell God what to do for us, but it helps keep us from praying lazy prayers that are too general and ineffective. Also, praying until we feel we’ve “hit the target” in heaven is important. Sometimes it takes praying for a specific need more than once to feel released from it. We need to
Read MoreA Candle in the Window
For those countries who celebrate Christmas, the holiday season brings lots of decorations, lights, and candles in house windows all across the nation. At dusk the lights are plugged in lighting up entire houses in dark neighborhoods and areas. Darkness is the absence of light. A single light will always scatter darkness. Instead of just using lights at Christmas time, why not integrate that ligh
Read MorePersecuted 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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