Tag: Prayer
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The Conversation
(3-minute read) I am constantly praying to ask the Lord to lead me and draw me closer to him. When he starts the conversation, I very often think that the words are produced by my mind and ignore them. Since I continue asking for the Lord’s help, he usually continues the conversation by sending events.…
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Self-Deception
(7-minute read) The most difficult deception for me to detect is self-deception. In 1970, after only about a year of studying spiritual things, I felt the Lord wanted me to buy a reel-to-reel tape recorder, but I didn’t know why. I had never owned one and knew nothing about them. A man in our Bible…
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The Prayer Slump
(3-minute read) There was a time when I felt that my prayers were less effective than they used to be. I wasn’t sure what had changed or how I had possibly gotten off. I decided to return to the beginning, and one day I asked the Lord, “Lord, teach me to pray.” The first instruction…
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Desire a Miracle
(2-minute read) “Lord, would you let me see a miracle that would take away my doubts?” At the time, I was 24 years old, and I had recently had a salvation experience with God. It seemed reasonable; God wanted me to believe without doubting. It took me years to understand why he didn’t do that…
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Our Father
At my first time in church after accepting Jesus as my Savior and Lord, I heard someone starting their prayer saying, “Lord Jesus.” I fell into the habit of praying that way. Eventually, I shortened it to “Lord” while praying directly to Jesus. There is nothing wrong with doing that. In fact, Jesus said we…
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Unclean
(2-minute read) A man who worked in a fish packing plant would come to the Thursday night prayer meeting at church. Week after week, I remember being absorbed in prayer when a powerful scent of body odor and aging fish would fill the church. He had come straight from work; working in that environment daily…
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Mikvah
(4-minute read) Recently, our family and some people we meet with began experiencing a series of almost daily unfortunate events. In my case, it was destroying my health, finances, and ability to care for things in everyday life. I’m not suggesting anyone follow my lead on what I did, nor am I suggesting anyone start…
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Little Things
(2 minute read) In that family history questionnaire at the doctor’s office, if they asked, “Is there any history of exercise in your family,” my only answer would be my brother Bob. He is 84 years old and has a gym membership. He usually walks 6 miles a day. His version of having a good…
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Heart Problem
(2-minute read) Last week, the doctors found something wrong with my heart. They scheduled to go in to figure out what was wrong and, if possible, fix it on Friday morning. When doctors enter your body, unexpected things can go wrong, even with simple procedures. Years ago, I was in a doctor’s office for a…
Walking the path 