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Choose a teaching...
- ABC's of Prayer
Have you ever noticed how God sometimes speaks in riddles? We had been teaching on prayer for several years, when the Lord dropped a riddle on us. ...
- I Paid The Ransom
I just sat down to write when I heard the doorbell. I answered the door and found the postman there with a large package from the USA. We don’t get many of these, so I was very excited to receive it......
- U-U-U
I noticed something the other day while I was at a church service. Every week the worship leader gets up and says, “I've had a really hard week, how about you?”......
- Dead Honest
I admit, it was a very stupid thing to do. And I knew it. I was at a Sunday service with a friend of mine......
- Whoa Baby!
There are few things more miraculous than the birth of a baby. An event that sizzles with celebration and hope. Though the event is glorious, no one would argue that the process can be grueling......
- Duck, Jedi, Duck and Run!
I had a dream last night that I was a Jedi knight. You know the guys on Star Wars who wield those unbeatable light sabers......
- Nothing Convicts Like Conviction
I recently read some stories from the lives of John Wesley, Charles Finney, and Duncan Campbell. I was deeply convicted as I read about the spirit of conviction that accompanied their lives and ministry. ...
- Combat Prayer
Once, while Mother Theresa was crossing into Gaza, she was asked at the check post, Are you carrying any weapons? She said, "Oh yes,...
- Knocked on Your Spiritual Butt
Have you ever been knocked on spiritual butt? You know, you're going along thinking everything is fine, then suddenly you find yourself horizontal spiritually, and you dont know how you got there?
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- When Prayer Doesn't Work
Have you ever wondered why your prayer wasn't answered? You know, you pray and pray, and nothing happens. ...
- When Believing Isn't Enough
There's nothing more exciting than having God speak to you about something. You know, when you get a simple revelation, that had to come from God, cause you're not that smart. ...
- Tree of Prayer
And then this man came to kill us, but he was not able to cross over our property line because of the power of prayer... ...
- The Seven P's of Prayer
What!? You skipped your prayer time?!! How can you be so stupid? Don't you know how important prayer is? ...
- Portrait of an Intercessor
It was a hot day in Capernaum, and people from miles around had gathered to hear Jesus. The crowd was very large, stretching out the door and filling the court yard to the house. ...
- In Jesus Name
As a child my grandmother taught me something about prayer I never forgot. Even today her words are clear, Kathleen, always say, 'In the Name of Jesus' at the end of every prayer. ...
- Forgive and Live
Sunita sat next to me, tears streaking her face. For two years her back had been paining her. As we began to pray, a story of another painful problem started spilling out. ...
- Don't Quit
There's no ignoring it, that divine urge in our souls to make a difference. If you ask a crowd of people, How many of you want your lives to count?...
- God's Tribute
We all know the story of the ten lepers, who came to Jesus asking to be healed.
When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. Luke 17:14
All ten of the lepers were cleansed, but only one returned to thank Jesus. Was that because the others were ungrateful slobs? Maybe not?...
- In a Fightin Mood?
At the beginning of the war in Iraq, when our troops stormed into the capital. I was struck by the contrast between those who were civilians and those who were soldiers......
- The Reluctant Missionary
India was a long way from Greer, South Carolina, and like Froto, "I didn't know the way." I also wasn't eager to find the way, but God was determined, and so was my wife....
- Prophecy
I was sitting in church when our pastor asked, �How many of you have received a personal prophecy that hasn�t been fulfilled yet?� All around the room hands jutted up. In fact, from where I was sitting, almost every hand in the room was up....
- Prophecy (part II)
Wayne and I had just rolled in the front door, after 52 hours of travel. Yahoo, it felt so great to be home and to see our girls again. A few hours later the phone rang announcing two bits of heavy news. A dear colleague in India was seized by a heart attack....
- The Chain of Intercession
It was 3:00am, when the pain in my chest woke me up. I waited for a few minutes hoping and praying I wouldn't have to call 911. I took my nitroglycerine pill, but it didn't help. I took another one, but no effect. I had never been this close to calling an ambulance....
- Cover Fire!
I was in a hotel in the middle east, having a spot of tea, when I heard screaming. There were two terrorists in the hotel, and they had taken an Arabian prince and his fianc� hostage....
- Walk on the Wide Side?
Have you ever noticed that sometimes "the word of the Lord" doesn't always look the way you thought it would? The timing is too long and your sword is dull. Or the timing is too short, and you're not quite ready. ...
- Do Not Disturb!
I was seven, and I couldn't sleep. I'd been lying in bed for what seemed like hours, wide, wide awake. Finally I resolved to do what I always did - go see Mom and Dad. So I pitter-pattered down the hallway to their bedroom door, and stopped....
- Getting God to Talk
I once read that prayer is conversation with God. If that's true, then we should be hearing from God all the time. Conversation implies 2-way talking where one party says something, then the other party responds....
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