Cover Your Shepherd

You can pray for me at every stop light!” shouted Pastor Tim from the back of the room. I was leading a prayer conference in a Chicago-area church, and I had been sharing how I often used a long traffic …

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4 Ways to Teach Thanks

In the Old Testament, a thank offering represented an act of thanksgiving for answered prayer and blessings given. It expressed a voluntary desire on the part of the offerer(s) to thank God. Usually, thank offerings were given in gratitude for …

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Lord, Teach Us To Pray

“Lord, teach us to pray” was first whispered by one of Jesus’ disciples (Lk. 11:1).  The disciples had just caught Jesus praying, and they looked on in utter admiration. They had never seen anyone pray like this before. Sure, they …

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Not in the Mood to Pray?

Nineteenth century British preacher Charles Spurgeon said: “We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a praying mood, for …

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