"What's the number one thing that Jesus talked about throughout his life?"—the preacher shouted in that classic you-should-know-this tone. Lucky for me, I was sure that I did know the answer.
Read more: KINGDOM AND CROSS: WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER, LET NOT MAN SEPARATE by Jeremy Treat
How do we pray? What should we pray for? Yes, there is the Lord's prayer--Jesus teaching his disciples, and us, how to pray. But what do we see from Paul in his prayers? If you ever wonder what you should be praying for others, or you, I recommend looking at these two prayers of Paul from Ephesians.
Nothing makes me shrink back from holy ambition and the good fight of ministry like preaching a funeral.
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Hear and receive God's Word in John 17:23 NLT. "I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know... and will understand that you love them as much as you love me."One of the books from my dad's library which I received after his death in 2007 was this one:
He had his assistant use this book to keep a personal record of the various aspects of his pastoral ministry through the years, starting with his ordination in 1950.
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Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of my spiritual nourishment.
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O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;…
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I was in a leadership turbogroup during the spring of 2007. At Randy's suggestion, I listened to Walter Wangerin's audio…
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Do I allow myself to be sucker-punched by envy and jealousy? Do I dig deep into an interior whining over…
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I have climbed highest mountains
I have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with you
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What a song! by Jon Foreman. This is a moving reworking of the Lord’s Prayer. Jon Foreman performs this song…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth, the 2008 remake of a 1959 movie, is not a movie for the…
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Memento is about Leonard, a man who claims to be suffering from memory loss—he can only keep a memory for…
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Who is like Him The Lion and the Lamb Seated on the throne Mountains bow down Every ocean roars To the Lord of hosts
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You probably know Paul Washer as the man who preached the infamous "Shocking Youth Message," a sermon that has tallied…
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Look inside the mysterySee the empty crossSee the risen SaviorVictorious and strong
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How do we pray? What should we pray for? Yes, there is the Lord's prayer--Jesus teaching his disciples, and us,…
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We have an amazing God.
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Why is fear of the Lord so important as a follower of Jesus?
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott, an Anglican theologian from the 20th century.
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott,
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