“Pray without ceasing…” (I Thessalonians 5:17)   Seriously? I can barely keep focused 10 minutes. How can I “pray without ceasing?” Answer: expand my understanding of prayer!   In 17th century France there lived a man known as Brother Lawrence. When Lawrence was denied the opportunity to become a monk he instead volunteered to work in the…

“I will not let you go unless you bless me!” (Genesis 32:26) Prayer is“Chutzpah.” How audacious, to think that specks of stardust living on a pebble of stardust in a sidetrack galaxy on the backwaters of the Universe can mutter and mumble and grab the attention of the Master Creator! But we can. And he…

“I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24)  All we need is mustard seed faith. Just a bit is enough to begin. As a cup of water poured down the old well can prime the pump, and set the waters flowing, all you need today is faith to pray for faith to pray. That may be…

“He asked you for life, and you gave it to him — length of days forever and ever.” (Psalm 21:4)  “It’s about time. Prime time is just in time. And there’s no time to waste, no down time. We’re outa time because time’s up; it’s crunch time. Its overtime, and taking too much time, losing time, killing…

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