How long is your prayer list?

The scripture for today, May 26 (5/26), is 1st Thessalonians 5:26 as found in the New Testament of the Bible: "Brothers, pray for us." Do you have a prayer list? How long is it?  Five people?  Twenty?  Fifty?  Five hundred?  Often prayers get bogged down and short because the only person we "remember" in prayer is ourselves. …

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Friday 1/26 ~ Thanking God over and over and…

The scripture for today, January 26 (1/26), is 1st Samuel 1:26f as found in the Old Testament of the Bible: "And she said to him, 'As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. I prayed for this child and the Lord has granted me what I …

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Scripture for Friday, November 3 (11/3)

The scripture for today, November 3 (11/3), is Luke 11:3 as found in the New Testament of the Bible: "Give us each day our daily bread." This is part of the ideal prayer that Jesus taught his followers to say. We claim to agree with it. But do we completely? Do we feel like it is our …

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Scripture for Tuesday, September 5 (9/5)

The scripture for today, September 5 (9/5), is Nehemiah 9:5a as found in the Old Testament of the Bible: "And the Levites ~ Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherabiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah ~ said 'Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.' " Here are eight men who probably none of us …

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Scripture for Tuesday, June 6 (6/6)

The scripture for today, June 6 (6/6), is 1st Timothy 6:6f as found in the New Testament of the Bible: "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it." Still, don't we all do it? Compare what we own with what our neighbor owns? …

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Scripture for Friday, May 26 (5/26)

The scripture for today, May 26 (5/26), is 1st Thessalonians 5:26 as found in the New Testament of the Bible: "Brothers, pray for us." Do you have a prayer list? There are many people we can pray for besides ourselves. Often prayers get bogged down and short because the only person we "remember" in prayer is ourselves. Well, …

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Scripture for Tuesday, May 16 (5/16)

The scripture for today, May 16 (5/16), is 1st Thessalonians 5:16 (KJV) as found in the New Testament of the Bible: "Rejoice evermore." But how can we rejoice when something terrible has happened? The Apostle Paul who wrote this knew that the Thessalonians were being persecuted (2nd Thessalonians 1:4), but he still said, "Rejoice evermore." Sometimes we have …

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Scripture for Thursday, January 26 (1/26)

The scripture for today, January 26, is 1st Samuel 1:26f as found in the Old Testament of the Bible: "And she said to him, 'As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. I prayed for this child and the Lord has granted me what I asked …

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Scripture for Wednesday, January 4 (1/4)

The scripture for today, January 4, is Philippians 1:4 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:   "In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy."   Do our prayers consist mostly of give me this, help me with that? Let us begin today to keep an on-going list …

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