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Billy Graham's Prayer Changed Flight Patterns

Bobbye Byerly writes in “Miracles Happen When Women Pray”:

I remember the first time my older son Jim and I worked as counselors with the Billy ...


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Prayer Deters Gossip
We never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray!

—Evangelist Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994)


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Pastor's Illness Provides Time for Prayer

Ben Patterson writes:

It came by way of two ruptured lumbar discs. The doctor prescribed six weeks of total rest. The horrible pain prevented me from lying ...


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"Shadowlands": Prayer Changes Us

Shadowlands portrays the joy and pain of the relationship between C. S. Lewis and American writer Joy Gresham. A growing friendship led to a marriage ...


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In a Fire, Pray and Run

The Billy Graham Center is located on the campus of Wheaton College in Illinois. It houses an auditorium, classrooms, and a museum containing priceless ...


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"Glory": A Worshiping Community

The movie Glory dramatizes the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North during the Civil War. The 54th Regiment from Massachusetts ...


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Biker Delivered from Mouth of Lion

"Once he started clamping down, I remember thinking, This is it. I'm going to die." These were Anne Hjelle's words in an interview with ...


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Prayer Is Rebellion

"What then is the nature of petitionary prayer? It is, in essence, rebellion—, rebellion against the world in its falleness, the absolute and undying ...


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Prayer for God's Help

Dear God,

So far today,

I've done all right.

I haven't gossiped.

I haven't lost my temper.

I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or ...


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Grieving Son Comforted by One Who Understood His Pain

When I was in high school my father passed away rather suddenly. It was just two days before my high school graduation. At that time in my life I was ...


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