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The True Healing

I have prayed hundreds, if not thousands, of times for the Lord to heal me--and he finally healed me of the need to be healed.


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How to Become Long-Suffering

To become long-suffering one has to be long-bothered.


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Suffering before Virtue

I must be poor and want, before I can exercise the virtue of gratitude; miserable and in torment, before I can exercise the virtue of patience.


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Miraculous Healing Is a Small Thing

A miraculous healing from chicken pox is a small thing compared to the grace that keeps me loving, kind, and caring into the wee hours of the morning.


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The 1,000th Prayer

I cannot tell you why a prayer that has been prayed for ten years is answered on the 1,000th request when God has met the first 999 with silence.


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In Step With Eternity

Everything has its time, and the main thing is that we keep step with God, and do not keep pressing on a few steps ahead--nor keep dawdling a step behind. ...


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The Most Radical Faith

Marriage and parenthood call for faith of the most radical sort.


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Don't Hug the Mountain

In his book Waiting: Finding Hope Where God Seems Silent (InterVarsity, 1991), Ben Patterson, a man I treasure as a friend, tells a story from his personal ...


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The Blessing of Delay

As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption ...


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Where's Mommy?

My six-year-old son seems to demand my attention just when I am most busy around the house. My standard reply has been, "I'm busy right now. ...


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