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Prayer Is Not a Substitute

Prayer is not a substitute for intelligent effort, careful planning, efficient selection or people, or adequate financing.


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Better to Pray

It is better to pray over the Bible than to brood over the self.


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Temper Tamer

I have found if I don't have my quiet time each morning, I tend to lose my temper over insignificant things. Recently, my son, Andrew, reminded me ...


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Think Fast

One day, my husband announced to the family that he was going to fast and pray. Ginny, our 5-year-old, had recently learned that fasting meant not eating. ...


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A Devotional Schedule

I will (1) rise every morning sufficiently early and have a few minutes, not less than five, in private prayer; (2) avoid all the babbling and idle talking ...


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Prayer on the Farm

Living on the farm, as my grandfather did, enabled him to choose a different way of life and to live by his own light. And his light certainly was the ...


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Taking Advantage of the Floor

When life knocks you to your knees--well, that's the best position in which to pray, isn't it?


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Praying for the Pastor

If a church wants a better pastor, it can get one by praying for the one it has.


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Asking for Help

Our culture sees asking for help as a sign of weakness, but it's not. It's a sign of strength.


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Real Retreat

When Jesus went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray, we can rest assured He wasn't heading off for the latest Rabbi Retreat featuring "The ...


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