You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. John 14:13 (New Living Translation) You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. John 15:16 (New Living Translation) At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you [...] Read more »
How do you Fast and Pray and Help Others Out?
These are questions I need a lot more time to answer fully but let’s start with the basics right now. How are we to do everything we are to do? Let me know what you think in the comments. Question: I’ve been so caught up in my emotions recently, I haven’t noticed that God was busy encouraging me with his servants and I have been ignoring. I recently sort references to aid me to understand more about our unfailing God [...] Read more »
A Prayer Against Depression – By Ignatius of Loyola
People have been asking me to pray for them going through difficult times. I found this prayer by Ignatius of Loyola. It’s a good one. O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength. Help us to have perfect trust in Your protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to You, we shall see [...] Read more »
How Can I Pray?
I so enjoy the questions I get everyday. You can reach me with yours through email, commenting on posts, or in the forum. Question: I am a very new born again Christian, I have only a year and a few months. And my vision is to become a “TRUE PURE CHRISTIAN” and prepare heavenly life. I believe that Jesus Christ set me free through His Cross and has a plan towards my life. The problem I have at the moment [...] Read more »
How You Can Pray
This weekly wrap-up is very brief. All of my wordpress sites have been hit with a malware virus that puts links to pharmaceutical companies on high ranking posts. I won’t go into details, but it looks as if I’ve found someone willing to fix it and tell me how they did it so I can fix all the rest. Karen asked me why things like this seem to happen when we start moving ahead with what we know God’s called [...] Read more »
What Kind of Prayer Helps to Stop Worry?
In our series on “How Big Is Your But” we’ve gone through the problems with worry, fear and disobedience. I hope you realize that it’s a process we move through, so if we can stop the worry we can head off the fear and the ultimate disobedience. We’re onto the the solutions for how we can stop worry. We’ve discussed Agreeing that God Cares for You and to Pray About Everything. We need to take a closer look at what [...] Read more »
How Can We Stop Worry? Step Two – Pray About Everything
In this series on “How Big Is Your But?” we’ve gone through the problem with worry, fear and disobedience that can come from that little word – “but”. We’ve started to look at how we can overcome worry, which is the first step in stopping fear which leads to disobedience. Last time I wrote about Agree God Cares. Today we look at our active part – choosing to pray about everything. 2. Pray About Everything Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) Don’t worry [...] Read more »
Savoring Self-Control – Day 17
Truth: So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 1 Peter 1:13 (New Living Translation) Thought: Self-control is a mark of wisdom. Proverbs 29:11 says, “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control” (NIV). Self-control is one of the most difficult fruit to grow for some people. Our culture tells us to, “Buy now, pay [...] Read more »
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