The Fiery Furnace

By louis gander

Nebuchadnezzar sent out a decree -

that you must bow down to the image you see -

bow to an image, an image of gold.

Do as he tells you. Now do as your told.

This he demands and this he requires -
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Touched?

By louis gander

When all goes well, you seldom call,

you rarely whisper prayers at all.

but when you’re sick or feeling bad,

I hear a prayer that makes Me sad.

You pray that I should comfort you,
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The Mid-Week Rapture #24

By Karl Kemp

Holy Father, we humble our hearts before you. We want to understand your word, and we want to live in line with your word. We want to be fully ready to stand before you at the end of this age. We pray in Jesus’ mighty, holy name! Amen!

I’ll always quote from the “New American Standard Bible,” 1995 edition unless otherwise noted. When I quote from my book, “The Mid-Week Rapture,” it uses the 1977 edition. (more…)

Before

By Esther Thornburg

There is a record of light and life

Before the sun, moon, and stars,

Before the firmament was divided

From the firmament. (more…)

Transform me, O Lord my God

Transform me, O Lord my God
By Faith C

Dear Lord Jesus and my Father, I come to You today as a sinner, broken, lowly and so needful of You

I confess all my sins before You O my Lord and Saviour and repent of them (more…)

Butterfly Moments

Butterfly Moments
By Laura Swindon-Ross

When I was a child, I used to say prayers for butterflies. Sweet, slightly naive petitions like: “God, please save this butterfly with the broken wing. Help it to get better and make it fly among the flowers again, just like it used to. Thank-you, God. I love you God. Amen.” And then I would either put the poor sick foundling butterfly in a jar which Mom supplied, or together, Mom and I would let it go in the garden, setting it on a dewy leaf or a pretty flower, and then having said the miraculous prayer, we’d go on our way again. (more…)

What is Prayer to You? Part 1

By Dolly Holland

As children of God, we learn that many things can change through prayer. But we must believe that they can change. It only works if we are able to wait for God to work as only He can.

In all of our lives, at one time or another, we have heard many different prayers. We were either impressed by those prayers, or they went in one ear and out the other.

As small children, we often remember the prayer that all children seem to say at bedtime:
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Thanksgiving for the year that was

Thanksgiving for the year that was
By beatrice ofwona

Thanking God all the time is a prerequisite of the Christian prayer life. Philippians 4:6-7 educates us on this, ‘Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God’. When we do this then a further promise is made in the verse that follows, ‘And the peace of God that transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus’. We should therefore thank God at all times, in good and in bad situations; in good because He is once again blessing us and in bad because He is growing us in faith. (more…)

Spiritual Basic Training: 50 Missions for a Spirit-Filled Life #5

By chris benjamin

“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘I will rain down bread from heaven for you’” (Exodus 16:4). Pray for our daily basic needs because God will provide in abundance for us. Pray that our daily needs of food, drink, and shelter are provided to us. We forget how important these essential elements of our daily lives are sometimes. Also, be content with what we have been blessed with. For those of us who are fortunate enough to have enough food on our tables, water in our cups, and a home to sleep in, it is easy to overlook these necessities in life. Many of our brothers and sisters in the world pray sincerely for their daily bread every day. (more…)

Just one touch

By martha nota

You are the greatest healer

the physician

you see parts in me
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Pray, Declare and Receive

By Steve Countryman

It happens too often today with all of our problems locally, nationally and our daily issues that we forget about God. We forget to pray to God, thanking Him and praising Him. But when things get really bad then we turn to God. That is treating God as a god of convenience not a God you serve. I have caught myself sayingwell, I have tried everything else, I guess I’ll give God a try. God doesn’t want to be your last resort but your first answer. “But I don’t want to bother God. He is so busy with other more important things than my little problems.” God chose you before time began. God chose you for a time and place such as this. God who cares and loves you so much that He took the time and effort to know everything about you right down to numbering the hairs on your head. God knows you better than you know yourself. A God who loves you that much is a God who wants to be involved in every tiny thing and every big thing in your DAILY life. (more…)

Just Praise Him

Just Praise Him
By Steve Countryman

I know it sounds so simple, just praise Him. Lately I needed reminding of that phrase. I had been told it before and had heard confirmation on it, how you are to praise God in the storm. In the middle of your troubles, trials, circumstances, problems, headaches, sorrow, grief, despair, depression and anger just praise God. While going through some things lately, I found myself praying over the same issues. I know that we are not to keep praying and repeating ourselves in our prayers like the heathens do, but the Bible also says to be diligent and persistent in your prayers like the widow before the unjust judge. Keep in mind that you are responsible for your own conduct, character and situations regardless how you ended up there. (more…)

Holiness and Victory Over Sin #20

By Karl Kemp

Holy Father, we humble our hearts before you. We’re making it a top priority to understand your Word. We want to understand it. We want to live it. We want to be fully ready to stand before you. We pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen!

I’ll always quote from the New American Standard Bible, unless I mention otherwise. Sometimes I make comments in the middle of quotations using brackets [ ] or [[ ]] to make them more obvious. (more…)

Noise, Noise, Noise

Noise, Noise, Noise
By louis gander

Autos, planes, computer games and toys, toys, toys…

…is this what life is all about – the noise, noise, noise?

If man said He could cut the noise in half, half, half -

I’d not believe. I’m sorry, but I’d laugh, laugh, laugh!

Transparent man – I laugh so hard, I cry, cry, cry…

all it seems we want to do is buy, buy, buy.

God creates, commands and we will see, see, see – (more…)

MAKE YOUR PRAYER PLURAL. part 1

By John Seun

In kindergarten, I was taught that to make a word that ends with “y” plural all I have to do is change the “y” to “ies”. For instance, the plural of fly is flies. Similarly, I can say the plural of “pray” is “praise” (permit me for the grammatical error).

Thank God for prayer but praise work faster. The truth about prayer is that it moves the hands of God but praise moves the heart of God. Which would you prefer?

Prayers can be deferred but praise commands God’s urgent attention. God values the praise of mankind because that is the main reason for man’s creation. In Isaiah 43:7&21 God says (more…)