Devotionals

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  Rebooting Your Prayer Life (Part 2)

  Prayer has been anything but easy for me. I struggled in silence for many years… wondering why it was so difficult to connect with God in the most basic way. Prayer was an entry-level Christian practice, I assumed.
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  Mass Shooting at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Nashville

  Mass shooting at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee leaves one dead and others injured.
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  First Temple-Era Hebrew Seals Unearthed in Jerusalem Excavations

  A collection of First Temple-period seals has been discovered during excavations in Jerusalem’s City of David.
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  The Gift of Pain

  The realities of living in a broken, twisted world will pounce on us without warning. Probably more than once. Suffering will strike us and the people we love. I’m not talking about minor irritations or momentary discomfort. I’m talking about heart-wrenching, life-altering, faith-testing trials that bring us to the end of our resources.
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  Evangelical Group on DACA: ‘The Bible Does Not Teach Open Borders’

  Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration (EBI), a group of faith leaders and other Evangelical Christian conservative activists, offered President Donald Trump and the GOP Congressional leadership advice on the impending end of DACA.
  “While some faith groups use selective Bible words for open borders and amnesty, we consider the whole counsel of scripture,” the letter reads.
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  What Does ‘Resurrection’ Mean in the Bible?

  Resurrection. Do we believe in it? Do we understand what that word means when used in the Bible? Over the years, I have become convinced that I did NOT know what the word means and it led to all manner of confusion on my part. Some clarification is needed.
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  7 Qualities of Life-Giving People (Part 3)

  This is part three of a three-part post that identifies and fleshes out seven characteristics of life-giving people.
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  7 Qualities of Life-Giving People (Part 2)

  This is part two of a three-part post that identifies and fleshes out seven characteristics of life-giving people.
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  Rebooting Your Prayer Life (Part 1)

  Not long after I was diagnosed with cancer, I was compelled to reexamine the topic of prayer and totally reboot my prayer life and start over. I dedicated a full year to this – I read classic books on prayer, sought wise counsel from more mature believers, and experimented with different forms of prayer.
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  ANTIFA Attacks Prayer Group, Pepper Sprays Prayer Leader

  Violence has broken out between left- and right-wing protesters, after more than 100 black-clad masked antifa broke through police barricades at a ‘Rally Against Hate’ and assaulted at least four, including the leader of a prayer group.
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  7 Qualities of Life-Giving People (Part 1)

  When a think of the phrase life-giving people, my mind immediately shows me the faces of several friends who fit that description. These are the people I absolutely love being around. They bring encouragement, joy, and life into my life. Who are the faces that come into your mind?
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  Is It A Sin To Refuse Sex To Your Spouse?

  In this program Dr. Joe Beam relies not just on his PhD earned while researching marital and sexual satisfaction, but also on his Bachelor’s degree and many hours of graduate courses in Bible. He explains what the Bible says about sexuality in marriage and points out a specific section that addresses directly the subject of sexual refusal in marriage.
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  Archaeological Find in Jerusalem ‘Proves Bible Passage is Historically True’

  by Rob Waugh, Yahoo News UK Archaeologists excavating in Jerusalem have found burned artifacts dating from 2,600 years ago – which prove that a passage in the Bible is true. Researchers uncovered charred wood, grape seeds, fish scales, bones and pottery while digging in the City of David in Jerusalem. The find provides evidence that the Babylonians ‘burned all the houses of Jerusalem’, described in the book of Jeremiah. Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority found the artifacts beneath layers of rock in the City of David – along with jars with seals which enabled the researchers to date the artifacts. full story ALSO SEE: Is God Real? ALSO SEE: […]
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  Is Justin Bieber Sabotaging His Career To Follow Jesus?

  Australian TV host Richard Wilkins thinks he knows the real reason why Bieber abandoned his global trek months before it was scheduled to wrap up: To “reconnect with his faith” and potentially start his own church.
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  Report: Atheism in Russia Falls by 50 Percent in Three Years

  The number of Russians who identify as atheists has fallen by 50 percent in just three years, according to a recent poll by the Levada research center. The poll, which was conducted in late June, revealed that the number of Russian atheists, or those who consider themselves “absolutely irreligious,” fell sharply from 26 percent in 2014 to just 13 percent in 2017. Religious believers now make up 86 percent of the population, the survey found, with 44 percent describing themselves as “quite religious,” 33 percent as “not too religious” and 9 percent as “very religious.” Levada, a non-governmental Russian research center, conducted the survey on a representative all-Russian sample of […]