Browsing Archive: January, 2013

Finding Real Joy in Prayer

Posted by Jerry Miller on Friday, January 25, 2013,
We know that prayer is important and Jesus taught us how to pray as He recited the Lord’s prayer.  Thus we know what to pray, but the challenge comes in knowing how to keep praying.  According to I Thessalonians 5:17, we are to pray without ceasing, but do you realize that the longest prayer in the Bible- found in Nehemiah 9- is only about 7 minutes long.
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I believe one of the keys to a consistent prayer life is thankfulness rather than the length of the prayer.  Paul said in Philippians 1:3...
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Give Others a Chance

Posted by Jerry Miller on Wednesday, January 9, 2013,
Have you ever met someone that you do not like?  Maybe there was someone at school who was really cliquey and was quite rude to you.  Each time you heard that person’s name, you would have negative thoughts about them.  You might go years without seeing them, but that old resentment still linged.  Then another classmate tells you that they ran into that person and that now years later that same person who used to be rude is really nice.  What would your attitude be at such news?  Would you ...
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