Preaching against worldliness may be passé in the modern church but with Christ, it has never gone out of style.
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The Perfect Church Part 4: Real Hope
Jesus Christ brings to the world something it desperately needs: Hope. For the believer that hope includes a guaranteed home in heaven, and the sure return of the Lord Himself. That kind of hope should be overflowing our lives. It should be contagious.
Acts on Prayer: What They Never Prayed For
It seems that when you look at the prayer life of the church in Acts, the focus was never on the temporal. It was always on the eternal.
Acts on Prayer — Praying Through the Pain
Life is tougher than football.
Acts on Prayer – Super Powers
When Christ spoke of mustard seed faith, His emphasis was not so much on the size of the seed, but on what it BECAME.
Acts on Prayer – The Macedonian Call
It does not matter who you are, or where you are in the world, if you will draw near to God, He will draw near to you. All we have to do is pray.
Acts on Prayer – And Fasting
I have to admit, praying I can do. Fasting is a difficulty for me. So this post was a difficult one to put up. But in Scripture fasting and prayer go hand in hand. Those who did it, did not always fast and pray. It was usually reserved for times when real guidance was needed. … Continue reading Acts on Prayer – And Fasting
Acts on Prayer – Have a Crisis? If You Have God, Problem Solved!
Does faith often feel weak in the face of crisis? Sure it does. When we’re in the middle of calamity, the calamity appears a lot closer to us than God does, so it seems much bigger. But God honors even the tiniest bit of faith.
Acts on Prayer – Sometimes God Changes the Agenda.
When we pray, we need to be ready to accept that God might change the agenda.
Acts on Prayer – A Man Who Moves God
Cornelius had all the characteristics of a great man of prayer. The sobering fact is that I can have these characteristics, too. The question is: "Why don't I?"
Grace in Waves 