Yesterday I read an interesting phrase. The writer said the father of Benjamin Franklin had 17 children “of which to dispose.” But it’s not what you think. The arcane phrase simply means Josiah Franklin had to find jobs, apprenticeships, husbands, or other arrangements to secure the future of each of his 17 children. Dispose, usedContinue reading “Ask Your Father for a Blessing! Joshua 15:19.”
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Fasting and Prayer. Isaiah 58:3-9.
Do you ever wonder why God does not answer your prayers? Do you blame God or assume that he must be ignoring you? God always hears our prayers. God can certainly answer our prayers. “Behold, the Lord’s arm is not shortened, that it cannot save. Neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. ButContinue reading “Fasting and Prayer. Isaiah 58:3-9.”
Pray Without Ceasing. Matthew 15:21-28.
Jesus says, “You have not because you ask not.” Are you remembering to ASK? And when you ask, He says to “pray without ceasing,” (I Thess. 5:17) and to “knock and keep on knocking” (Matt. 7:7). Don’t give up in prayer. Consider the story of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15:21-28. She comes to JesusContinue reading “Pray Without Ceasing. Matthew 15:21-28.”
Does Prayer Really Work? Isaiah 38:1-5; Matthew 7:7-11.
Have you ever doubted prayer? Consider the story of Hezekiah—it is told in THREE books of the Bible: Isaiah, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles. “Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah came to him and said, ‘Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die.’ Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall andContinue reading “Does Prayer Really Work? Isaiah 38:1-5; Matthew 7:7-11.”
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