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The Process of Prayer

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Growing up in the church, I have been taught much on when to pray, what to pray, and how to pray. Tradition has taught me what word choices, what tone of voice, and what style of delivery God must prefer. I have seen such tradition make prayer seem inaccessible to those not well-versed in our churchy lingo and rhetoric. I bet you have seen this also. Many times it seems the ability to pray is a matter of the brain: a mind activity in which we must remember exactly the right things to pray...

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Posted by Martha Harvey
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Never Stop Learning to Pray

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We never stop learning to pray. Our conversations with God change in their tone and language over the seasons. He speaks and we speak. He listens and we listen. Yet we speak and listen differently in different seasons of life.  James 5:13-16 (NCV) says, “Anyone who is having troubles should pray. Anyone who is happy should sing praises. Anyone who is sick should call the church’s elders. They should pray for and pour oil on the person in the name of the Lord...

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Posted by Kathy Raines with 2 Comments

Reset Your Mind on Christ

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A three-bedroom house, a family of nine, and a record console blaring Elvis Presley’s “I’m all Shook Up.” It wasn’t often that the wooden house I grew up in would be rocking, but when my sister Francis would start playing Elvis’s record, each family member would stop in the middle of their chores and do our best to replicate the dance style of the King of Rock & Roll. If you were to ask me what song title I think most depicts my feelings in the last...

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Posted by Caroline Poe with 5 Comments

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