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PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

The National Day of Prayer is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress, when people are asked “to turn to God in prayer and meditation”. Historical Summary: 1775 – The first Continental Congress called for a National Day of Prayer 1863 – Abraham Lincoln […]

Join Us for the National Day of Prayer

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. It is a privately funded organization […]

Create a System for Prayer; The Outcome Will Be Worth the Effort.

Prayer has been a theme the Lord has been teaching me so far in 2014. My church started the year off by laying out 31 topics that we felt needed to be brought before the Lord. We prayed one request every day for the entire month of January. These request topics ranged from people groups […]

A Story Worth Telling

I usually prefer stories that come with a happy ending. However, after reading a story in Tampa Bay Times I realized the stories with happy endings are good, but there are other stories that are debatably more important to tell like this one. This is the story of fifteen year old Davion Navar Henry Only. It […]

Why Pray to A God Who Already Has Plans for Us? Part 2

The other day, I talked a little about prayer making a difference in our lives, and how God helps us by either responding or leaving some of those prayers unanswered. I’ve been thinking a lot about one of my friends who is (admittedly) not a believer. During a discussion at church a few weeks ago, […]

What If…

It’s great for blogging (and life) when I randomly come across something that gets me to stop and think. When the impact that it had on me is powerful enough, I can’t wait to put it into a post and hopefully spark a similar thought in you or that makes me stop and think. I […]

No Time? Why Not?

Take the kids to school. Get to work. Go to the gym. Take kids to soccer practice. Walk the dog. Cook dinner. Do laundry. Make the kids’ lunches. Help them with homework. Sleep. Repeat. We’re all busy. Well, maybe not all of us… but as humans, the majority of us strive to survive and we […]

A Question That Made a Major Impact

Have you ever heard something as simple as one sentence or one question and had it make a huge impact on your perspective of something? You know when someone does a card trick and you are completely mystified by it until they finally show you how it’s done? Like that “Ah hah!” moment? That happened […]

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