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60 Days…Big Decisions?

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Adversity, Encouragement, Hope, Job Search, Perspective, Prayer, Relationships, Trust on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A buddy stopped by today and had some interesting news about a couple of people we both knew.  It seems major decisions in one friends life had occurred that resulted in a downstream change of direction for the other person.  As a result, one friend seemed to now be taking on a much greater risk [...]

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60 Days…Are You Worth It Yet?

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Integrity, Judgment, Prayer, Wisdom on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Former Razorback McFadden Breaks 1,000-Yard Mark, Begins Proving Worth This headline showed up today in my  inbox today.   Although on one hand I was pleased McFadden was representing the Razorbacks well,  I was also distraught that it would appear his overall worth is being judged by his performance at work.   I know, I know….he is [...]

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60 Days…Speak Up!

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Encouragement, Friendship, Honesty, Influence, Mentoring, Prayer, Relationships, Uncategorized on December 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, Often times I have felt at a loss for words.  A situation presents itself and it feels like I should say something, but I don’t  because I am scared that I will not say the right thing.   Good intentions and all, but the word of encouragement or the word of thankfulness does not ever [...]

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60 Days….More Power Through Prayer

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Instruction, Prayer on December 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, A few more thoughts on prayer from E.M. Bounds: “Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.” “No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no [...]

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60 Days…Power Through Prayer

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Encouragement, Planning, Prayer, Uncategorized on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, E.M Bounds wrote what many consider the “greatest book on prayer ever written.”  The book is called, “Power Through Prayer.” I remember reading it for the first time when I was a freshman at Harding University many years ago. It was one of those books that had a profound impact on my spiritual growth [...]

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60 Days…Special Prayer

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Faith, Healing, perseverence, Prayer, Wisdom on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Sam Bates, our friend and coworker at WorkMatters, who has been faithfully writing to you during this 60 Days of Prayer, needs prayer! Without going into detail, Sam’s Father has had three separate significant health failings in the last three weeks, the latest of which is a major hip break two days ago. Sam is [...]

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60 Days…The Enemy of Prayer

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Prayer on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, I share in the struggle to pray consistently and deliberately.  Here are a couple of thoughts I ran across that you might consider as you wrestle with all the obstacles keeping you from building a powerful prayer life. “The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying.  He fears nothing from prayerless [...]

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60 Days…Update

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Prayer on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We have received so many encouraging emails from many of you regarding this “60 Days of Prayer” ministry! Sam Bates has done an excellent job empowering you, hasn’t he?! The purpose of this 60 day prayer ministry was to feed you during this Thanksgiving and Christmas season, and to have you pray for us as we worked to meet [...]

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60 Days…How Much Do You Care?

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Attitude, Encouragement, Excellence, Influence, Prayer, Relationships on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Friends, Over the past week I have found myself in a unusual setting.  I have spent the past five days caring for my Father in a hospital and as of yesterday in a skilled nursing facility in southeastern Ohio.  These kinds of facilities are unique in that you get to watch people doing their work [...]

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60 Days…The Word on Prayer

Posted in 60 Days of Prayer, Instruction, Jesus, Prayer on November 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on the street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them.  I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray [...]

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