Do any of these statements describe your marriage? If you agreed with one or more of these, you are probably feeling disconnected from your spouse. The good news is there’s hope for your marriage. All marriages — even the really good ones — need regular care. The routine of jobs, kids, chores, and other commitments […]
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Father, my God and Savior, as I sit with others today to sing the songs of worship and to share in the preaching of Your Word, make me mindful that my worship is an inside job…please keep me from being distracted from my focus on You in gratitude and eager to get my marching orders
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Dear God, all too often I tend to jump into my wish list with You, and I’m so sorry when I truncate how You taught us to pray. Please help me to intone Your name and will…and beg forgiveness for my failures…and to be grateful for my blessings. So, Father, as I do that, I
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O, LORD, my God and Father, how I rejoice in the children and grandchildren You have given me. When I think of my medical history, that You would bless me with offspring, my heart swells in gratitude and praise. If I have but one wish from here to the end of my days, I pray
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Today, my LORD, I pray unashamedly for miraculous healing for my friend Kathy in Washington State. Praying for the hands and skills and insights for her surgical team to accomplish what only You can do. Watch over her family as they gather with her and give them confidence in Your presence. LORD, You are the
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(Apologies for missing praying with you yesterday) My Father, my LORD, I long to be better at being a faithful child of Yours. Sometimes I miss the boat because I let busyness crowd You out, and for that I am profoundly sorry. Today, take charge of every idle thought, every idle moment, every purposeful act,
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Below are 20 wise marriage tips from a friend pf mine who was recently divorced. You wouldn’t normally think that a divorced man would give good advice on being a husband, but this man has been through enough hardship to know what is worth fighting for. He learned the hard way…you do not have to
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Father, as I look at the world around us coming apart at the seams, I long for heaven and home…yet I want to be here as long as I am needed for Your purposes. Today make me loving and caring and sensitive enough to be messenger for You to someone in need. Please watch over
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Dear LORD, maybe it’s just my imagination, but it seems like grief and loss thrust their ugly heads into our lives more often at holiday times. When deaths come out of season and before the end of long and full lives, I have a hard time getting my mind around the losses emotionally and intellectually.
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Dear LORD, sometimes I feel like I think Peter must have felt when he took his eyes off You walking on the water. There are so many things in our world which go bump in the night these days. I do not want to dwell on wars and rumors of more or earthquakes and famines,
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