Prayer Warriors

By Pat

Yesterday I received a call from a dear friend. He said that his very sick uncle had taken a turn for the worse, and asked me to pray for him. What an honor that is! He trusted me to do the one thing that's most important of all for his loved one; to lift him to the Lord in prayer.

Last year, another close friend called me and said that she was wrestling with a particular issue, and asked me to pray for several days about it as she fasted and prayed. She did not tell me what the issue was, and I did not ask. There was no need. She trusted me to take her problem to God and I did.

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Life's Highway

By Pat

When you travel life's highway, what kind of driver are you?

Do you curse when someone cuts in front of you? Remember-we all need leaders, so don't be afraid to take a step back and allow someone else to go ahead of you.

Does it frustrate you to get behind a slow-moving vehicle? Perhaps you should welcome the opportunity to slow down a bit and not fly through life at such a breakneck speed, forgetting to enjoy the scenery God has placed in your path.

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Pride Goes Before The Fall

By Pat

Pride can be a very good thing. For instance, when we take pride in our appearance, we make sure we're clean and neat and look our best. Pride of ownership ensures that we are taking proper care of our homes, cars, even our lawns and our pets. We take pride in them, so we take good care of them.

However, there is another component to pride that's not such a positive trait. Pride can also prevent us from making a necessary apology, admit we're wrong, or give someone else credit for something we did.

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A God Who Allows Us To Struggle

By Pat

I have to admit something that I am really ashamed of: God scares me! I know He loves me, because if His redemptive love shown in the resurrection of His son, Jesus, for us. The Bible tells me from Genesis to Revelation that God is loving, forgiving and merciful. But in reading the Old Testament, we find many accounts of God's vengeance and punishment upon His people for the disobedience and disrespect shown to Him. Plagues, diseases and famines sent to cause suffering, destruction and death, in hopes that the guilty offenders will repent and turn back to Him. Even the killing of infants and children. I don't understand.

Is this a loving God? I get angry sometimes. And no matter how hard I try, my feelings do not waver. Although I pray about it, the anger remains. The doubts. The FEAR. But luckily, we serve a God who understands our confusion and our fears. He knows our struggles, and when we feel angry, He allows us and even invites us to struggle with him. To become angry. To wrestle. He hears us when we say "Why, God?" And He does have an answer for us.

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I Asked The Lord...

By Pat

I asked the Lord to speak to me
So I could hear his voice,
And so He sent a mockingbird
To make my heart rejoice.

I asked the Lord to show Himself
So I could see His face,
And so He sent a rainbow
To color outer space.

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