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  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 11

    Have you begged God for help with your health? I have. Have years gone by and you haven’t seen answers? Yes. Does Jesus care? Yes, yes He does! It can sometimes seem as if the trial is never-ending. I have a feeling that it seemed like that for the woman in Mark 5:25-34. Yet, God…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 10

    Heartache. Disappointment. Pressure. Outcast. Hannah (1 Samuel 1) had all of these things since she was childless in a time when children were everything. To make it worse, she was a second wife where the other wife had children and taunted her daily. While her husband loved her, she was so sad that she could…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 9

    Prayer is powerful. We have a powerful God. God is not a god of stone or iron that cannot hear us. He is God of gods who is all-powerful and all-knowing. He loves. Look at what the Psalmist says: Psalm 34:4 “4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 8

    Hebrews 4:14-16, “14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are,…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 7

    We have talked about our prayer life being talking to God. Prayer is directly related to our relationship with God. Popular opinion would say that you can live your life as you please and continue your relationship with God. However, just as our relationships with people are affected by our actions, so is our relationship…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 6

    We have given a simple explanation for prayer, talking to God. This is absolutely true and prayer at it’s simplest form. However, we would be remiss if we didn’t look more deeply into prayer. There are requirements to come to God in prayer. We must come with a humble heart, confessing sin first and being…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 5

    Simple yet profound truth today. When we pray, we are praying to a God who listens, to a God who hears. Psalm 65:2 “2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.” He also draws all flesh to Himself. Every knee will bow to Him. The winter brings isolation and more challenges…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Answers To Prayer

    Prayer. Talking with God. Telling God everything knowing that He is listening and will answer. Over the years, God has shown Himself strong in answering prayers in my life. I grew up in a ministry home with four siblings. My disability and health needs put a further strain on the budget. Through this, God taught…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer, Part 3

    “8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” ~Hebrews 13:8 I think sometimes we forget that this same Jesus who is the Jesus of the Bible is the Jesus to whom we pray. This same God who did miracles in the Bible is the same God who is answering our prayers.…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Prayer

    1 Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray without ceasing.” This verse is one of the shortest in the Bible. Yet, it is powerful. Amidst the daily struggles of living with a disability and chronic illness, time set aside for prayer can be hard to find. Honestly, “survival tasks” with my conditions take a good deal of my strength…