Often in prayer we are asking God for things, either for ourselves or for others, sometimes we are praising Him or thanking Him and sometimes we are just talking at Him. What we rarely do is shut up when we pray. To pray in silence is no easy thing to ...
Read More »Praying in the Heart
In the Orthodox Church there is a popular prayer among monastics called the Jesus Prayer, which is “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.” In this prayer is contained every element one needs in a prayer. For instance “Lord” is acknowledging God as ruler of all creation, ...
Read More »Believers Needn’t Fear God’s Wrath
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that ...
Read More »“All Things to All People”–Witnessing at a Personal Level
Witnessing to anyone … in any form, can be a challenging task—especially for those persons who fear the task. Nevertheless, since God admonishes us all to go and preach the Gospel, witnessing is just a task that we have to get done. This doesn’t mean we should approach witnessing using ...
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WATER {Adapted from a message Annie Meadows delivered to Woman Of Hope in Leland, NC} Water symbolizes CLEANSING. Water symbolizes BIRTH. Water symbolizes BAPTISM. Water ought to symbolize on the outside what needs to happen on the inside. When God created the heavens and the earth we read that God ...
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