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Because of Jesus, we can approach our Father in heaven in prayer anytime and anywhere. He doesn’t care about the right words. We can never bug him too much. As God’s children, we have confidence that he will hear and answer us every time.

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God said no

I begged God to take my friend’s cancer away. She was a force of nature with a larger-than-life personality. If anyone could beat cancer,…

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Prayer 101: A basic conversation guide for a deeper prayer life

A couple years back, someone told me about a theory that says there are three basic types of conversations: Me/Me conversations: A conversation that…

Living My Faith

Significant to God

In the days of Jesus, disabled people were hardly viewed as people. They were viewed as a burden on society. They were often forgotten…

Living My Faith

The problem with getting older

Now that I’m 40, the devil loves to use my experiences, hard-won wisdom, and lessons learned to convince me that I don’t need to…

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Persist in prayer

Have you ever had an interaction with a toddler play out like this? “Mom, can I have a fruit snack?” “Well, you already had…

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God knows what’s best

“I quit!” says our five-year-old when trying to do his math assignment. Sadly he’s inherited his father’s dislike for math. Do you sometimes look…

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God always answers

The news headline read, “Answered prayers!” Does that well-intentioned declaration really testify to the completely awesome work of God? Or does it lead someone…

Living My Faith

Make us bold to pray

Which of these scenarios best describes your relationship with God? Scenario #1—The scene is a courtroom. God, the judge robed in black, takes his…

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Going in the ditch

On the way to school one snowy morning, my kids hit a slippery patch and slid off the road. Now, the kids were fine…

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Does God always give good gifts?

Jimmy asks his dad for some eggs for breakfast. Dad gets out of bed, lumbers over to the refrigerator, pulls out a live scorpion,…

Living My Faith

Ask God to give you himself

“Enough about me; tell me more about you.” The desire to get to know someone more deeply signifies that a relationship is there. It’s…

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Instant gratification

What’s the longest you’ve had to wait for something? The year was 1980. My fifth-grade teacher had taken our whole class to see the…