Category: prayer

Prayer in public

February 20, 2007 | 10 comments

Have you ever wanted to pray while in a public setting, but hesitated to show any signs that you were praying for fear of drawing attention to yourself? A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting in a tennis club

Live what you pray

February 19, 2007 | 1 comment

Living What We Pray For I knelt to pray when day was done And prayed, “O Lord, bless everyone; Lift from each saddened heart the pain, And let the sick be well again.” And then I woke another day And

Do you really need to snack?

February 6, 2007 | 2 comments

At 10:35 this morning I felt hungry and ready for a little snack. I headed for the backroom where I had a jar of dry roasted peanuts stashed in the cupboard. But midway I stopped and asked myself, “Will those

Don’t consent to disease

February 1, 2007 | 4 comments

Have you ever consented to disease? Accepted it for you or for someone else? “Oh well, that’s life, people get sick, and it’s my turn now…” This is not a plan for staying healthy. We should never consent to something

The Voice

February 1, 2007 | No comments yet

I’ve never read or seen the book “A Voice is Calling,” by J. G. Marking, but this excerpt from the book’s introduction is intriguing: “There once was a man who lay in his bed and couldn’t fall asleep at night.