Duval, Florida
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Jesus Taught His Disciples How to Pray to their Father in Heaven Using the Lords Prayer as a Model
When Jesus, the Word made flesh, came to dwell among men, His intimate connection with God became sought after by His disciples. They also desired to meet face to face with God the Creator. This desire motivated them to ask Jesus to teach them how to pray.
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Pastors Provide Leadership in Worship as Scripture Reading, Congregational Prayer and Communion
Worship is response to God's call. Scripture reading lets believers hear His call and be led in response as worship. Congregationsal prayer is part of worship, responding to the word and applying it ones life. Celebrating the Lord's Supper ought not to be guilt ridden and sad, rather a recounting and reinactment of all that Jesus accomplished for believers in His death, burial and resurrection. It is a way of discerning the body of Christ.
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Different Types of Worship Christians Do at Home
A recent survey yielded some beautiful responses,as a wide variety of men and women from different Christian denominations shared insight into their personal times of prayer and worship. Outlined in Worship at Home Part 1, 2 and 3, are excerpts from that survey.
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Portions of The Lords Prayer Have Christians Petitioning God for Provision and Forgiveness
All rule, all power, all glory belongs to God alone. No mere man has the right to take these attributes from Him. But all men must be willing to give them to Him. The Lord's Prayer is one way that man can connect with God.
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The First Several Portions of the Lords Prayer Recognizes God as the Father Whose Name is Holy
The disciples of Jesus witnessed the relationship between God and the Son of God. They desired to approach God just as Jesus did, and Jesus took the time to teach them how with The Lord's Prayer.
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What is violent to darkness may be executed in th peace of God's light for His intercessors
Peace is not merely the absence of conflict. One can war in the spirit while being in the peace of Jesus. However, this necessitates be ing yoked together with His will and purposes, not our own. God's sovereign will, by His choice is accomplished through His chilfren's prayers. but they must be prayed in peace, not anxiety, in trust, not as if the intercessors themselves are accomplishing His will.
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The Christian New Year Begins on January First According to the Gregorian Calendar
For political and military reasons, January 1, 153 B.C. became the beginning of the new year. The Roman calendar was widely used throughout western Europe, until revised by Aloysius Lilius, an Italian doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist. Pope Gregory XIII commanded Christians to use this new and improved calendar in 1582, and named it after himself. It is still the most widely used calendar in the world.
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Prayer Connects Christian Artists with a Creative God Who is Willing to Help Them Grow
Prayer faciliates a relationship with God and helps artists tap into supernatural realms of creativity.
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Surrender to God for Wisdom in Hard Times and So That God Can Perform Miracles
The key to trusting God is to spend more time in His Word, and less time reading or listening to the news, or any media. Today's hard times necessitate trusting God. It may be disastrous not to. Whatever happens, refuse to fear. Whatever challenges one faces, the best reaction is positive action, and the best action is to turn to God, to seek His help, to go to the God of wisdom.
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