Looking for a new prayer for the end of the day? If you’re like me, you grew up saying a memorized prayer for the end of day that went something like this: “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I…
These twelve Bible verses about widows offer hope and encouragement for the bereaved woman who may feel abandoned and alone. They reveal the depth of God’s concern for widows and set a framework for how the body of Christ should care for them, too. 12 Bible Verses that show how much God cares for Widows:…
If we want to pray effectively, there’s no better way than to learn how to pray according to the Bible. The Scriptures serve as our textbook through the examples of the people described, the prayers recorded, and the principles taught therein. A few months ago I arrived at the venue for a youth rally where…
If you’ve ever read Psalm 51, you may have noticed the different words used to describe sin and wondered, “What is the difference between transgression and sin and iniquity?” King David wrote this psalm after the prophet Nathan confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba. A quick review of 2 Samuel 11:1-27 reminds us it…
Do miracles still happen? Yes, they do. Before you read further, here’s a quick disclaimer: The miracles described in this article are evidence of our good God, His power, and His love, not my proficiency in prayer. They happened because He is all He says He is. The same God who parted the Red Sea,…
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Bible verses about teamwork has always been important, but it definitely has a different type of impact this year, doesn’t it? For most people, the hardest part of the global pandemic was not the fear of disease but the loneliness of isolation. In 2020, “work from home” became the norm for many of us and…
Looking for a prayer for someone having surgery? One Saturday night in early June 2019, I nicked my middle finger on a just-washed glass that broke when I stacked a dish atop it. Clean glass. Clean hand. Bleeding was minimal but I covered the wound with a Band-Aid and went about my evening with no…
Four Steps to Pray Effective Prayers for Unity and Peace I miss normal. Between the worldwide pandemic and the recent nationwide unrest, my emotions have run the gamut from outrage to fear to extreme sadness with quite a few stops in between. Maybe yours have, too. If only we knew how to pray for peace…
By: Leanna Hollis Contributing Writer LeannaHollis.com It’s funny how God works, isn’t it? When I signed up to write about how to pray ACTS, I thought the topic was how to pray according to the book of Acts. My mind’s eye filled with lame men who walked and thousands of converts to Christ in…
