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My Heart and Romans 8: Prayer

My Heart and Romans 8: Prayer
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And He who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:26-27 The passages…
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Ordinary Saint

Ordinary Saint
Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. Philippians 4:21 To many people, the word saint is associated with the highly religious. The title is seen as God’s honor roll. As such, its use has become for someone unusual or of unattainable character. But that dismisses the usage in the…
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Total Surrender

Total Surrender
I just finished Andrew Murray’s book, “Absolute Surrender.” It left me with a deep desire to experience just that, but without a clear path how to get there. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Surrendering means several different things in our spiritual walk and seems to come in several phases, all of…
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No Pardon

No Pardon
Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his Watergate crimes. President Ford explained that he was trying to avoid a divided country. That is an admirable motivation but it doesn’t address the victims or make anything right. A pardon is the excusing of an offense without exacting a penalty.[1] Our legal system offers the possibility of…
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