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“Why Should leaders (Christians) Pray?"
Blackaby answers this question with 6 reasons why spiritual leaders need to pray. Spiritual Leadership page 153:
1. Prayer is an essential leadership (Christian) activity.
2. Prayer brings the Spirit’s filling.
3. Prayer brings God’s
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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BEING STILL
Before refrigerators, people used icehouses to preserve their food. Icehouses had thick walls, no windows, and a tightly fitted door. In winter, when streams and lakes were frozen, large blocks of ice were cut, hauled to the icehouses, and covered with sawdust. Often the ice would
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 30, 2002
· The movie “Blank Check” tells the story of a young boy who finds a blank check complete with the signature! His imagination begins to run wild. He thinks about cashing the check for $1,000 then $10,000. He finally decides to make the check out for $1 million dollars. The boy takes the check
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
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Always looking for inspiring stories to demonstrate the power of prayer,
The Presidential Prayer Team shares this amazing story in the news
today. Please pass it on to inspire others.
50 Christian truckers got together to pray to pray that somehow the
sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on Nov 4, 2002
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LAKE MOSES WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1985. 1:OO AM
I rolled and tossed in bed, feeling uneasy about our son John and his family who are missionaries in South Africa. PRAY! the command I sensed was urgent.
Now I am wide awake sending passionate pleas to heaven. Please Lord, help John and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
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U2 singer Bono, in a private meeting in June 2001 on the Hill in Washington, D.C., said, “I believe that the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by force. God doesn’t mind if we bang on the door to heaven sometimes, asking him to listen to what we have to say.”
SOURCE: Aaron
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2003
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Richard Dehaan tells of a soldier who was doing sentry duty on the front line in WWI. After being relieved of duty, as a Christian, he wanted to pray, to thank God for protecting him and to ask specifically for his continued protection. But the enemy lines were very close and he couldn’t go far, so
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 28, 2003
"I think I was in my pre-teen years, when someone whose name I did not hear at the time said this half in jest, but it made its point with me when I heard it and has stayed with me all these years. . He was British, and talking to an American pastor when he said, “The problem with you American
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Orthodox
Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2003
PRAYING IN THE HAY
Armin Gesswein learned about praying God’s promises in a hayloft. Armin was a longtime Pastor, interdenominational prayer organizer and founder of the "Revival Prayer fellowship." When he began as a young Lutheran pastor trying to establish a church on Long Island and having
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 15, 2003
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When Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct generalities. But, what they heard instead was a prayer delivered with grace yet full of truth. "Heavenly Father we ask Your forgiveness. We know Your Word says, ’Woe on
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 5, 2003
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J. K. Johnston, in the book Why Christians Sin, told a tale about a small town that had historically been “dry,” but then a local businessman decided to build a tavern. A group of Christians from a local church were concerned and planned an all-night prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It just
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