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    richardbis added a text contribution Intercede On My Behalf
    Imagine the Holy Spirit speaking on our behalf. When things are so wrong and seem to be getting worst, when you are unsure what and how to pray....there he is speaking for you. Telling the Father just what you are in need of. I find comfort in this! Read more »

Nov 8

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    We want the "love of God" and the "grace of our Lord Jesus Christ" but we are not sure we want the "fellowship of the Holy Spirit". He may want to control our lives? What would we do if He came in and started urging us to do things that we really did not want to do? Go places where we did not want to go? Wonder what might happen if we really "fellowship with the Holy Spirit"? Read more »

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    richardbis added a text contribution His will be done
    Reading through the notes in the 'Principle of the Path" Question is: "How does praying, "Not my will, but yours be done," help you to rest in the fact that you have done all you can and all you should?" Is there a time when we have to accept that our desire is not going to happen? That we must simply walk away from what we want and desire and rest in the will of God? I am bothered a bit by the... Read more »

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    richardbis added a text contribution Spend ourselves?
    In his book "Crazy Love" Francis Chan points this verse out. What if we all "spend" our God given talents, gifts, resources for the poor, for the oppressed, for the less fortunate instead of building bigger churches? What if the church reached out to the community in such a way that God's light shined like the noonday sun? Read more »
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