What we expect practically determines what we ask for. For example, what do we expect of God? When the diagnosis is cancer, do we expect God to heal directly, immediately? Do we expect God to heal through medicine? Do we expect to die? What do we expect of our spouse? Of our pastor, our professors, …
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Obedient Wrestling
“If I tell Jesus my anger, he’ll throw me out of the room.” The young woman’s tears glistened on her cheeks. During prayer ministry time, I had just encouraged her to be honest with God about how she felt. Her husband had cheated and she’d been downsized. She was furious with her husband, her boss, …
History-Making
My pastor in the seventies, Richard Foth, used to say, “That Jesus died is history. That Jesus died for me is history-making.” History is the narrative of the past. History-making is that which changes the course of life or of a life. Do a search for “history-making” and you will get references to Nancy Pelosi’s …