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Tagged: convictions

Prayer–When It Doesn’t Work
Posted on Monday, September 4th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 John 5:14, Carol McClain, convictions, free will, God, prayer, prayer--when it doesn't work

By Carol McClain: @carol_mcclain I’ve been praying like a fury–for good things, things according to God’s desires. I hang onto the verse: “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” 1 John 5:14. Then what is needed, what I prayed for according to God’s will, …[ read more ]
Your Ways–Not Everyone’s
Posted on Monday, March 20th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Cor. 7: 17, 2 Cor. 3:17, Carol McClain, character counts, convictions, Gal. 5:19-21, sin, values, Your ways--not everyone's

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches. 1 Cor. 7:17 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Neil and I sat in a little Italian restaurant in Spain. The waiter brought out a complimentary aperitif. Drunkenness is …[ read more ]

Christian–You Are Righteous, But Are You Merciful?

Carol McClain Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matt. 5:7 Don Carson, a theologian and co-founder of Gospel Coalition, writes: “Mercy is a loving response prompted by the misery and helplessness of the one on which love is to be showered.” If I only knew then what I know now. I used to be able to point my fingers at others for not learning how to pull themselves out of the gutter. After all, I'd come from a rough and tumble upbringing where alcohol use (we were NOT drug addicts, thank you) was de rigueur. Poor and self-conscious… ...[ full story ]

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