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Tagged: Psalms

Prayer’s Priority: Worship
Posted on Monday, September 11th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: answer to prayers, Carol McClain, God, Jesus, prayer, prayer's priority, Psalms, worship

By Carol McClain I don’t know about you, but somewhere during the many years I’ve been a Christian, I’ve taught myself God is a piggy bank that gives interest. Insert prayer. Wait a day or two, and pop out more than I put in. Then things don’t go according to plan. I don’t …[ read more ]
Praise the Lord, O My Soul by Sarah Ruut
Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: blog hop, praise, Psalm 103: 1, Psalms, Sarah Ruut

“Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!” (Psalms 103:1, NET) You probably know that David was not afraid to be genuine and to pour out his heart in his songs. He pleads for deliverance, vents his anger, and begs for forgiveness. Here in Psalms 103 …[ 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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