Devotional Teachings on Spiritual Growth, Prayer, Family, and Recovery

Continuing on in the series on discovering God’s will for our live’s today we will cover the Shepherd. The Shepherd is a picture of God’s best for our lives. Let us examine some attributes of the Shepherd, and we will learn more about determining God’s will.

The Shepherd- The Shepherd was the Shulamite’s one true love, and he had a number of attributes that set him apart from Solomon. Let’s look at what made him so unique. [Read more →]

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As I sit here in darkness I wonder what is to happen to me. Will she keep me? Will I live to see light? I want her to know that I love her. I want to shout, ” I love you, I love you, don’t leave me here to die. Someone hear my cry!” But as usual I’m not heard. I grow stronger, but I will not live to use my strength.

Most babies fall asleep to their mother reading them a story, but I fall asleep to her crying. Many have died, but I still have a little hope to live. I wish there was someone to tell her how I feel and that I’m alive. If only someone could hear my cry! [Read more →]

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In the last post we laid the ground work for discovering God’s will for your life. In this and future posts we’ll explore each character role in discovering our destiny.

Shulamite- The Shulamite was a shepherd girl from Shunem who was betrothed to the love of her life who was also a shepherd. When Solomon was returning from his summer palace in Megiddo he aparently was taken by her beauty, and tried to woo her with promises of wealth, and security. When he was unsuccessful in his first attempt he took her to Jerusalem to try to overwhelm her with His regal splendor. [Read more →]

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1. Identify the end results (goals) of what you would like to accomplish from this new habit. When you decided to start this new habit, it was because there was something about your life that was not working. Maybe your problem has created conflict in an important relationship in your life or career. Maybe your goal is to rid yourself of an existing “bad” habit or behavior. Be sure to identify your goal. Be sure to identify the behavior you are going to substitute along with the “new” behavior. Be very specific. “I want to be a better Christian” or “I want to quit smoking” is not a new habit. “I will study the Bible on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6pm to 7pm instead of watching television” is more specific and doable. Develop a strategy for completing your goals so the end results can be attained. [Read more →]

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I don’t know how many of you have ever read Song of Solomon, and gone, huh? If so, your not alone I have definitely never found it very helpful or even understandable. That was until one night as I was meditating on the phrase “dove’s eyes” from chapter 2 that God laid out the interpretation of Song of Solomon for me. To really understand what God showed me you have to understand different historical interpretations of Song of Solomon. [Read more →]

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Continuing in our series on How to pray in the Spirit Pauls says in Romans 8:26, “…but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” [Read more →]

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My dad wrote these some time ago, and they blessed my heart.

1. I am a debtor to all men. Ro 1:14
2. I am ready to preach the gospel. Ro 1:15
3. I am not ashamed of the gospel. Ro 1:16
4. I am without excuse to sin. Ro 1:20
5. I am without excuse to judge. Ro 2:1
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Continuing on about how to pray in the Spirit Paul says in Romans 8:26, “…but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us” Thank God for that blessed conjunction but, we have an inability to produce results in prayer, and we don’t know what to pray, But the Holy Spirit makes intercession for us. Great but what does that mean? I’m glad you asked lets look at the different aspects of praying in the Spirit. [Read more →]

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Leonard Ravenhill was a great man of God this is interview with Him towards the end of his life.

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Continuing on in this series on praying in the Spirit we will cover the fact that there is a precise way in which we need to pray but cannot without God’s help. Romans 8:26 says, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” [Read more →]

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