Prayer

Man praying with hands folded.

Origins of the Nicene Creed Explained

How did the Nicene Creed come about?  In AD 325, 12 years after Christianity had become a “tolerated religion” in the Roman Empire, Emperor Constantine …

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man wearing a t-shirt with the word Peace on the back.

‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers’

Time and again, Jesus challenged the use of violence to resolve issues.
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Made in God’s Spirit

If we are made in God’s spirit, then our first “church” were the bodies given to us.
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man walking in the desert, looking into the distance.

Go and Find God in the Desert

It wasn’t until God’s people utilized the lesson from the desert that they made Jericho’s walls fall to the ground and began the storming of the Promised Land.
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Christ Lives Within

Let yourself pray without asking God for “something that I want.”
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Every Breath Can Be a Prayer

The apostle Paul advises, “Pray without ceasing.” I suspect the apostle is speaking about a prayerful attitude rather than a constant succession of words.
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Skylark perching in a flowering rapeseed field.

The Larks of Assisi

Francis had a special affection for larks; he considered their brown feathers a sign of their closeness to God, of their humility.
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