Category Archives: Prayer

Peace: What It Is, How to Experience It

Posted on December 10, 2025 by salooper57

Ms. Fader said, “If you’re a human being … and you’re not anxious, there’s something wrong with you.” Or just maybe, there is something right with you. Maybe what’s right, or what’s coming right, are your relationships. Continue reading →

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Should We Drop the Confession of Sin (and Buy a Hazer)?

Posted on November 1, 2025 by salooper57

From within my own body, looking out of my own eyes, I can appear spotless—or at least “good enough.” But I do not see myself as I really am. For that, I need your eyes, and especially God’s eyes. Continue reading →

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Seeing with the Mind’s Eye

Posted on March 29, 2025 by salooper57

…faith is not seeing the outcome we want but seeing the God we serve. Faith sees him who is invisible to the outward eye but perceptible to the eyes of the heart, and it sees him when circumstances are favorable and when they are ruinous… Continue reading →

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Quoting Bible Verses (in an MRI machine)

Posted on March 28, 2025 by salooper57

I’ve always heard that bravery is not the absence of fear but doing what needs to be done even when you are afraid. Today, I’ll find out how brave I am. Continue reading →

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He Is Able (Ephesians 3:20-21)

Posted on November 22, 2024 by salooper57

You want God to get you out of a tough spot. He’s planning on getting you into heaven. You want to avoid embarrassment. God is planning on bringing glory down on your head. You want your kid to be okay. He wants your kid to be amazing. Continue reading →

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God Wants to Empower You (Ephesians 3:14-17)

Posted on November 14, 2024 by salooper57

I’ve met parents who do not empower their children, even when they are twenty or thirty years old. I could almost believe they preferred their children to remain weak so they could control them. God is not that kind of parent. He wants his children to become strong. Continue reading →

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Incomparable Power (Ephesians 1:19-23)

Posted on October 23, 2024 by salooper57

What are “the believing” believing? In my experience, many people who profess belief in God have little more than a blur or smear of religious thoughts – some quite pagan – about a God who is generally nice and will look after us and take us to heaven when we die. Continue reading →

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Understanding God’s Inheritance in the Saints

Posted on October 10, 2024 by salooper57

When we look at the saints, we see old Mrs. Smudge, who can never manage to put her lipstick on straight … and John Washout, who has failed spectacularly at everything he ever put his hand to. And they – how easy it is to forget – see us. It sure doesn’t seem like glory that we are seeing. Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Your Love Life

Posted on October 6, 2024 by salooper57

Paul, the passionate revolutionary who spent years in prisons all around the Mediterranean for the sake of the cause, prays for the Philippian revolutionaries’ love life. What has love got to do with the subjection of every nation and people and power on earth under one head, even Christ? Continue reading →

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Wanted: Explorers (not Talkers)

Posted on September 28, 2024 by salooper57

The world needs an experiential Christianity. The church needs men and women with first-hand knowledge of God’s grace and power in their lives. Explorers, and not just talkers, are needed… Continue reading →

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