Prayer

How Can We Give And Receive, Even In Hard Economic Times?

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How Can We Give And Receive, Even In Hard Economic Times?The Twelve – You have always had hard economic times. And you have always had prosperous economic times… an abundant supply of both. These “times” are no different than any others that you have ever had throughout your life experience. The difference now is that so many of your fellows are convinced that times are bad.

And if you’ll convince yourself that it just ain’t so, then you will begin to experience something completely different than the others are experiencing. And now you have something to give. When you, by changing your personal vibration to one of prosperity, growth, abundance, in spite of all the gloom and doom on the TV and radio, or even in spite of your personal circumstances, when you begin to demonstrate success in even the littlest way, you really have something to crow about. Continue reading →

Supreme Court rules on coach’s right to pray at school games

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coach's right to pray at school gamesBob Unruh – A high-school football coach fired by his district for his brief, solitary prayers following his team’s football games has won his free speech fight at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The 6-3 ruling included multiple concurrences and a lone dissent filed by the three leftist judges on the bench.

Written for the majority by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the opinion  came in the case involving Joe Kennedy, who was dismissed by the Bremerton school district in Washington state over his prayers. Continue reading →

Prayer

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“I don’t need science to tell me if prayer works.”

prayerDavid R. Hamilton PhD – This is what a friend once said to me. It’s a fair point, and I agree.

For some people, prayer is all they have left. For many, it provides a type of comfort that can never be found anywhere else. It can lift a weight from a person’s shoulders.

“Please help me” or “Please forgive me” – these prayers have been uttered many times, sometimes in desperation. I’ve said them myself and I suspect you have too. At other times, we pray for the wellbeing of someone we love or for a positive change in their life. Continue reading →

Traffic Stop Becomes Moment of Prayer for Trooper and Cancer Patient

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Traffic Stop Becomes Moment of PrayerAmy Furr – A father and a North Carolina state trooper shared a tender moment during a traffic stop in March, and a photo of the scene has touched countless people.

Dr. Ashlye Wilkerson was returning from Duke University hospital where her beloved dad had been undergoing chemotherapy for his stage four colon cancer when she was pulled over for speeding, WTVD reported Tuesday.

Her father, Anthony Geddis, spoke up and said, “This is my baby girl. She’s driving me back home from treatment, I had chemo,” Wilkerson told the outlet. Continue reading →

The Law of Prayer

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Diana Cooper – I was glancing through A Little Light on the Spiritual Laws and my eye fell on the Law of Prayer. That book was published in the year 2000, a long time ago but is very relevant for us now.

Prayer is communicating with God. Worry is negative prayer. It is telling God how frightened you are. It also reinforces all the things that you don’t want to happen so we must direct our thoughts to source in a positive focused way.

The way you pray is important. Imagine you are a rich powerful omniscient king. Moreover, you have the highest interest of your people at heart. Every day there is a long list of supplicants wanting to talk to you. Continue reading →