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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mbcpathway.com | Kie Bowman
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first appeared on Baptist Press. Do you have any goals for your prayer life? C. S. Lewis once said, “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” About 60% of young adults will make New Year resolutions this year, hoping new goals will lead to self-improvement. Since we never grow spiritually by accident, here are 4 prayer goals to pursue in the new year. There are innumerable resources on “how” to pray – a teaching which is desperately needed.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thinke.org | Alex Murashko |Kie Bowman
Do you need a breakthrough to something new? Consider prayer and fasting as the key to your breakthrough. What is fasting? In the Greek New Testament, the word for fasting literally means “no eat.” In the Hebrew Old Testament, the word translated “fasting” is literally “shut mouth!” Obviously, true biblical fasting involves the voluntary refusal to eat food for a specific period of time in order to more intensively pray and seek God. You may have many reasons for fasting.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | Kie Bowman |Laura Erlanson |Jayson Larson
Most Americans pray, and many pray every day; but what do we pray about? Not surprisingly, according to Lifeway Research, 74% of Americans pray for their own needs and difficulties. Predictably, most people pray for their own problems since troubles and challenges are common to everyone. In fact, our problems are not substantially different than those shared by our neighbors.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Kie Bowman |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Topic(s): Sexual AbuseFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NETTIE, W.Va. (BP) – A former pastor of at least two Southern Baptist churches in West Virginia faces dozens of sexual abuse related charges.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Cameron James Crabtree |Scott Barkley |Kie Bowman |Tom Strode
Metadata:Event(s): 2024 Baptist State Convention MeetingsTopic(s): SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Northwest Baptists remember ‘mission of the Gospel’By Cameron CrabtreeCENTRALIA, Wash. (BP) – Messengers attending the Northwest Baptist Convention annual meeting welcomed more than a dozen churches into the multi-state network, adopted an almost $4,050,000 budget for 2025 and reelected three Oregon pastors to serve as convention officers over the next year. Convened Nov.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Kie Bowman |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Topic(s): National News, North American Mission BoardFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a former Southern Baptist pastor to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs. A native of Gainesville, Ga., Doug Collins was senior pastor of Chicopee Baptist Church from November 1994 through October 2005, according to the church’s annual church profile reporting.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
mbcpathway.com | Kie Bowman
Do you pray to get things done? Do you believe some things will only occur if you pray, or that God can refuse to act until someone prays? An event in the life of Jesus clarified the relationship between prayer and God’s activity. Mark’s gospel tells the story of Jesus and three of His disciples who, along with Moses and Elijah, gathered on the Mt. of Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-8). In His absence, the other disciples at the base of the mountain were overwhelmed by a challenge they couldn’t handle.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
mbcpathway.com | Kie Bowman
Does your morning schedule affect your prayer life? Is the time you pray important? Someone once said that there are two kinds of Christians: One wakes up and says, “Good morning, Lord!” The other says, “Good Lord…morning.” Should this difference affect your prayer life? In the Harvard Business Review, Dr. Christoph Randler, a neuroscientist from the University of Tübingen, writes about the advantages of early rising.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
fggam.org | Dewey Moede |Kie Bowman
For years, and to this day, I get up around 3am to 4am everyday. This habit started in 1979 in Sidney, Montana at KGCX radio where is had to be at the station by 4am to warm up the tube transmitter. I love the mornings! I love the silence. I love what God shows me at this time of day. I hear the Lord. It also helps me that I get connected to God right away before all the crazy stuff starts happening in our world. I do not hear all the sirens in Taylor Ranch during my early morning coffee with God.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
mbcpathway.com | Kie Bowman
John Wesley took a dim view of pre-revival America, but he had a plan to change it. Wesley spent time in the colonies and reported, “I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.” Even a side glance at the current cultural moment demonstrates that prayer and fasting are just as urgently needed for the “poor deluded rebels in America” today as they were when the nation was new.
