May 20, 2013
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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Last week our seven year old son said something after the Lord’s Prayer that I have been thinking ever since. It was nothing earth-shattering but profoundly true nonetheless. He said that the Lord’s Prayer was a practical prayer. Indeed! I … Continue reading
Pin ItMay 3, 2013
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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Do you believe in the power of prayer? Or do you think that Jesus promised too much for us? He told his disciples that God will give them whatever they ask in Jesus’ name. And, yet, we don’t get everything … Continue reading
Pin ItOctober 27, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened, till the mountains of obstacles are … Continue reading
Pin ItOctober 20, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes … Continue reading
Pin ItOctober 13, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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If you don’t pray often, you won’t gain a love for praying. Prayer is work, and therefore it is not very appealing to our natural sensibilities. But the simple rule for prayer is this: Begin praying and your taste for … Continue reading
Pin ItAugust 1, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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Too often we downgrade the importance of prayer. “We can’t do anything but pray”, you hear people saying. What? When we pray, we invite God to step into our problems, into our lives. When God gets into the equation, anything … Continue reading
Pin ItJuly 11, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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There is a fine line between being totally surrendered to God and letting lazily go. I always struggle when a person tells me that they don’t need to plan anything ahead because God will guide them. Don’t get me wrong. … Continue reading
Pin ItMay 26, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity…if we want to see might wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God’s standing challenge, “Call unto me, … Continue reading
Pin ItMay 19, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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O thou by whom we come to God, The Life, the Truth, the Way, The path of prayer thyself hast trod: Lord, teach us how to pray. (James Montgomery, 1771-1854) My Lord and my God, take me from all that … Continue reading
Pin ItMay 12, 2012
by Mari-Anna Stålnacke @flowingfaith
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Time spent alone with God is not wasted. It changes us; it changes our surroundings; and every Christian who would live the life that counts, and who would have power for service must take time to pray.~ M.E. Andross There … Continue reading
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