
Why You Should Not Be Timid in Your Prayers
As Jesus taught, keep asking and asking and “it will be given to you.”

As Jesus taught, keep asking and asking and “it will be given to you.”

Whatever challenge or decision you are facing today, pray these words.


Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.—JAMES 5:13 (NIV)

Back in the hospital and waiting for answers, this patient finds medicine in both the clinical and the spiritual.

He was terrified of going into battle in Afghanistan. Then an angelic being soothed his fears.

Volunteers work on and pray over the no-sew blankets, which have comforted more than 3,000 animals.

When it comes to the 4th of July, we can celebrate our freedom as well as remember others in different circumstances.

He said: “Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.”—2 CHRONICLES 6:14 (NIV)

Watching his two sons prepare for fatherhood, this dad reflects on some prayer traditions he learned as a boy.
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