Featured Blog Posts – February 2016 Archive (4)

The Syrian refugee crisis is the worst refugee crisis of since World War II. More than 13.5 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian assistance. More than 4 million have fled the country and are living as refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, European countries and around the world.

This is how the PrayForRefugees website summarizes the huge crisis currently facing Syria and neighboring…

Everything you need to live an abundant life comes from the Lord. At least that’s what Jesus said – “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).  So how then, can you have an abundant life without continual communication with the Lord?  The answer is, “You can’t.”  Have you ever thought, how many things we think have to be modified by the adjective, ““abundant” in order to be meaningful, and successful?  Abundant money.  Abundant time. …

The etymological root of the word bless in the Old Testament is, to kneel! The implications of the idea are explosive. In northern Europe, inside one of the great cathedrals, there is a triptych of paintings depicting prayer. The first portrays a marketplace scene full of hurried activity, merchants selling and shoppers bartering. The second offers…

If you were to create an annual prayer calendar with the most significant prayer events included, one of those "must-have" events would be Seek God for the City, the Lenten prayer campaign promoted each year by Waymakers.