Do you feel like you miss out on the peace and joy of Easter every year?  Here’s an Easter meditation and prayer that will help and inspire you. 1.  Identify where you’re missing resurrection.      Another Easter season is past. Some of you walked away from your first Easter service without that loved one.  Some of…

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Praying for your children involves becoming aware of how important your prayers are and then making a practical plan of how to pray for your children during your busy days. Here are some ideas: Praying for the Kids Ok, parents of today’s kids…it’s time.  It’s time to put down your smart phone, put down your…

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If you’re in a life situation where your heart has literally or figuratively failed, prayer can always help improve the condition of your heart as writer David Shelton shares in this life-altering article.  .   Listen to Your Heart So…where are you sitting now while reading this?  Starbucks?  From the sofa in your one-bedroom apartment? …

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What happens when we pray hard and long for justice and we lose?  Inspirational writer David Shelton cries out for justice and finds none here on earth.  Join him as he searches and finds a powerful way to go on in spite of the glaring injustices of life. Praying for Justice I sat in my…

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Are you in the middle of a life situation where there is no peace?  Here’s a way to find peace and refreshment for your body, mind, soul and spirit. Finding Peace I found myself standing alone, the wind blowing over me from left to right.  Every 8 to 10 seconds there was a crash that…

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When the storms of life overwhelm you and you desperately need peace, come with author David Shelton on a figurative prayer journey toward Jesus who is present even in the middle of your storm. Finding Peace A storm does not quite define the situations that we face in life.  The storms of life are more…

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Time and time again we face these dark nights of the soul not knowing what to do or say because it seems that God is silent or is absent.  The same God who said “I will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6, HCSB) seems to have left the room…and you and I sit…

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When praying about the person that you will someday marry, don’t be afraid to ask God for specific traits or characteristics that you are looking for in a spouse.  My wife Kelly and I prayed for each other long before we met.  We prayed for each other in specific detail.  Kelly prayed for a spouse…

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