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Pray so as to be pleasing to God

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now              Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Pray so as to be pleasing to God     1 Kings 3:3-14 tells us about a prayer that King Solomon prayed to God—a prayer that the Bible says was pleasing to Him. Prayers that are pleasing to God are crucial when we approach Him. One night, God appeared to Solomon and said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you." Imagine that! Almighty, all-powerful God, who has everything, shows up and asks you, “What do you want? I will give it to you.” If that happened to you—if God appeared and said, “Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you,” what would you ask for? When I thought about it, I realized I wouldn’t know what to ask because our desires keep changing. I also read a study that confirmed how people’s needs...

Restoration is Possible

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  In the 2000 years of Christianity, there are only two recorded occasions where the church was officially closed around the world. The first was during the Spanish Flu which occurred in 1918 and ended in 1920. This year 2020 will be the second time this has happened due to the COVID -19, exactly a hundred years after the first one. Wars and persecution did not close the church in the past, swords and battles did not stop worship in history. Today the church is closed like those who lived 100 years ago during the Spanish Flu. We are asked to worship from home because of an invisible enemy that threatens our health and life. The gatherings and the rituals we cherish have become public danger and if we must survive, life as we know it must be put on hold or we need to adapt. Pope Francis lamented the present predicament when he noted that “a thick darkness has gathered over our squares,...