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“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” → Mark 1:15
Ask the Lord to help you to know your sins as they really are.
Lord, your Spirit reminds me daily of where I am in relation to You. When once my own spirit was [...]

For what or whom are you most grateful? Least grateful?
Dad, this is one of the hardest questions I’ve ever had to consider and even more difficult to share. I am most grateful for my sons, K and S. K is amazing in his charisma and musical talent. He is charming but very [...]

In regards to Luke 17:11-19, thank the Lord for 10 benefits you have been given.
Dad, I have been live those 9 lepers more than once - coming to you begging for deliverance and forgetting to thank You shortly thereafter. Forgive me.
And of these few things I am thankful…

I have more than a job. [...]

What does Jesus judge about hatred, injustice, hurts, success, laughter? What do you judge about them? At this point, go back over the last two weeks of prayer. What commitments do you make? Go back over the whole month of your prayers. What was good? Not so good? Will you continue?
Lord, I [...]

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” → Romans 12:2
How will you go about doing this?
Dad, my mind feels like an overdue library [...]

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” → Romans 8:38-39
Paul is [...]

What does Jesus think of strength, death, life after death, failure, poverty? Do you agree?
Lord, you say “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” (Isaiah 55:8). You view strength (and everything else) differently than I do. You see my weakness as a good thing. I can’t help but [...]

What does Jesus think of separation from family and friends, healing, love of family and friends, courage? Do you agree?
Lord, no man can know what You think for You are God. You gave us Your word and the means to come to you through Jesus that we may know You and Your voice. [...]

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things” → Philippians 4:8
Are you willing to choose what helps most to your salvation? Are you willing to do what Paul says in Philippians 4:8?
Dad, this scripture [...]

Can you value pain, suffering, violence, illness? Does Jesus value them? Explain.
Lord, this is a difficult topic for me to answer and consider as I have been asked this very thing dozens of times by followers of You and those who find it hard to believe. Can I put a value on pain, suffering, [...]

“…so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,” → Philippians 1:10
Paul says you should “value the things that really matter — up to the very day of Christ.” Do you? Do you want to?
Dad, what really matters? Is it [...]

Do you agree that you should not prefer anything for its own sake, but only as God wills? Give examples, please.
God has given us free will and even scholars cannot conclusively agree on what “free will” means. I don’t believe that my every preference to something is (or should be) directly tied to my [...]

“So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.” → 1 Corinthians 3:21-23
What does this mean? Why does the Lord give [...]

What do you think Jesus thinks of good health, wealth, beauty, new life? What are your thoughts about them?
Dad, these exercises are really causing me to think differently. I feel like I’m being challenged more and more to justify why I believe what I do. Here I grow again.
In my selfish mode, I [...]

“Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God” → Psalm 149:4
Do you have that awareness? Do you want it?
Lord, that’s a clarity that I can say that I have but if I sit in complete silence and prayer [...]