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how can we be the friend of God

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  By   Helen Calder <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6141991805901500" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- display ads --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6141991805901500" data-ad-slot="3245609933" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> Copy code snippet When you consider the question, ‘Do you want to be a friend of God?’ does something stir in your heart? Being a friend of God, as well as His son or daughter, resonates strongly with those of us who are called to prophetic ministry and prayer. <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6141991805901500"      crossorigin=...

what is love

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  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6141991805901500" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- display ads --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6141991805901500" data-ad-slot="3245609933" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> Copy code snippet One way to get a sense of why love should matter so much, why it might be considered close to the meaning of life, is to look at the challenges of loneliness. Too often, we leave the topic of loneliness unmentioned: those without anyone to hold feel shame; those with someone (a background degree of) guilt. But the pains of loneliness are an unembarrassing and universal possibility. We shouldn’t – on top ...

the story of jabez

  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6141991805901500" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- display ads --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6141991805901500" data-ad-slot="3245609933" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> The Old Testament of the Bible contains many mysterious passages. In 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, we find a short prayer uttered by an obscure man: "Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him 'Jabez' saying, 'Because I bore him with pain.' Now, Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, Lord, bless me indeed and expand my territory. Keep Your hand on me, and keep evil from me, th...

the story of jesus birth

  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6141991805901500" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- display ads --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6141991805901500" data-ad-slot="3245609933" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> Where to Find the Christmas Story in Your Bible Matthew 1:18-25, 2:1-12; Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-20. The Angel Gabriel Foretells the Birth of Jesus Mary , a young teenager, was living in the village of Nazareth and engaged to be married to  Joseph , a Jewish carpenter. One day God sent the angel Gabriel to visit Mary. The angel told Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the  Holy Spirit . She would give birth to th...