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Prayer is the Work
August 22nd, 2025
Years ago, I led a mission trip to Africa with some friends.  It was large group, and we had three things going every single day: Medical Clinics, time in the villages teaching children, and open crus...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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"All to the glory of God"
August 21st, 2025
I saw a picture the other day of two beach chairs on the sand turned away from the water and thought about our life. It seems strange to me that the two chairs are turned away from the water…isn’t the...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Work at it
August 20th, 2025
I rarely get out of bed saying, “Praise God, it’s morning.”  I tend to wake up saying, “Oh Lord, it’s morning…how can it already be time to get up.”  The days that I have to get up at 4 am or earlier ...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Keep on Praying
August 19th, 2025
I wish I could say all my days were like the one I described yesterday, but I can say the more time I spend with Jesus the better it gets.I don’t get caught up in the details.  I always read the Scrip...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Don't Hang Up
August 18th, 2025
This weekend was a time for me to refuel spiritually.  I spent almost the entire day Friday alone with God, and then Saturday was also free to just sit and be in His presence.  Kim had things to do, H...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Speak Lord
August 14th, 2025
“There’s plenty of the Word of God, it’s just that you don’t hear it.”...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Sovereignty and Prayer part 2
August 13th, 2025
I want to come back to prayer and sovereignty, make sure you read yesterday’s blog, but this time let’s go back to 1 Kings 18.  James points out Elijah’s example in terms of prayer, but this passage f...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Sovereignty and Prayer
August 12th, 2025
From time to time I hear people say, “If God is Sovereign, why pray?”  I usually answer, “It is because God is Sovereign that I pray.”  I think the question comes more from a misunderstanding of God’s...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Are you Spiritually Dry?
August 11th, 2025
Have you ever reached the point that you are so hungry or thirsty that you feel you are going to pass out…you get to the true point of being famished.  When you come to that point the answer is obviou...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Following the Prompts of God
August 8th, 2025
As we learn to pray, we will have to learn to trust God and to follow His prompts.  Have you ever found yourself burdened for someone…maybe in the middle of the night?Years ago, my dad woke up in the ...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Learning to Listen
August 7th, 2025
The great need in our life is to learn to discern the voice of God....  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Danger of not praying
August 6th, 2025
Of all the quotes I shared from PT Forsyth’s book yesterday, the one that scares me most is, “Not to want to pray, then, is the sin behind sin.  And it ends in not being able to pray.”Is there a time ...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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