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Prayer Changes things

  Jonah 3:4-10 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.6 The word …

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The second day of Lent—Taking our Thoughts Captive

  Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love!    Wipe away my wrongdoings according to your great compassion!2 Wash me completely clean of my guilt;    purify me from my sin!3 Because I know my wrongdoings,    my sin is always right in front of me.4 I’ve sinned against you—you alone. Create a clean heart for me, God;    put a new, faithful …

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Day One of Lent—Ash Wednesday, Prayer and Fasting

  Matthew 6:6-15 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they …

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The Importance of Prayer

Genesis 4:25-26 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” 26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on …

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The Lord willing and the Creek Don’t Rise

  James 4:13-17 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while …

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