Category Archive: Worship - Page 4

Biblical Reasons God does not answer some prayers
Posted May 15th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard

The Bible promises that God answers the prayers of his people.  But there are occasions in the Scriptures where God does not answer, and in some texts, does not even hear our prayers.  This does not mean that God needs a hearing aid, rather that prayer is first and foremost a relational activity between God [...]

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Biblical reasons to pray
Posted May 11th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard

I mentioned on Sunday that I was going to publish a few blogs this week on the issue of prayer and our prayer lives.  I am going to pick several topics about prayer, and then let the Bible speak for itself.  Most of these will be lists with Scripture passages.  In this blog I am [...]

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Prayer Emphasis – Prayer Calendar
Posted April 30th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard

During May, we are going to have a church-wide prayer emphasis.  The Elders believe that our church needs to develop and grow in our individual and corporate prayer lives.  We see, even in ourselves a lack of dependence on God, a lack of desperation to experience His presence, and a shallowness in our prayer. As [...]

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Questions and Doubts #2
Posted October 17th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard

When reading the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, how can God be seen as a loving God, when he strikes down so many people?  He seems more like an angry hateful God to me. This is one of those deep thinking, philosophical questions.  I’ll try to give a few simple responses, but at the [...]

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Devotion – Hosea 4
Posted May 8th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard

You will become what you worship.  I’m not talking about singing a few songs or saying prayer or two.  You and I were made to worship, and our hearts will exalt something to the place of supremacy.  What happens is that our lives will become an image of that which we place as supreme in [...]

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