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Hope, inheritance and power

Hope, inheritance and power

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Paul’s prayer is for experiential knowledge, the enlightening of your heart, not just your brain. Good academics, sound doctrine, is very good. I get thrilled with academically sound doctrine. But, sound doctrine, even with a little questionable academics, that has been seared into your heart by the Holy Spirit’s spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him is far better. It is the truth that has been made powerfully alive in you as a result of this encounter with the Holy Spirit that Paul is praying for the Ephesians, and we should pray for ourselves.

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How to pray for your enemies.

How to pray for your enemies.

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Jesus commands us to love our enemies. The Old Testament tells us that the greatest commandment is that we love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, and might 1 and our neighbor as ourselves. Sometimes our neighbor is an enemy. At first blush, the prayer of Psalm 7 appears to violate these commands to love our neighbors, including those who are our enemies.

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Regardless of our political perspective, what do we all want?

Regardless of our political perspective, what do we all want?

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Whether I am politically a radical left-wing progressive, a centrist, a radical right-winger, or anything in between, what I really want and what my political philosophy is trying to achieve is a good government that will provide the best for me and the society to which I belong. I believe we all want the same outcome of peace and prosperity, all people loving and treating one another accordingly. That would solve the problems of humanity at a certain level. We would have no homelessness, no poverty, and no starvation. Couldn’t we all say Amen to a government like that? Don’t we all want those kinds of results?

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My story in brief…

Christ first came into my life at the age of 5 during a series of evangelistic meetings in our tiny country Quaker church house in Gate, Oklahoma. Since then it has been a process of “Stumbling forward by grace, through faith in Christ.” I experienced a significant personal revival at the age of 19 and have been much in love with the Lord ever since…five decades-plus.

My passion is to enjoy the Lord by encouraging others to make progress in their lives…living life successfully. I do that primarily through my disciple-making efforts and through my writing.

I spent about 20 years in public ministry and at the age of 40 decided that I had allowed my passion for ministry to impede my prior duty to my family, so I stepped aside. I found a new career as a financial advisor and now make my living serving my financial planning clients.

I now consider myself to be a bi-vocational minister of the gospel.

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