Recent content by Barack

  1. Barack

    Is it a waste to pray against your true feelings?

    Thank you! Your insight on John 3:16 and "believing" made my day... I see it differently now and my spirit rejoices! :)
  2. Barack

    Hi everyone...!

    Thank you for your kind words, Isny. Peace and blessings to you, also.
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    Hi everyone...!

    Hi, I'm glad to meet you. Yes, I lived in Clearwater for 19 years until I moved to NM almost 6 years ago. I worked in St Petersburg, too, until I retired. I loved Tampa Bay. Did you know Tampa Bay was discovered by Hernando DeSoto on Pentecost Sunday, 1539, and named "Bahia De Espiritu Santo" or...
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    Hi everyone...!

    Thank you for your warm welcome and kind words, TabinRivCA. Your ministry with the homeless is greatly needed and I am happy to meet you. A mentor and friend of mine is doing pioneering work with the homeless in San Francisco and the Bay Area. If you like, I can point you in his direction. Ted...
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    Hi everyone...!

    …I received Christ the summer of 1974 at Daystar Ministries in Fargo, ND while a student at Moorhead State University. During most of my life, my Christian life was uneventful until the summer of 1998 when I became involved with Harvest Evangelism. A pilgrimage to Israel with my son followed in...
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    Is it a waste to pray against your true feelings?

    Hi Bro... After reading your short post I feel I should point out that your first sentence conflicts with your second sentence. First, you say, "Prayer, when the heart is NOT involved is just words." Next you point out that Jesus chastised prayers that are great in words but NOT done "with...
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    Is it a waste to pray against your true feelings?

    If you know that your heart wishes evil to befall those you pray for, then either your prayer needs to change or you need a new heart. You need a new heart, brother, a heart after God's heart. The good news is that God promises to give you that new heart in Ezekiel 36:26. Ask Him for it. If...