Disciples of Jesus need to learn how to pray. Prayer is not something we learn to do once and then know how to do correctly for the rest of our lives. Learning to pray consists of a lifetime of persistence and struggle. But when we struggle with God in prayer, it is not an indication that something is wrong but that everything is right. Struggle is part of the very nature of prayer and at the heart of the blessings it brings in our lives of faith.
“All are welcome!” Is that true at our church? Is it conceivable that a stranger could walk into our church and for some reason...
He lives! We live!
Our sight tends to be the sense we trust most. We say we will believe something when we see it. That presents a problem...