Tag: John Calvin
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Prayer Challenge Thirteen
Devotion: “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” ~ Hebrews 10:23, ESV. Challenge: God does answer prayer… Calvin’s fourth and final rule for pray is “to pray with confidence and hope.” God always answers our prayers according to His will not our will. God, as…
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Prayer Challenge Twelve
Devotion: “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? … But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will…
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Prayer Challenge Eleven
Devotion: “But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other.” ~ Luke 18:13-14a (ESV). Challenge: Depending on God… John Calvin’s second…
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Prayer Challenge Ten
Devotion: “In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.” ~ Proverbs 14:26-27 (ESV). Challenge: Fear and awe of God… In John Calvin’s work ‘Institutes of the…