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Dinner prayers

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: November 18, 2008
While I’m usually out the door to work before the kids have breakfast, we do have the chance to have dinner together as a family. Part of that time is the dinner prayer. Rather than some great expository proclamation, mealtime prayers tend to be fairly routine, especially when you’re teaching young kids to pray. Ours tends [...]
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Lux aeterna luceat eis Domine

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: September 22, 2008
“The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” (Matthew 13:43) Lux aeterna luceat eis Domine cum sanctis tuis in aeternum: quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis. Rest in peace, Pam, rest in peace…
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What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 13, 2008
HT: Mikey’s Funnies A ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was [...]
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Pruning the vine, vertigo and the powers of this dark world

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 28, 2008
Brian at συνεσταυρωμαι has written recently about the reality of spiritual warfare and the power of prayer to destroy the strongholds of the enemy. I had written earlier about the connection between our physical condition and the unseen war – the early comments to Brian’s first post underscore this thread of discussion. (Especially regarding the [...]
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Lancelot Andrewes

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: April 16, 2008
I’m continuing to make progress through Harold Best’s “Unceasing Worship” book and hope to have a few more posts or thoughts on some of the content found therein. However, in the meantime, he’s recommended a book of prayers called “The Private Devotions of Lancelot Andrewes” as “an exhaustive collection of all kinds of prayers, all [...]
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