Category Archives: Prayer

3 Reasons Prayer is Critical in Ministry

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Beyond a National Day of Prayer

The first first Thursday of every May is the annual National Day of Prayer here in the United States. As of 2011, we will have observed this day for 60 years. One might ask, however, when looking at the state of this country, what all those years of this prayer campaign have accomplished. In many ways we are much worse than we were 58 years ago. Two thoughts come to my mind about this. Continue reading


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4 Critical Steps to Effectively Prepare for Vacation Bible School

Preparation for this year’s Vacation Bible School should have begun when last year’s VBS ended, especially step 1. As I look back at the several times I directed and/or co-directed VBS, these are steps I wish I would have taken more seriously and done more strategically. Continue reading


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