May 19, 2013

Grammy-winning Producer Keith Harris Shares How Prayer, Practice and Patience Led Him to the Black Eyed Peas

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*Before Keith Harris became the Grammy award-winning drummer, song-writer and producer for the Black Eyed Peas he humbly played drums for a church in Boston, making a four-hour drive each way from New York to participate. What seemed like an unrealistic job to others was actually a divine assignment to prepare him for his future, [...]




Does Prayer Really Work? – A Scientific Study

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*Have you ever seen or experienced medically documented miracles as a result of your prayers? ” … or maybe it was the result of someone else’s prayers? I certainly have! And for many years, I was a Christian skeptic, says Larry Dozier on ChristianPost.com. As you may know, there is religious teaching in Christianity today [...]




A Funny Prayer Break

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*This is one of those funny things you share amongst family and friends. Take a moment to laugh: In church I heard a lady in the pew next to me saying a prayer. It was so sweet and sincere that I just had to share with you. “Dear Lord, This has been a tough two [...]




Family of Usher’s Stepson: ‘We Ask That You Continue to Pray’

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*The former stepson of singer Usher Raymond remained in critical condition in an Atlanta hospital Tuesday, four days after he was injured while riding in an inner tube at a north Georgia lake, his family told CNN. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] A personal water craft crashed into Kile Glover, 11, and a girl as [...]




Gordon MacDonald: Prayer Changes Things

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*In my childhood home, a small plaque hung on the kitchen wall. It said, Prayer Changes Things, says Gordon MacDonald at  Christianity Today. This little motto sparked my first theological musings on the nature of prayer … not too bad when you’re only five or six years old. Could this really be true? I often wondered, as [...]




A Prayer for Bobbi-Kristina

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*“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal,” Thomas Moore. Bobbi-Kristina my heart goes out to you. My prayer to you is from a MOM to a child with a bereaved heart: “God I ask that you send your angels to surround this dear child with all of the love and support that she needs [...]




Today’s Scripture and Prayer

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*Today’s Scripture: But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind” (James 1:6) A PRAYER FOR TODAY Father God, today I praise You and honor You because You are God. I put my faith and trust in [...]




The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: The Power of Influence

As I was getting ready to board a plane in Indianapolis last Saturday on my way back to Dallas I got an alert on my iPhone; a bunch of people had left me Facebook messages. The topic: “You know you went to TSU if ….”  That’s all it took for me to go down memory [...]




Cathy Hughes Encourages Prayer Via New Christian Site

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*Radio One is on the move yall, and don’t get left behind. Founder, Cathy Hughes recently announced the launch of a new Christian website. The new site, Christian5xTimers.com has inspired her new ventures in her career as well. “Everyone said, ‘Write about your career in Black radio, but it wasn’t until we launched [the site] [...]




Prayer is for Real Men

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*From the bcnn.com gospel blog: I stumbled upon a discussion amongst manly Christian men, the kind who love Wild at Heart and in-your-face preaching by pastors with untucked shirttails, and who harbor visions of standing up to thugs and infidels. They were discussing how best to fight evil in the world. I suggested we all [...]




A Boy’s Prayer Prompts Surrender

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*Oscar Almaguer prayed with his mom Friday at the funeral for his neighbor Maria Hernandez, who was sweeping the end of her north Houston driveway last week when someone ran her over. “God, let the person who did this say ‘I’m sorry’ and tell them to come out,” the 5-year-old boy said. The next day, [...]




Dr. Conrad Murray Prays with Joel Osteen

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*Dr. Conrad Murray, the man charged in Michael Jackson’s death, visited Joel Osteen’s mega-church in Houston on Sunday for private prayer between morning services. According to sources at Lakewood Church, Murray met with Joel and his wife Victoria for about 10 minutes in between the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. sermons. Joel’s brother Paul was also [...]




Obama Summons for Prayer

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*If President Obama fails to intervene to allow controversial evangelist Franklin Graham to lead a National Day of Prayer event Thursday inside the Pentagon, “it will be a slap in the face of all Christians,” Graham said Tuesday. And invited or not, he’ll stand in front of the Pentagon and pray, Graham said in an [...]




We Hear Jesus

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*A majority of Americans believe Jesus speaks to them in some form or another, finds a new survey. Fifty-two percent of Americans said Jesus speaks to them by influencing or connecting directly with their mind, emotions or feelings, according to a survey conducted by The Barna Group. Slightly more than two in five people said [...]




Obama and Graham Grab a Prayer

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*President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage Sunday to Billy Graham’s mountainside home, concluding his North Carolina vacation with his first meeting with the ailing evangelist who has counseled commanders in chief since Dwight Eisenhower. The 48-year-old president made the short drive to Montreat from Asheville, where he spent the weekend, to see the 91-year-old Graham [...]