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Welcome back to “Praying the Names of Jesus.” If you missed the explanation for the name of Jesus we’re studying this week, click here or scroll down to Monday’s entry. I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet…

Are there specific times every day that you eat too much, and you know it but cannot control it? A lot of people who come to my workshops say that they overeat at night, after dinner, and before bed. Or perhaps you’re a late afternoon over-consumer. I can relate to this phenomenon. Often around 4…

“A little 3 year old boy – he is in pain and unable to walk – doctors are unable to tell the parents what is wrong.” –blueyegirl Add your prayers now

[1] In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, [2] I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: [3] And if I send them away fasting to their…

Mark 8:1-10 1 In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, he called his disciples and said to them, 2 “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away hungry to…

“Take the time to thank someone who has shown kindness to your family. Perhaps a teacher has gone the extra mile, or the bus driver always gives your son a thumb’s up. Notice the kindness and appreciate the giver.” –Mimi Doe

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” –Bill Cosby

And [Jesus] said, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!” (Mark 4:9). Jesus is not afraid to warn people, and sometimes rather sternly (see Matt. 7:24-27 as another of many examples). But we’re not comfortable doing that lest we be accused of sticking our noses in other people’s business. We want to avoid being judgmental.…

It is easier to generate compassion while visualizing a sentient being who is very destitute, but we need also to reflect on persons who do not seem to be suffering at all, but who are in truth acting in ways that will eventually bring about manifest suffering. Insight From the Dalai Lama: 2007 Calendar,” Copyright…

[24] And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. [25] For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:…

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