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	<title>THE PREACHER-WRITER</title>
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		<title>PRAYER FOR HEALING IN TROUBLED TIMES by Patricia Raybon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From:Patricia Raybon is the author of “I Told the Mountain to Move: Learning to Pray So Things Change”. To purchase the book or get a free prayer guide, “20 Simple Keys to Answered Prayer,” visit www.patriciaraybon.com.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=38&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/prayer-for-healing-in-troubled-times-by-patricia-raybon/</link>
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		<title>GOD&#8217;S AMAZING GRACE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bible always talks about what God has done for us first before it tells us what He wants us to do for Him. The focus is God&#8217;s grace first and our obedience as the by-product. The first three chapters of Ephesians talk about our wealth in Christ or what God has done for us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=36&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/gods-amazing-grace/</link>
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		<title>DARING TO MOVE OUT FROM OUR COMFORT ZONE FOR GOD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the mention of names like Abraham, Moses, David, Joshua, Ruth, Nehemiah, Mary, Paul and Peter, we think of them as great men and women used mightily by God for a special purpose. Each of our names can be placed alongside theirs. We should never underestimate God’s special design for us. He desires to use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=32&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/32/</link>
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		<title>THE GREATEST FATHER OF ALL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What kind of emotion is stirred within you when thoughts of your father come to mind? What kind of father did you grow up with? How a person turns out in his later years says much about his father. How trusting a child is toward his father depends on how trustworthy the father has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=28&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/the-greatest-father-of-all/</link>
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		<title>HOW TO FINISH WELL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


 



BE AWARE OF THE ENEMY. Many Christians do not finish well because they do not comprehend that there is an enemy. Peter warns us: “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). Plainly the Bible tells us that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=24&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/how-to-finish-well-2/</link>
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		<title>THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES US M.A.D. (Make A Difference)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It should not make us mad when people say we are fools for Christ. But when we hear derogatory remarks like, “Why is he like that? Isn&#8217;t he a born-again Christian?” then it may be that we have a part in giving Christianity a bad name. 
In advertising, the “before and after” technique is used to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=20&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/the-holy-spirit-makes-us-mad-make-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT</title>
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The sheep is the most defenseless of all animals. Left untended, it cannot fend for itself. It lacks the ability to outsource food and water. Easily attracted by surrounding sights, it is prone to wander off and fall into crannies.  In many respects, we are so much like sheep. 
 Psalm 23 is a striking, poignant metaphor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=19&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/the-lord-is-my-shepherd-i-shall-not-want/</link>
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		<title>SURRENDERING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS VICTORY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are we as busy as Martha or as quiet as Mary as she lay at the feet of Jesus listening to His teachings? If we never learn to rest and be still before God, to bow before Him in reverence through prayer and Bible study, how can we come to know Him intimately? How can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=17&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/surrendering-to-the-holy-spirit-brings-victory/</link>
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		<title>GROW UP</title>
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After salvation, what&#8217;s next? Spiritual birth is not the end-all of Christianity. One has to go through its progressive stages. No one can ever claim that he has arrived.
Life, in general, is a continuing education. So is Christianity. The moment we stop learning, we stop growing. The moment we stop growing, we will not just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=16&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/grow-up/</link>
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		<title>THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoever we welcome into our lives can influence us, and may even master us. People will see who has control over us by how our lives turn out.  Romans 6:16 says, “Don&#8217;t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com&blog=3741150&post=15&subd=paulmarklacerna&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://paulmarklacerna.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/the-fruit-of-the-spirit/</link>
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