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Tag Archives: Bible

A Time for Dancing

Rick Hamlin Posted on February 11, 2015 by Rick HamlinFebruary 11, 2015

There’s a season for everything,” goes the book of Ecclesiastes, “a time for mourning and a time for dancing.” It seems like the two are back-to-back in the calendar this year, with dancing, then mourning. First comes Valentine’s Day, February … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 16th birthday, All Saints Episcopal Church, beverly hills, Bible, birthday, blessing, california, career, Church, dance, dancing, father, fred astaire, friends, Guideposts, lent, love, Luke, mourning, movies, music, praise, Prayer, rick hamlin

10 Favorite Bible Passages in Handel’s Messiah

Rick Hamlin Posted on December 17, 2014 by Rick HamlinFebruary 4, 2015

I figured I’d go through and pick my favorite Bible passages in Handel’s “Messiah.” Problem is, it’s all from the Bible, either the King James Version or the psalms from the Book of Common Prayer. At any rate, here are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible | Tagged atonement, Bible, Book of Common Prayer, change, comfort, daughter, Faith, Guideposts, Handel's Messiah, How to Pray Effectively, Jesus, King James Bible, king james version, light, on the journey, Prayer, psalm, Psalms, rejoice, rick hamlin, singing, will, wonder

When Prayers Go Unanswered

Rick Hamlin Posted on November 12, 2014 by Rick HamlinFebruary 4, 2015

“I am so tired of unanswered prayers!” the person wrote to us. “One was almost a yes, we were SO excited, then at the very last minute it was a crushing NO! More tears and heartache! I give up on … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged advice, anger, aramaic, Bible, comfort, despair, Easter, Faith, Guideposts, help, hope, Jesus, loss, pain, persevering, prayed, Prayer, prayers, praying, reassurance, rick hamlin, sorry, Spiritual, tears, tired, unanswered prayer, unanswered prayers, will

Prayer in Action

Rick Hamlin Posted on November 5, 2014 by Rick HamlinFebruary 4, 2015

This morning on the subway I was thinking of that passage from Matthew about how when you do something for “the least of these,” you do it for Jesus. I’d been wondering–praying–how I would know which of “the least of … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Bible, change, charity, Daily Guideposts, editor, enough, food, friends, galatians, Guideposts, help, helping others, homeless, hope, Jesus, love, money, Paul, Power of Prayer, Pray, Prayer, praying, psalm, Psalms, reading, rescue, rick hamlin, Romans, the least of these, walking

First Comes Prayer

Rick Hamlin Posted on October 15, 2014 by Rick HamlinJanuary 29, 2015

Monday morning I sat down to my desk piled with books, files, notes, all screaming at me: “GET TO WORK, RICK! YOU ARE WAY BEHIND.” I logged on to the computer, girded for a backload of emails, all of them … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Bible, compassion, creative, email, goodness, Guideposts, happy, homeless, How to Pray Effectively, kindness, Pray, prayed, Prayer, prayer first, prayer meetings, prayer request, prayer requests, prayers, praying, reading, rick hamlin, sick, unanswered prayers

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Rick Hamlin Posted on September 12, 2014 by Rick HamlinSeptember 12, 2014

It’s an age-old quandary. Why do some of the best people on earth sometimes experience the worst sorrow? I mentioned to a friend at lunch that it’s been my experience that the “unrighteous,” as the Bible puts it, usually do … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible | Tagged Bible, Bible App, Devotionals, iDisciple, Prayer, Scripture
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