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Be Like Jesus–Pray for Others

Rick Hamlin Posted on February 4, 2015 by Rick HamlinFebruary 4, 2015

“You’re never more like Jesus than when you pray for others,” Max Lucado says in his new book Before Amen. When I read those words I thought, “Wow,” then paused and asked, “Do I really feel like Jesus when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged bread, daughter, depression, email, enemies, Faith, father, financial, Guideposts, help, illness, Jesus, loss, love, Luke, ourprayer, peace, Power of Prayer, Pray, pray for others, prayed, Prayer, praying, reading, relief, rick hamlin, volunteer

Confessions of a Lousy Christmas Shopper

Rick Hamlin Posted on December 23, 2014 by Rick HamlinJanuary 28, 2015

To know someone is to love them and to love them means getting to know them. There is nothing more intimidating to me than the yawning approach of the holidays–birthdays come second place–and the prospect of trying to find the … Continue reading →

Posted in Holiday | Tagged best friends, choosing the perfect gift, Christmas, christmas shopping, Christmas tree, friends, gift, gifts, giving, goodness, Guideposts, hate shopping, help, Holy Week, Jesus, leaves, love, malls, poor, Prayer, presents, rick hamlin, show, summer, wife

The Missing Socks Prayer

Rick Hamlin Posted on November 19, 2014 by Rick HamlinJanuary 29, 2015

Where do my missing socks disappear to? Why do I have all these singles that are missing their mates? Are some things beyond prayer? This truly seems like one of life’s existential mysteries. Socks disappear. I don’t know where they … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer | Tagged Edward Grinnan, Guideposts, help, israel, Jesus, laundry, lost, missing, missing socks, mysterious, neighbor, Prayer, praying, rick hamlin, siblings, socks, victim, wife, 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 →

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