Such a Prayer – Jody’s Devotionals
I want to call attention to my wife’s excellent devotional on prayer.
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ByhenryContinuing my run through the Christian Blog Carnival, Laura has a good post Witnessing – Proselytizing – Defending the Faith. I think there are two important points to keep in mind: Listening to the other person(s) in order to find out what their interest is. I’ve found that many people are interested in discussing my…
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