Not many of us stop to think about how we got the Word in our own language: English.
John Wycliffe, a Catholic priest, had a vision for the English peasants. The English language, considered a minority or ‘throw-away’ language in his day (the Church used Latin), Wycliffe believed that it was an injustice for this ‘marginalized group’ NOT to have access to Scripture so that they did not need an intermediary to interpret it for them.
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Every Church Must Make a Decision from the Desiring God blog.
By Justine Hyde
Many people ask me, “What do ‘family devotions’ look like at your house?” or, “How do you pastor your family?” or even more simply, “Do you pray or read the Bible with your wife and children?” Here is one attempt to answer those questions.
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There is No Doubt as to Call of God for us to Pray!
Prayer is not a self-validating exercise; in a world where there is no loving, sovereign God, prayer would be weakness at best and folly at worst. No, each and every prayer is a tiny piece of a great cosmic puzzle, which when fitted together will allow for the completion of the grand picture of the Almighty Lord’s plan for humanity and the universe. We do not merely pray about the many points featured herein, we pray toward something, and that something is magnificent – the fulfilment of the Father’s purposes and His Kingdom come.
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Understanding Prayer in light of God’s Kingdom | Operation World.