by Bill Elliff
April 23, 2024
I have three pastors that I have met with every year for an accountability retreat. It is one of the highlights of my year and other than my family, these brothers are my richest relational treasure. We talk every week, and our lives now are intricately intertwined. We will ride into the sunset together, by the grace of God.
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by Bill Elliff
April 18, 2024
Psalm 107 calls us to “consider the lovingkindness of the Lord” (Vs. 43). Each paragraph illustrates God’s lovingkindness to a different group of people, always people who did not deserve it. See if these describe you right now or have in the past.
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by Bill Elliff
April 03, 2024
Every reason He had for seclusion should be our reason. The man always available and even seeking the limelight is not the One we should follow. “Pay no attention,” Tozer said, “to a man who pays no attention to God.” Follow the man who often slips away to pray. This man will have something from God to say when the crowds appear.
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by Bill Elliff
April 01, 2024
The Psalmist recognized the brevity of life, but most of us don't. "As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years … for soon it is gone and we fly away" (Psalm 90:10). We act as if there are many days to accomplish the work set before us, when in reality, there are but a few. It is important that each day be maximized, and the path to its usefulness is prayer.
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by Bill Elliff
March 28, 2024
The Bible is a prayer book. Every page can be prayed to the Lord. Every truth can form our communication with the Father as we pray for people and situations.
Here is a powerful and beautiful prayer to pray over those you love.
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by Bill Elliff
March 07, 2024
“All things are possible with God.” Mediate on this verse from the lips of Jesus Himself. Ask God to lead you by His Spirit into God-initiated prayer, and then believe God for the impossible. Your Spirit-led, faith-filled prayers will glorify Him as He answers with the impossible.
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by Bill Elliff
December 28, 2023
Waiting is hard. No one likes uncertainty. Something inside us longs for the instant gratification of moving on, getting it done, and moving to the next chapter.
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by Bill Elliff
November 20, 2023
Hezekiah had become wise through years of following God. In this moment of crisis, his wisdom was tested, and he took the most essential step and gave us a model for dealing with those who oppose the work of God.
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by Bill Elliff
October 23, 2023
God is a speaking God, as Tozer says. He has spoken, and the written Word is a record of His voice. But before the Word was written, He spoke, and since the Word has been written, He continues to speak. In fact, His Spirit enlivens the written Word, speaking it to our hearts. Without this active communication, we would not be able to understand a single written word.
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by Bill Elliff
October 19, 2023
We are never on better praying grounds than when our prayers are for His glory … when we ask for things that will show the world who He is.
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by Bill Elliff
August 01, 2023
Is there something in the blank for you—even seemingly good things that rob you of the God-life? Or have you discovered the blessed, secure, sufficient only-ness of God?
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by Bill Elliff
July 13, 2023
When you are weak, do you quit? Do you wallow in despair and self-pity? Do you resign yourself to a second-best effort? Do you try to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps? Or do you, like David, say, "For YOU are the God of my strength!"
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