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Earlier this year, my husband Roy and I had the opportunity of spending a day at The Art Institute of Chicago…I was not so much interested in the pieces within the museum, but to experience the architect’s handiwork…

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I have a distinct childhood memory of sitting in church and hearing a group sing “You can’t stand on promises if you don’t know what they are.”...That upbeat ditty left a lasting impression on my young mind.

It was Tuesday morning, 10:00 a.m., and my shift had just begun at the mall. The shift from singleness to companionship. It was the morning I met my wife.

Approximately 600 years before Jesus was born, a young man named Daniel was taken captive by the Babylonians, along with some of his friends. They were part of the Jewish aristocracy of Jerusalem, and most likely watched their parents die in the destruction that fell upon their city.

Have you ever had a conversation with someone and promised them that you would pray for them and their situation, only to remember sometime later when you spoke to them again that you had completely forgot to pray?

There is a Bible passage in which Jesus emphatically commands us to ask for the Holy Spirit. I know of no other passage where Jesus so lovingly urged us to take something to heart.

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Many times the Bible says that Jesus was "moved with compassion." The Latin root of compassion has a different meaning than sympathy or pity. It means co-suffering. Christ did not just feel "sorry for" but He felt "sorry with" the ones with whom He came in contact.

What is a promise? It is a declaration that one will do exactly what they say. When God makes a promise, you can count on Him to fulfill it. You can cast all your cares upon Him and run with outstretched arms, expecting it to be realized.

The days were hot and stifling, the nights cold and sleepless. He had eaten nothing for weeks. Soon the interrogator would arrive with his diabolical torments. How much more could one man endure?

My drives to work or church always start with a simple prayer for protection and the Lord to be with me. Little did I know how much that prayer was needed on this particular day!