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		<title>Things That Are</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s something about me you probably don’t know.  I’m a wrestler.  Most of the time, I wrestle powers, principalities, rulers of darkness, and spiritual wickedness in high places into ineffectiveness.  What a Holy Spirit power surge that is!  There are other times, however, that the bout doesn’t appear to be such a sure thing.  At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Locked In</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[closing prayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we walk by faith and pray by faith, we are not moved by what we see.  It might be a long time before we see with natural eyes what we have long-since seen as finished in the spirit.  The situation could even worsen in ways that tempt us to believe it will never improve.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Goo is Gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adjusting the focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hindrances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1 Corinthians 2:16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addressing God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bold prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chewing gum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s really difficult to remove all the sticky residue off your shoe after stepping on a discarded piece of chewing gum, even when the solid part is gone.  This is especially true when that gum was softening in the heat before you stepped on it, allowing the stickiness to reach its full quality.  Every lift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand and Pray</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[simplicity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]1 No, this is not a re-print of last month’s Prayer Nugget.  I thought we were finished with that lesson when I wrote it, since it packs a powerful punch with the Word of God.  Even now, the revelation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The One Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adjusting the focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cry of the heart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew by the Spirit my friend was frustrated – very frustrated.  His heart’s desire was to do the Father’s will in every part of his life.  Though he had invested much time, effort, and expense in making major changes according to what he thought was the Lord’s leading, it seemed as though nothing had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encouragement in Endurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colossians 1:11-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouragement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dictionary defines endurance as “the ability to withstand hardship or adversity, especially the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity.” God’s Word tells us that we need to endure, practice endurance, grow in endurance, etc. (Hebrews 10:36, Romans 5:3-4, James 1:2-4, e.g.) Since most of us focus on the hardship, adversity, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Clear &#8211; Confusion is Gone</title>
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		<comments>http://www.prayforthenation.org/prayer-nuggets/its-clear-confusion-is-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adjusting the focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2 Chronicles 7:14]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[clarity of purpose]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[compass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How merciful God is towards us – towards me! So many times I have allowed myself to be pulled back into the familiar place of confusion with all its unrest; yet, He lovingly leads me back to the place I belong in Him, where there is peace and order and clarity. My prayer is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Always on My Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adjusting the focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1 Peter 5:6-7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom in prayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it that’s always on my mind? The honest answer is that too much of the time I have me on my mind. When I have me on my mind so much, I spend too much time praying for and about me. After all, James 4:2 says that we have not because we ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make a New Start!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adjusting the focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acknowledge Him]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, as I began waking up and starting my usual process of planning what I was going to do that day, there was a sudden shift of focus. In hindsight, I can only say that the Holy Spirit redirected my thoughts toward God without my being aware of it happening. I thought about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Think Affects My Prayer Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Stocking</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adjusting the focus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you first read the title, you might think I’ve gotten it backwards – that it’s my prayer life that affects how I think. Definitely, an effective prayer life affects my thoughts. If you will stay with me on this, however, I think you will come to see that it works the other way, as [...]]]></description>
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