Category Archives: prayer

Greed and Glory from Men: The Appearance of the Apostle Paul, Part 2

Posted on 07/20/2010 by Paul Pavao

This series started by looking at Paul’s boldness and his avoidance of flattering speech. All of these attributes come from 1 Thessalonians 2, and they are all the result of one thing: Paul’s focus on and commitment to the Gospel … Continue reading →

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Answered Prayer Revisited

Posted on 05/10/2010 by Paul Pavao

This morning my warehouse manager, Dean, came in to tell me that his mom had just called from Sacramento shouting, "I’m healed, I’m healed." A few weeks ago, a set of shelves (installed by her and her husband) fell off … Continue reading →

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Baptism and the Sinner’s Prayer

Posted on 02/23/2010 by Paul Pavao

This is a response I just sent to someone. There’s nothing personal in it, so I wanted to post this here. I hope there’s something helpful in it: The thing that helped me most with baptism was comparing it to … Continue reading →

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Back Surgery and the Help of God

Posted on 07/24/2009 by Paul Pavao

This is not meant to be a blog about my personal life, but … Yesterday my wife had back surgery for a bulging disk. It was huge; 18 mm, for those that have an idea of what that is. The … Continue reading →

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The Book of Acts Today

Posted on 06/22/2009 by Paul Pavao

I already wrote a blog this morning. I’m going to write another, anyway. I got a newsletter from Gospel for Asia, and I loved reading their first story. They trained a man named Joseph Rao in India for three years, … Continue reading →

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Answer to Prayer

Posted on 02/24/2009 by Paul Pavao

Actually, this is an answer to a prayer that wasn’t even prayed. Sometimes he answers before we even call on him. One of the school projects for our Jr. High boys was to build a windmill and learn about power … Continue reading →

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The Presence of God

Posted on 01/17/2009 by Paul Pavao

The comments are turned back on. I found a much better spam filter that I was able to add as a plugin. They had great instructions, so it wasn’t too hard to figure out how to do it. I have … Continue reading →

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Prayer Answers #7 – Last Post of 2008

Posted on 01/01/2009 by Paul Pavao

I visited a local church tonight with three other adults and about 10 of our teenagers. We were only there for about an hour and a half, which was completely filled by the testimony portion of their New Year’s Eve … Continue reading →

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Prayer Answers 6

Posted on 12/30/2008 by Paul Pavao

This is another old story, but it addresses well the fact that there are some people God listens to more than he does others. In case you didn’t know that, it’s true. In fact, it’s very true. As a very … Continue reading →

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Prayer Answers #5

Posted on 12/28/2008 by Paul Pavao

Here’s another one that got emailed to me. I have some comments at the end about what I like about this one. About ten years ago, while still living at home shortly after graduating from my undergraduate studies. My mother, … Continue reading →

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