By Frank King
It is written, My house shall be called the house of  prayer,” Jesus said concerning the church (Matthew 21:13). He was quoting from
the Book of Isaiah where this was written.  But how often do we hear people refer  to the house of God as the house of prayer? Not very often.

My observation has been that a  local church’s regularly scheduled meeting for corporate prayer is the least  attended of all regularly scheduled opportunities for worship. In over 30 years  of preaching and pastoring, I have not come across one exception to this
statement, though there may be a few. Some churches don’t even have such a  corporate meeting. Hence, we have long ways to go if we are to live up to being  called the house of prayer. Read full article from here:

~ “GOD  LIGHT Sunlight Sonlight” – Wins 6th Award ~  
 
“GOD  LIGHT: Sunlight Sonlight”  by Robert Lloyd Russell has been named the Gold Medal Winner in  the “Religion: Non-Fiction” category of the Readers’ Favorite Book  Awards.
 
Russell’s  latest book in the Christian Concepts Series  received a perfect “5” score in all judging categories.   In summary, the reviewers stated:  
 
  “This book is very well-written and formatted.   At the end of each chapter, the Sunlight—Sonlight parallels are  explained, and there is a Think and Grow section with a few questions to  answer.  Read full article from here

Have you ever gone through a difficult time and  wondered to happened to  some people that you called your friends? Let have a
close look at this  scripture:
 
Proverbs 18:   24
   A man that hath friends must shew  himself  friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a  brother.

Note the phrase ' and there is a friend' which means this does not apply to all friends.

How important is worship and what role should it play in the Christian life?  Throughout Scripture we see worship mentioned in both the Old and New Testament  in various ways. David dancing before the Lord, Jesus rejoicing in the Spirit  and the outporuing of worship in the early church. Bishop T.D. Jakes shares his  idea of worship and what it means to the spiritual life.

Beliefnet: What is worship and what does it mean to you?

 Bishop T.D. Jakes:Well for me worship and my understanding  of worship comes from the Latin word “worth-ship” and it is where we
express God's worth to us in our lives. Worship is essential to really create an  atmosphere for the word of God to flow and for God to move in our lives  corporately and individually.