In our church, we have been studying prayer and worship. Our pastor pointed us to 1 Samuel 4. In this passage, the nation of Israel is up against the Philistines. Now, there is some backstory to this, and I will simplify by simply saying that Israel was not in obedience to God's instructions. When they went out against the Philistines, many of their numbers were struck down! This was very surprising to them as they had "God" on their side...ri ...

Typically, in our Learn section, we like to challenge and impart what God has taught us. Every so often though we will "outsource" (for lack of a better term) the lesson to someone outside of One Need. This is one of those times.... mostly because we do not possess the mad skills this guys does. To preface, if you are struggling with marriage like so many do, maybe, just maybe this will speak to you! Soli Deo Gloria ...

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Do you guys struggle to pray? I know I do. The refreshing thing to me is that Jesus' closest friends also struggled with prayer. They saw Jesus perform mighty things that were always preceded by prayer and they would marvel at it. Sometimes I wonder if they were really interested in communicating with the Father or if they just wanted to do cool stuff... I digress. In Luke chapter 11, one of Jesus' disciples asks Jesus to teach them to pray. J ...

Sad. Tragic. Angry. Confusing. Apprehensive. Telling. Intolerant. Indignant. Hateful. These are some of the words that I have seen describe the state of individuals on Social Media surrounding the events in Charlottesville. What I have a witnessed is a call to stand against the hateful racist evil. What is unclear in the demands is the "how". What seems to me to be the consensus is that "standing against the evil" means posting your indignatio ...