Looking Up Blog | Janet McHenry

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How Jesus Might Pray for You

How might Jesus advocate for you with his Heavenly Father? Here is an idea, inspired by Revelation 1-3, taken from my book, The Complete...

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3 Helps if you're Overwhelmed

How do we push through the mountain of tasks that seem impossible? We can learn a lot from Hebrews 12. 1. Look to Jesus. First, we can...

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Developing a Praying Lifestyle

“Pray without ceasing.” Oh, this verse used to just make me mad. I mean, what was Paul thinking? Pray all day? How could I possibly do...

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Need a Breakthrough?

Do you believe in breakthrough? I do. Years ago I was laid off from my teaching job a half hour from our home in the Sierra Valley–due to...

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A Different Kind of Worship Experience

I did not go to church Sunday . . . but I did church. We observed Serving Sunday at The Bridge Church in Reno. There were no formal...

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I want to Know You, God

I was in a state of confusion years ago when I was laid off from my teaching job. The school district on the other side of my valley had...

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Finding Hope and a Future

It’s interesting how hope and a future are built in someone’s life. It takes history and study and observation. Years ago I had no idea...

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Building Confidence

Need a confidence builder? I had absolutely no confidence as a young person. I didn’t try out for the high school choir, because you had...

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When you Just want to Give Up

It’s interesting to me that the prophet Jeremiah must have been a young man when God called him to be his spokesman. This was not a call...