Author Archives: Stephen Nielsen

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About Stephen Nielsen

I'm an author, a self publisher, and a painting contractor. I live in beautiful Minnesota, USA . Welcome to my blog site.

Hannah’s Prayer: One of the Greatest Examples of Fervent Prayer

1 Samuel 1:11  Then she made a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male … Continue reading

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How to Find Comfort and Inner Strength

  2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, who loved us and in his special favor gave us everlasting comfort and good hope, 17 comfort your hearts and give you strength in every good thing … Continue reading

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Prayer A to Z: A Comprehensive Bible-Based Study of Prayer by Stephen Nielsen: Table of Contents and a Short Excerpt

                                                         CONTENTS  PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Continue reading

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Satan’s Strategy: His Plan for Your Destruction

Yes, Satan has a strategy.  He has defined goals and has considered how he can accomplish them.  In Job 1:7, when Satan told God that he was “…roaming about on the earth and walking around on it” (NASB), he was … Continue reading

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Samson’s Last Prayer

Judges 16:28 Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” … Continue reading

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Sports: Are you for them or against them?

This has become a very interesting topic for me, because I love sports; but almost all of my Christian friends aren’t interested at all in sports.  Most of them think it’s a waste of time, and some could give you … Continue reading

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Satan’s Government: Four Ranks of Demons

When Satan rebelled against God he immediately began trying to convince the angels of God to follow him in order to build his own evil kingdom.  Revelation 12:4 tells us that he persuaded one third of all the angels to … Continue reading

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Satan’s Personality: Deceiver, Pervert, Imitator, Rebel

  Here’s an excerpt from Prayer A to Z.  Let it be a reminder of who our enemy is and what he is up to.   He is a deceiver.  In order to seize the throne of God and to … Continue reading

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God Doesn’t Call Us to Be Sinless, But to Be Steadfast

  Lately I have been wrestling with some sins, and with myself, and with God.  Why don’t I have the power to resist certain temptations? And why does God not give me the power to resist?  I wrestle with the … Continue reading

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A Study of the Prayers of the Bible – a Prayer of Gideon (Judges 6:13-18)

  Judges 6:13-18 Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the … Continue reading

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