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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.

Abstract Photography: Reflections On the water

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Cloud Formations

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Ten Signs of Self-Deception

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/018-1.jpg I have been following the sermons of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. In the last few posts, particularly on Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus has told us straight out…

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America, What Can We do?

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/025.jpg What’s happening in America and what can we do? I just heard Newt Gingrich on his podcast. He has good things to say about what’s happening. I also listen to Bill O’Reilly and he…

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Why Prayer is Necessary: #6 – To Obtain Mercy and Grace

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/012-2.jpg Jesus Christ, our great High Priest, is fully human and fully God.  The human side of Him makes Him able to be sympathetic and merciful toward us, and the God side of Him makes…

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Unconscious Hypocrisy

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sermon-on-mt-2.jpg Unconscious Hypocrisy is actually the title of a sermon by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, which was recoded in his book Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. The following is just a few notes I…

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Why Prayer is Necessary: #5 – To Obtain Fullness of Joy

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/018.jpg Jesus said in John 16:24, “Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.”  The teaching here is that when we…

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The Dried-Up Mississippi River

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/002-1.jpg Here in Minnesota parts of the Mississippi River is all dried up. https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/005.jpg https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/006-1.jpg It’s kind of a sad sight. https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/007.jpg A grey Heron is on a scavenger hunt. https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/008-1.jpg https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/013-1.jpg I few low…

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Paper Tiger — Ernie’s Musings

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/us-paper-tiger.jpg The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Samuel 2:4) Unless you have completely isolated and insulated yourself from the outside world (and I would…

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Those who say to Him, “Lord, Lord”

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/028.jpg The narrow way and the broad way The Bible says that on the judgment day it will be revealed that some who think they are Christians are really not. In the Sermon on the…

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