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How to Pray When You’re Anxious and Scattered
How many times has this happened? You feel scattered and distracted. You try to pray but nothing changes. You’ve entered overloaded, anxiety-provoking, crazy-making territory. It’s not surprising. When you’re anxious, your brain doesn’t know (or care) if you’re in real danger or not. It will still prioritize detecting threats over clear thinking, which leads to brain fog and the inability to concentrate. Everything not related to the immediate problem crashes and burns. Like focused prayer. But God is good, and there is a way. You can stay calm and centered and open to God’s leading even in the middle of the fire. It works just as surely as breathing because…
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Idaho and Montana Sweepstakes Casino Bans: History and Current Status
Idaho’s Wild Card: The 1986 Outlawing of Sweepstakes Back in ’86 Idaho threw a legal grenade into the casino world by banning sweepstakes that masqueraded as gambling. The state lawmakers, in a fever of anti‑gambling sentiment, declared any game with a prize and a wager illegal unless it was a state‑run lottery. The move was a backlash against the flood of roadside bingo parlors and low‑limit slot machines that had started to pepper the state’s backcountry. The legislation didn’t stop every form of gaming—scratch‑cards and raffles survived, but the lines blurred quickly, forcing operators to shift to online platforms or relocate. It was a classic case of law catching up…
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Imaging Prayer: The Stand
Imaging prayer is the power of the Holy Spirit to speak truth and wisdom into believers through the sanctified imagination.