Kevin Senapatitratne
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The Real Reason Many Christians Don’t Go to Prayer Meetings
My most popular post of all time is 10 reasons that people don’t go to your prayer meeting. When the average church in the United States has about 10 percent of the Sunday morning service involved in prayer ministry, I can see why there is an interest. One of the main assignments that I have …
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Why Jesus Calls You to Carry Your Cross and Not Anyone Else’s
Remember the idea that when you had a homework assignment the excuse was, “The dog ate it.” I don’t remember using that as a kid, but what if I am using it in my life as an adult? Watch the video to learn how to fulfill the assignment God has given specifically to you! Kevin …
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‘Go to the Potter’s House’: Why You’re Missing Out on the Great Things God Has
We like big and dramatic. But what if we need something else before we get there? Watch the video to find out what that is.
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What to Do When God’s Promises Seem Too Far Away
Sometimes the promises of God seem like they are taking forever. You might be closer than you think. And even if you still need to wait a while here is some encouragement. Kevin Senapatiratne is head spiritual pyromaniac for Christ Connection. Kevin speaks around the United States, helping Christians find the fun of prayer. He …
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This 1-Minute Prayer Strategy Can Revitalize Your Prayer Life
In January, I attended the meetings of America’s National Prayer Committee, the group that helped found the National Day of Prayer. There are prayer leaders from all sorts of denominations and prayer ministries. This year, there were about 60 people in attendance. As part of this event we took about a day and a half …
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Move From Vision to Provision With These Timely Truths
Do you have a vision that God has put in your heart that you don’t have the provision to make a reality? Here is a next step for you to take. Kevin Senapatiratne is head spiritual pyromaniac for Christ Connection. Kevin speaks around the United States, helping Christians find the fun of prayer. He is the …
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3 Points to Get You Back on Track Spiritually When You Feel Completely Unfocused
This is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. I love it because often people use this time to get after things that are important to them. The gym is a little busier and people are on social media looking for book recommendations for the year. One of the great dangers in life …
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The Colossians Secret to Achieving New Spiritual Heights in 2018
Sometimes as we start a new year, it is important to focus on the important things. Here is a lesson on that from a seldom-mentioned person in the Bible called Archippus (Col. 4:17). {eoa} Kevin Senapatiratne is head spiritual pyromaniac for Christ Connection. Kevin speaks around the United States, helping Christians find the fun of prayer. …
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Why the Christmas Story Is Much More Pentecostal Than You’d Think
The danger of experiencing Christmas year after year is it becomes “normal.” We begin to feel like the Christmas story is more like another Hallmark channel movie with a predictable happy ending. Nothing against Hallmark movies (my wife is a big fan), but the story of Jesus’ birth is closer to a nuclear explosion sent …
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Encouraging Tips for When God Places You in a Long Season of Waiting
About a year and a half ago I made a commitment to learning Spanish. (See the reasons here.) Knowing that in this case I was going to need to take the slow approach and fit it in my schedule I added working with the app Duolingo to my daily schedule. The way that Duolingo works …
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3 Power-Packed Principles to Accelerate Your Life Into God’s Plan
Back in my years as a pastor, I used to love introducing people to the content of John Maxwell. Even though we were a small church with not a big budget I bought a video series called Priorities to share at a leadership day. I find that it is easy in life to get off-track …
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Are You Still Bound by an Orphan Mindset?
My wife, daughter and I were at one of our daughter’s fifth-grade conferences for school, and the teacher told us about a 40-book challenge they would be doing for the rest of the school year. The challenge was to read a certain amount from different genres to help expand the student’s reading. In order to …
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The 2 Doors of Revelation: Which One Do You Need to Open Right Now?
Are you looking for a new door to be opened for you? We use the ideas of doors to help us think about possibilities. Maybe you trying to encourage a friend to take a chance on a new job so you say, “You never know what will be behind that door!” There can be an …
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Walk in the Spirit’s Abundant Joy With These 4 Practical Steps
Sometimes the Word of God is so practical. As I am writing this, I am about to have a few days of vacation. Over the years, I have not been the best at relaxing. It is a discipline that I am learning to get better at recently. There is a time and place for things …
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Say Goodbye to Anxiety: The Apostle Paul’s 5 Steps to a Peace-Filled Life
We live in a world that breeds anxiety. Stress, worry and anxiety are words that are as common as the common cold. I am not going to look at the reasons these things are so common, but a couple thousand years ago a guy who was a prisoner of the Roman Empire penned some words …
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