But prayer is so much more than giving God a list of our wants and needs or, in some cases, our demands. Prayer is communication. It’s talking and listening.
Kay Arthur put it this way: If we do not know our God and His ways, our prayer lives will be impotent and ineffective.2
John Bunyan once said, In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
So when we pray, He answers each prayer with our best long-term interest in mind. He may say no, He might say yes, or He may tell us to hold our horses and wait. Our challenge is to accept his respons...
In Blue Like Jazz author Donald Miller addresses this subject from a startling perspective. I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting...
Merely by making that faith choice to follow Him, each one of us have the astounding opportunity to become a vessel of His love to the world around us.
He continued. Most of the time when we go to God, it’s because we want something. If we get what we want, we turn and walk off, satisfied. If we don’t get what we want, we get frustrated; we kick the...
Good news is we don’t have to suffer alone. We don’t have to carry the burdens of our messy lives alone. God is there for us. He wants to be the Comforter in Chief for the worst that life on this eart...
To get the full flavor of an herb, it must be pressed between the fingers, so it is the same with the Scriptures; the more familiar they become, the more they reveal their hidden treasures and yield t...
Of a refrigerator stood cloaked beneath a black cover. He said, Most of us have reduced prayer down to a transaction. A way to manipulate what we want. A vending machine.2 At that point, he yanked off...
The subject of healing is often difficult for us as humans to wrap our minds around. Why is one healed and another not? If God is all powerful as Jehovah-Rapha, then He is able to heal everyone. So wh...
The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship.1
The mere fact that you picked up a book about prayer tells me you’re probably a Christian. You believe Jesus is the Son of God; and somewhere along the line, you asked Jesus to come into your heart, m...
Reached for her hand then dropped his voice. It
To equate church attendance with being spiritual.
News flash: God wants you. He wants a relationship with you. That’s why He made you. And I have to be honest with you here. If you don’t have much interest in spending time with God, I have to wonder...
The greatness of His power to create and design and form and mold and make and build and arrange defies the limits of our imagination. And since He created everything, there is nothing beyond His powe...
The focus of that week was learning how to listen to the voice of God in what was dubbed My Quiet Time with God. You have to admire the camp leaders’ intent, but let’s be honest. Most pre-adolescents...
Tragedy will always be a part of life on earth. We may not understand why God allows such things to happen. But we have a choice. Either we can turn our backs on God, even blame Him for these unspeaka...
We never pause long enough to listen to our dreams, so we don’t have to be responsible for them . . . If we don’t wish or dream, we aren’t disappointed. If we aren’t disappointed, we can tolerate our...
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