Tag Archives: pray
Desperate? A Prayer For You!
If you feel like you are slipping down a cliff of despair, here is a prayer for you. When Jonah, David and other men and women of the Bible experienced trauma, pain, and grave danger they cried out to God
Is YOUR Life just “ok”?
Because my daughter’s been on me not to waste the coffee K-cups and, “Mom, these things are good for another cup of coffee.” So when I ran out of caffeine, I left my K-cup nestled and brewed it over again.
Maybe God wants To Give You Peace in Your Demanding Circumstances!
Imagine your favorite food. Would it be chocolate, ice cream, bread or pasta? Then imagine you have a never-ending urge for that food all day — every day. That’s what it’s like for Mitch and Sara. They are recovering heroin
Still Trying To Figure Out What God is Doing?
There was a time early in my ministry when I really struggled with God’s will for my life. I was interning at a small church in Illinois, and I was in the middle of a tenuous job search where nothing
Tune YOUR Heart to His!
“O Lord, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you.” Psalm 125:4 Imagine an orchestra where just one instrument is off-key. That dissonance alone would ruin the symphony. Dissonance hurts the ears. Like nails on
If You’ve Had it with Problems, Try This!
All we need is mustard seed faith. Just a bit is enough to begin. As a cup of water poured down the old well can prime the pump, and set the waters flowing, all you need today is faith to
When YOU Pray, Do You Really Think God Will Answer?
Do you expect God to answer prayer? Or do you, like me, struggle to maintain a prayerfully expectant heart? For years, maybe even decades, Simeon had been waiting for God to fulfill a promise. Was he weary of waiting? I
Made for This!
All too often we cringe at the role we find ourselves filling, and filling beautifully, when in fact this is the role God made us to fill! What if our biggest ministry and calling in life is to whisper encouragement
