I quit praying for eight years because the amount of resistance wore me down. But prayer is so transformative, I want you to be able to pray in health and power.
Give yourself time to think, and recognize what variable carries the most weight.
Operating in a place I'm normally good, until I wasn't: so humbling. So painful. So in need of God's gracious pouring out.
A testimony of a long-delayed, suddenly finished website. Celebrate happy colors with me! https://makeprayerbeautiful.com/
My experience, as best I can describe it, with a few more meditations.
Questions I needed answered. And a short primer on this topic: https://happybooks.me/tongues
What would happen if this amazing thing came to pass? How would I handle it?
What the scripture shows, along with a few reflections from my own life.
But do you need a testimony in that area? Or is it enough to know that God is good?
Contemporary dance in its beauty and emoting and confusion and magnificence.
The privilege of adding another drop of prayer to the bowl in heaven.
Basic deliverance refresher.
Listen to the Lord and do what he says.
Get clear on your identity, and leave the accuser no footholds.
Learning to live a life where the future is glistening with hope.
The persnickety ways that God often doesn't answer in the obvious and apparent ways.
Peter and the gold coin in the fish's mouth, the sphere where we are called, and the dream in our hearts.
An unflattering story of my own season of magical thinking and presumptive prayers.
Listening to the Lord, doing what he says, looking at the current places of favor, and using what's in your hand.
Following the way of peace and praying the scriptures.
Resisting the good advice that doesn't create peace.
Reflections on the importance of all three. (A theme I return to cyclically, it seems.)
Thinking about mountaintop experiences.
When trying to be obedient feels incredibly stupid … do it anyway.
I have wondered this for several years, and had no language for it.
A reminder that, with the Lord, everything is entirely possible.
Ten years ago, I couldn't have imagined the life I've lived. So maybe we walk with God and listen to his voice?
Stories and perspective from two faithful men of God.
Similar things to the plates on the counter, the boxers on the floor, the shoes by the front door….
We have a really smart friend who can help us with this.
Such a fabulous testimony!
Enter into the freedom to enjoy God, whether in silence or in action.
Contemplating questions based on unusual experiences.
Continuing adventures in figuring out what we offer clients with Workplace Prayer. (See https://workplaceprayer.com.)
The need to close any open doors. And the book Sudden Onset Headaches: https://happybooks.me/headaches
Entering into the awkwardness of the natural give-and-take of relationship.
Prepare the way of the Lord.
Laughter, tears, holy awe: yay for the feeler gift!
Who wants the Provisioner Anointing?! (Everyone should!)
Because the word isn't the word used for a yoke of oxen….
We get to talk to him all day long! Yay!
A question from the Lord with an interesting insight. (Fabulous, fabulous story.)
A and B students sit in the first two rows in college … but the Lord can also direct.
I love this question!
A few more thoughts on praying for healing.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the need to hear for oneself.
Because what's coming is actually beyond imagining.
A story that inspires me, and the reality of the practical.
A coworker diagnosed with ALS: how to pray?
A word about balance beams (or, perhaps, more properly, a teeter-totter), and how deeply that touched me. And the link mentioned: https://happybooks.me/exploring
Another meditation on how the Lord gives each of us gifts.
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