11/18 ((from Eve)) “Praying for you.” How many times have you said this to someone and then walked away, intent on praying, only to come up blank when you start to pray? Just totally unsure of what their soul really needs or how to pray effectively? You might have a few requests to start with,…

11/17/17 ((from Courtney)) Martin Luther reportedly said, ““I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” My mother would start every day of mothering four (and then five!) children on her knees. George Müller would spend hours pleading for basic necessities for the hundreds of children who depended on…

11/16 ((from Jessica)) I could just kick myself for not remembering the name of the brilliant soul who penned the words that changed the way I engaged with prayer, but let me just say, “It was a prayer game changer.” Again, I don’t remember the specific words, but I know it was a super-great Christian…

11/15 ((from Megan)) My feet hit the hardwood floor after a snooze button tap or two, and it was off to the races before I realized the day had just happened to me. And we are all such very important people with very important schedules, aren’t we? Time is a zero sum game, and for…

11/14 ((from Natalie)) “When you spread out your hands in prayer,     I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers,     I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! Wash and make yourselves clean.     Take your evil deeds out of my sight;     stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice….

PRAYER. There is nothing else in my spiritual tool belt that brings me closer to feeling present, powerful, and closer to God’s presence – when I’m praying for others. And there is nothing that makes me feel as maddened or as defeated – when I’m praying for my own heart, life, and help. In the…

11/12 ((from Bridget)) Do you remember that 1990’s film “Seven” starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman?  I had assumed there would be at least a bit of Biblical premise behind the films seven deadly sins of gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, and lust but had no idea it was actually in the Bible.  But…

11/11 ((from Eve)) “There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord…

11/10 ((from Courtney)) I grew up in a tiny church. Every Wednesday night, the pastor would gather all the kids together, and while our parents prayed (yup, every Wednesday was a good ole’ fashioned prayer meetin’), he would read us missionary stories and sing songs. I still remember the one of missionaries having to eat…

11/9 ((from Jessica)) In 2001, terrorists hijacked four, American planes, crashing the planes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 2,977 people were killed. In 2009, a man opened fire at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas and took the lives of 13 people. In 2013, two homemade bombs detonated…

11/8 ((from Megan)) “There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.”…

11/7 ((from Natalie)) I’m guilty of it. Almost every time something bad happens, or things just aren’t going well; in the midst of my distress I use a four-letter word to describe how I feel, a four-letter-word that starts with “F”. My word choice angers God, I bet. “Fine, I’m fine.” F . i ….