My Soul in Silence: Prayer as Listening and Waiting
Prayer. To this day, simply hearing the word can evoke a wave of fear, guilt, and dread. Prayer hasn’t ever come easily to me, at…
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Risking Prayer
“Whether or not . . . you have ever dared to pray.” Mary Oliver, “Morning Poem.” There’s no getting around it; prayer is risky, uncomfortable,…
Wounded Warrior: Struggling to Pray
Prayer is the one area where we can grow stronger as everything else becomes weaker. In fact, as other skills and abilities diminish or are…
The Intimacy of Prayer: Stepping into God’s Presence
Prayer is one of the basic practices of the Christian life. It is one of the most intimate and encouraging experiences that the follower of…
Does Prayer Really Change Anything?
I wonder how often you’ve struggled with some of the prayer passages that just don’t seem to be true. Think of Matthew 21:22 where Jesus said, “Whatever…
What Good Does It Do To Pray
Ever wondered if prayer does any good at all? What good does it do to pray? How many of you have had experience like I…
Why Do My Prayers Go Unanswered?
Someone once said that there was no such thing as an unanswered prayer; just prayers that God answered differently than what we’d requested of Him.…
Teach Us to Pray
Draw closer to God by deepening your understanding of what Jesus taught about prayer and putting it into practice in your own prayer life. Download…
Moving Mountains: The Practice of Persistent Prayer
The Bible says a lot about the need for persistence and faith in prayer, and that God hears and answers prayers even to the point…