Praying A. E. I. O. U.
by J Carr Reading, understanding, loving, and living the truth of scripture do not come naturally. How then does it come? It comes supernaturally. What do we do when we want something supernatural to happen? We ask God to do it. Psalm 119 is about God’s revealed and written truth, its glory, and our relationship […]
Praying with Precision
A couple of years ago, my adult children took me to a shooting range for Mother’s Day. I know it’s rather unconventional. While other moms were dining at fancy restaurants with linen napkins, I was knocking off paper enemies. Holding the cold metal in my hand, I aimed at the close-up target and missed—not only […]
Searching for Quiet
by Tiffany Coursey Prayer time has always been hard for me. My natural tendency is not quiet. When I try, it’s like my mind becomes louder and faster, making it hard for me to turn my eyes off the world and toward God. I know this time is important, and I have spent the last […]
Modeling the Simple, Spoken Prayer
by Ashley Jones My late grandmother was a great spiritual mentor in my life. We had wonderful talks about God and faith, but it was the way she modeled that faith that had the biggest impression on me. One of the most important spiritual disciplines my grandmother modeled was a continual prayer life. Every morning, […]
Jump-Start Your Prayer Time
Has your prayer life turned stale, boring, or colorless? Something is wrong. When I find myself repeating the same prayers over and over, prayer becomes monotonous. When monotony creeps in, I need to take a step back and look at what I’m doing or not doing and try something different. That something different can be […]
What the Father is Doing
Jesus gave them this answer, “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.’” John 5:19 How often do I ask the Father what He is doing in a situation and then pray […]