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Tips For Leading a Small Prayer Group
You’ve volunteered, been led by God, or been volun-told to lead a prayer group. Sounds simple, right? Really, it is. Just gather and pray is all you really have to do. But if you are the group leader, these tips for leading a small prayer group will help you...
The Most Important Thing to Pray for in a Crisis
As our family reeled from a traumatic ordeal, I suddenly realized something. Through our family crisis I had been praying for many things - healing, peace, justice, forgiveness, restoration, and much more. But I'd forgotten the most important thing to pray for...
When the Good Shepherd Makes Me Lie Down
Throughout scripture God describes Himself as a shepherd caring tenderly for His sheep. Sometimes I'm not a very cooperative sheep, and the Good Shepherd makes me lie down because He knows how much I need rest, healing, and strength. We're all familiar the Good...
Why and How to Start a Small Prayer Group or Community
Why and how to start a small prayer group and begin praying in community with like-minded believers: Prayer. We know we need it. The Bible teaches it. Jesus modeled it. We talk about it in church. We say, “I’ll be praying for you” and “I’ll pray about it.” But...
How to Pray the Scriptures Over Family and Friends With Psalm 20
Have you tried praying the scriptures? It’s one of my favorite ways to connect with God using words directly from the Bible. I have several favorite passages to pray, but right now I’ve been learning how to pray the scriptures over family and friends using...
How to Stay “On Mission” for Jesus in Daily Life
Last week my husband and I spent time with a beautiful family with a Hindi background, and next week my husband and son will go on a mission trip. So, how to be "on mission" is on my mind and heart. All Christians are called to obey The Great Commission: Go...
What God Calls Us To BE: BEING Comes Before DOING in Christ
Often we spend too much time being busy and not enough on being what God calls us to be. Jesus calls us to BE BORN AGAIN first, but throughout scripture we are called to be so much more as we grow in our relationship with Christ. "Beloved, we are God's children now,...
What to Do with the Anxious Thoughts Racing Through Your Mind
My mind is struggling, today, dear friends. It has been for weeks. So, what do I do with the anxious thoughts racing through my mind? Again, and again, I replay dramatic events. I think of the evil that has happened, the things I could/should have done differently,...
When the Blessed Become the Bleeding: Trusting God in Our Pain
We are the blessed ones. God has been good to us, and we’ve served Him. We’re the ones who walk with the hurting families, who intercede for them, who cry with and for them. Our families aren’t perfect, but the drama and heartache others face . . . that’s not for us....
Glimpses of Glory For Our Longing Hearts
“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—” 1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV JUST A GLIMPSE of GLORY Oh, if only! If only we could have a glimpse into what is to come! It would only...
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