Prayer is our Daily Lifeline
Is prayer your daily lifeline? It should be. As fitting and appropriate as it is to call upon God from the foxhole, prayer should really be our first and natural…
Prayer
In My Thoughts and Prayers
Memories are curious things. A person or event from our distant past can lie dormant and forgotten in the deepest recesses of our brains for literally years at a time,…
A Reminder to Pray — Even When It’s Hard
Have you ever heard we should “pray hardest when it’s hardest to pray?” I don’t think this necessarily means we should pray hardest when we’re in the most trouble. Most…
Pray without Ceasing
I’ve been meditating on 1 Thess. 5:17 lately: “Pray without ceasing.” Try as I might to maintain a continual attitude of prayer, I get distracted by the million other things…
Be Careful What You Pray For – Part 2
To read the beginning of this story, refer to part 1. I love the scene in THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE where the Beavers are forced to flee…
Be Careful What You Pray For – Part 1
Eight years ago, my husband and I built our dream home. I’d been driving past the most beautiful tract of land several times a week for three years, and each…