prayer
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Empty My Hands
Got this song in my head… I’ve got voices in my head and they are so strong And I’m getting sick of this oh Lord, how long Will I be haunted by the fear that I believe My hands like locks on cages Of these dreams I can’t set free But if I let these…
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Disappointment Restores and Resurrects
“We should praise God for disappointment because it drives us to our knees. Disappointment is like a dream defibrillation. If we respond the right way, we can restore our prayer rhythm and resurrect our dreams.” – Mark Batterson
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Need Prayer? | Mary DeMuth
Have you ever felt helpless? That all you can do is holler a few words to the heavens and ask for simple help? I’ve been in that place more times than I can count. It’s a good place. A hard place. A needy place. Where we realize that we can’t do everything. Usually during those…
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Overcoming Our Mood Swings
Such a great read today from Henri Nouwen… Are we condemned to be passive victims of our moods? Must we simply say: “I feel great today” or “I feel awful today,” and require others to live with our moods? Although it is very hard to control our moods, we can gradually overcome them by living…
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Overcoming Without Fear
“The eagle flies in storms while other birds seek shelter and other animals run and hide. With an adjustment of his wings, the eagle can fly almost motionless even in the face of great winds. The eagle uses the strong winds of the storm to lift him higher and higher until he rises above the…
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Hearing Voices
Continually I seek to hear the right voice and for the discernment in recognizing His voice. It comes by familiarizing myself with the Shepherd’s voice through focused time in His Word and in prayer… It is daily seeking to hear… The Still, Small Voice of Love “Many voices ask for our attention. There is a…
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A New Year… To Refocus
A Blessed New Year. I pray you had a Merry Christmas reflecting on the love of God coming down for you. This Christmas season was a deep one for me actually. Here’s a bit of honesty… Over the holidays, I met with many people who are experiencing deep loss. So, I found myself continually reflecting…
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A New Year’s Prayer
A New Year’s Prayer (from AllAboutGod.com) Lord, my precious Savior and God, help me turn to You through this New Year’s prayer. May I be grateful for every breath. Dear Lord, as circumstances and issues came against me last year and have followed me into this New Year, I cry out to You. Empower me…
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Prayer: A Language of Love
I find, the more I pray for someone, the more I love them. Prayer is undoubtedly a language of love. Perhaps that is why we are called to pray for our enemies. This challenged me today… Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes… “In prayer we go to our enemies, to stand at their side. We are with them,…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 