Your Prayers Are Part of a Miracle in Motion
We are living in answered prayers, and I believe God is accelerating something beautiful in the earth today. Keep praying, my friend, for it is only through prayer that we come to see the miracle we’re living in and participate in the miracles to come.
Don’t let Easter Pass before Praying This…
Sin and shame, doubt and despair, loss and loneliness, they will all bow a knee to the Eternal One, for their power, though strong, is inevitably temporal. They cannot defeat His Life.
The Question Jesus Asked That We Often Avoid
I can promise you, God does not despise you, He has not turned his back on you. The darkness is part of this week, but it has no place in Easter’s finale. Your moment of disorientation will become a monument to God’s grace and faithfulness. But you must first offer your cry to Him.
The Battle You Can’t Afford to Ignore
The war has already been won, but the battle for our hearts and minds is ongoing. The enemy wants us distracted, discouraged, and disconnected from God. But prayer realigns us with truth, refocuses our eyes on Jesus, and reminds us who holds the victory.
Before You Start Your Week, Read This.
This week, when you lose sight of the miracle in your everyday comings and goings, when you feel overwhelmed by cares and challenges, when life feels like nothing more than a bunch of boxes to check, I want you to stop, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and pray…
The Power of Asking
Have you ever thought it strange that Jesus tells us not to waste words because our Father in heaven knows what we need before we ask (Matt. 6:7–8), but then a chapter later suggests we should ask, seek, and knock through prayer (Matt. 7:7)?
The Promise Hidden in Your Trials
Did you catch the promise couched in the prayer? While trials and temptation are inevitable, so is our victory. Whether it be now or then, every problem has an end date. Every pain will be swallowed up in joy. Every broken part of us will be healed and restored.
How to Break Free from the Trap of Self-Focus
When you pray this week, begin by meditating on God’s holiness, His love, His tenderness, His faithfulness. Think of this as a holy inhale—you’re breathing in God’s Life and breathing out the temptation to make yourself (or your concerns) god over your life. (And please read Romans 8:5–8, specifically in The Message.)
Praying Like This Will Transform Your Year
You’ll notice the prayer begins by placing our attention on God, the One who inhabits the heavens, the One who upholds all things by the word of His power. Once we’re settled in His tender holiness and the surety of His will, we then move into our requests, our fears, our trials, our pains. They all have a place in our prayers, and I encourage you to make each line specific to you, the people in your world, the cares of your day, and trials in your way.
The Essential Attribute for Spiritual Health
I want to challenge you to spend some time this week praying through Luke 15. As you read about the sheep, the coins, the sons, place yourself in these stories. You’ll see that Jesus tells of a costly joy—one that comes with forgiveness and repentance, seeking and finding, tears and confusion. A joy that, in this broken world, can feel easy to lose . . . yet something inside us knows it’s always worth finding again.