Recommended Reads. Positioning our Hearts. Using a Model. Making a List. To continue our list of helps for our prayer lives – keep a journal. There are many ways you can use journaling to encourage and motivate your prayer life. Journaling...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Thus far we’ve discussed recommended reads, positioning our hearts, and using a model as helps for us to develop our prayer lives in 2020. The fourth practical tool for prayer is to make a list. The prayer list is a great way to flesh out...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Use a Model. So far we’ve discussed recommended reads and positioning our hearts as ways to strengthen our prayer life in 2020. Another effective help is to use a model. Have a plan, an outline, for how you will go about spending time in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Position Our Hearts for Prayer One of the great hindrances to prayer is that our mind often wanders when we try to pray. Once we do set aside time to pray and actually keep that time and literally begin to pray, our tiny attention span, busy day...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Luke 11:1, after observing Jesus in prayer, one of His disciples asked Him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” That simple request tells us a lot about prayer! It’s something you learn, something you grow in, something you practice....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I have stored up Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 We not only want to be Bible readers to know what the Bible says. We desire for God to speak to us, change us, deepen our affections for Him, and grow us in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Kenya was recently in the news due to ongoing violence against Christians. 11 believers were martyred for refusing to profess Islamic faith. This past October, our team of 5 spent 10 days in Kenya, praying for the hurting, loving on the children,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The righteous shall live by his faith Habakkuk 2:4 The doctrine of justification by faith is sometimes thought to first appear in the New Testament as part of the New Covenant – a totally new divine means of salvation. It is through faith...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Lord replies to Habakkuk, “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told” (1:5). If someone else were to have told this to Habakkuk, he would never...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We are conditioned by our nature and surroundings to confine God’s blessings to the material realm. When we think of the blessings of God, we immediately think of our own health, our homes, our food, our vehicles, our clothes, and our bank...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
