Tag Archives: praying

My parents never prayed; at least I never saw them pray. Growing up, God wasn’t a high priority in my house. So, after turning my life over to Jesus, it was a bit awkward for me to submit myself physically to the Lord. Lowering myself to the ground on bended ...

I was lying in bed with my daughter, then nine years old, while praying for her at bedtime.  It had been a rather harrowing day and she had gotten the brunt of my frustration in a way that now seemed extremely harsh.  I sensed there was a problem because she ...

Is your heart heavy with a burden for your loved ones who don’t know the Lord?  Is it made that much harder by the fact that they have rebuffed every effort on your part to share Jesus?  Don’t lose hope.  In 1 Corinthians 3:6 Paul said, “I planted the seed, ...

“How many times have you failed to come to my throne of grace because you felt unworthy or fearful? How many times have I whispered to your heart to bring your cares to me? You did not because in your heart you have said” I have rebelled ten times today ...