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December 13, 2019 When God Breaks In We Have a Choice “When God breaks in we have a choice,” Mimi writes. “Embrace or reject, believe or doubt. Either we abandon ourselves to God’s path, the steps of which are only revealed as each foot is lifted in…

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April 13, 2018 Experiments in Prayer Perhaps you'll consider trying a prayer experiment. Ask God for something specific—anything that is good—and wait and watch for God's specific answer.

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March 17, 2023 Praying Our Pain Voice our troubles in prayer isn't about giving Jesus information. He knows. It’s about giving him access to the broken places in our life so his love can flow into the cracks and bring healing.

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June 7, 2019 Still Good His life was a seamless garment of contemplative prayer and loving action, showing us that the physical and the spiritual are never in competition. The material world he helped speak into existence…

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April 5, 2019 Mountaintops and Valleys Wherever you find yourself, my prayer for you and me is this: zero resistance to the Holy Spirit. When we find ourselves in the upper room may we lay our heads on the heart of Jesus. And when we find…

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September 27, 2019 The Easy Part? Agnes Sanford encourages us as Jesus did his disciples: go for it. Perform prayer experiments, she says, with a child-like attitude.

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August 20, 2021 Going About Our Day When the World Is On Fire Following his example, we each have work the Father gives us to do. And following his example, that work is best done when we withdraw often for prayer.

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April 10, 2020 And Precisely There In whatever place you find yourself this Easter weekend, may you know resurrection is near.

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March 20, 2020 A Response to These Days of Uncertainty Things are shifting by the moment and we, like you, are feeling a range of emotions. Thankfully, as the Psalms attest, God is ready to hear our honest prayers.

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May 4, 2018 God as my glasses Frank Laubach's practice of using God as his glasses to see people through God's love, combined with Richard Foster's insights on prayer as a living relationship, offers a transformative approach to…

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May 6, 2022 Most Likely to Love Their Enemy When we’re worried and distracted and spend our energies trying to secure for ourselves what only God can give, we are depleted day by day. But when we lean into Jesus and meditate on what is true…

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January 6, 2023 Should We Measure Spiritual Growth? In the end, this is how the spiritual life is measured... Do I love and enjoy God? Am I easy in myself? Have I learned to love others?