Unearthing the Heart (New Free Renovaré Resource)
LETTER BY GRACE POUCH
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When it comes to growing our faith, Eugene Peterson says that “the Psalms are the best tools available.”
Regularly praying through the biblical psalms is transformational, but our bond with God also depends on using our own words.
That’s why I’m excited to announce a new Renovaré resource for renewal. Unearthing the Heart: Simple Tools for Soul Deep Prayers is now available as a free download.
It’s a workbook designed to help you discover what you didn’t even know you had to say, to move past surface‑y prayer and get real with God.
Using the biblical psalms as a model, this booklet offers two stepped-out exercises for digging into your unique circumstances and writing your own psalm-style prayers — one of thanksgiving and one of lament.
Psalms are poetry, but don’t let that intimidate you. Crafting psalms isn’t just for “writers.” The treasure we are after is honesty and soul-deep connection, not a fancy finished product.
Whether you are brand new to praying or well-seasoned in a conversational life with God, you can pick up these psalm-crafting tools to bring more of yourself into the loving light of God.
Grace Pouch
Content Manager
P.S. Those in the U.S. on our physical mailing list — through donating or other Renovaré engagement — will receive a physical copy of Unearthing the Heart soon in the mail. Five-packs may also be purchased on our store.
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LET’S DIVE IN...
CURATED BY GRACE POUCH
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Here’s the link again to download Unearthing the Heart—our latest addition to a growing toolbox of resources specifically aimed at developing the prayer-filled life that Jesus models.
Other booklet-style resources in that toolbox include the following:
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Learning to Hear God: Two Listening Exercises by Brian Morykon and Trevor Hudson
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True Impressions: Daily Prayers by Richella Parham with artwork by Sally Kendrick
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The Universe in 57 Words: Seven Days Inside the Lord’s Prayer by Carolyn Arends
– Grace
WORTH QUOTING
“All who have walked with God have viewed prayer as the main business of their lives.”
– Richard J. Foster
Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home
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TO CONTEMPLATE
Plate X from the “Atlas of Soil Profiles”
W.L. Kubiëna 1954
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Sometimes our prayers are shallow and lifeless because we aren’t digging deep into our experiences and feelings. Excavating our day-to-day lives and looking with God at what we find there yields the treasure of a deep and authentic conversation with the Lord.
TO PONDER
Unearthing the Heart will help you to craft your own psalm of thanksgiving (a wonderful practice for this time of year!). To prepare for that exercise, ponder a time when…
You felt peace that couldn’t be explained
You experienced wonder or beauty
Jesus healed or changed you
A burden was lifted