How to Start (and Keep) a Prayer Journal
Have you been yearning to start prayer journaling, but have no idea how to kick things off? If you’re ready to stop ruminating over the incessant questions and ideas to organize a plan of action, the following strategies may help.
Why Start a Prayer Journal
Conversations with God function in much the same way that they function with people. We create new and lasting memories. We come to a deeper knowledge of the other person - which tends to have some degree of bonding power. Even the conversations that we see as frivolous or light-hearted can have a way of deepening the relationship.
Carry Me To the High Place - Part III
The pain in my abdomen felt like contractions… about 3 mins apart, lasting about 45 seconds. The pain in my heart felt like a firing squad - one dream dying right after another…lasting for what seemed like an eternity.
Carry Me To the High Place - Part II
Those precious stories, welcoming my own, painted a trail of tears in my mind - a trail covered by the grace of God. So much pain and loss and grief resurfaced. He heard the stories and was present in every conversation.
Carry Me To the High Place - Part I
For a brief moment, the questions were at bay as the truth of God’s character was spoken to my ears and penetrated my broken heart. If He indeed held the whole world in His hands, I was included, right?
Never Forsaken, Forever Favored
I’m not perfect, but I’m perfectly positioned under the perfect blood of the perfect One who can perfect me.
The Scandal of Grace
Let’s tell everybody what happened to this just man. Let’s put this word out there before they try to censor us.
SAY HIS NAME!
Because He Sees Me
Why did all of that happen? Lord, it was too much for one person. What was that all about? And further, why was I not broken? Why was I not destroyed? Why, just why have You loved me so?
Fight Like a Saint
Keep the high ground where the enemy is uncomfortable, irritated and disoriented. You’ll have home field advantage and the aerial view will work in your favor.