How to Pray Specifically At the close of the school year last year, this past May, I started praying. It was summer and my husband’s job was hard. His hours were long and we were struggling with balancing family life. We were (are) still hurting from so abruptly leaving the mission field. We were asking God to direct our steps. So. I began to pray. I prayed God would give my husband a new job. I didn’t know what that…
Prayer and Thanksgiving The scrolling took me by surprise. I wouldn’t believe that I was still scrolling through social media when I had a ton of work to do. My heart felt heavy as I closed my phone and put it aside. I pulled out my Bible. The whole reason I had gotten up early was to read and pray before the kids were up and getting ready for school. When I looked at the clock I realized that it…
5 Things Prayer Shifts in Your Heart Have you ever been going about your life and suddenly God seems to speak to you through a variety of different ways? A song. A devotional book. A friend. A sermon. It seems like He is saying the same thing through all of this. I’ve had this happen to me several times in my life but really for the past year I’ve read and seen and heard about one thing. Prayer. The Importance…
15 Days of Gratitude from the Psalms At every meal my five kids always compete over who will say “thanks.” They love saying their special prayer before the meal, but saying thanks is more than just something we do at the beginning of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They all pray the same type of prayer at each meal. Where did they learn the language for giving thanks? From my husband and I. They didn’t come up with the words on…