Pray from a Place of Rest
Why is it hard to pray sometimes? Faith is practicing the sovereignty of God, before we ask. Coming from a place of rest, is resting in who God is, before we ask.
Why is it hard to pray sometimes? Faith is practicing the sovereignty of God, before we ask. Coming from a place of rest, is resting in who God is, before we ask.
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God!" says John, but do we know who our Daddy is? It is easy to acknowledge that we are His children, but we don't always think about WHO it is that is our Father.
During times of scarcity, we all cut back. When things are scarce, generosity is the last thing we think of. But can one develop a heart that is generous, even when things are scarce?
We all know times when we don’t seem to get answers to our prayers, some of the most frustrating times in your spiritual walk. Are we asking wrong? We are not talking about saying please and thank-you here, we are talking about doing the right asking, in prayer.
Perhaps you would not describe yourself as fearful, but if we dig under our veneer of control all of us experience some degree of fear. For myself, Mr. Fear and I are well acquainted. I [...]
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“As fearful people we have a hard time waiting, because fear urges us to get away from where we are...The more afraid we are, the harder waiting becomes.” Henri J.M. Nouwen in his essay ‘Finding my [...]
Our world culture does not believe in waiting. We live in an instant world: instant messages, instant coffee, microwave meals, fast lanes, instant messaging, quick feeds, quick access, direct access etc. Our culture says: “get [...]