Still be my vision
Mini-post. A prayer song that gave me words when I had none.
Mini-post. A prayer song that gave me words when I had none.
What do we do with a prayer that Jesus told us to pray – but our minds can’t seem to grasp, and our emotions can’t seem to embrace?
My finicky and beloved cat Tessa lived for 17 years. She inspired this post one night in 2004 – the year I first found myself in a den with lions that tear people apart.
Thirty years after I first heard this song - and visited these places - I'm listening again and crying and praying again for the peoples of Ukraine and Russia.
Two weeks after I asked readers to pray with me for wisdom and strength for a final push, my updated e-book is live! It tells my story of all the ways God answered, from the moment I finally asked him: “What about women, Lord? What do you say about how women in your kingdom relate to other people and to you?”
It’s not surprising that Jesus taught us to pray to God. It’s not surprising that he taught us to pray for people. What’s stunning is this: Jesus taught us to pray for God. That is, the Son taught us to pray first for the Father to rise up in his own behalf. As we pray in this way, we pray powerfully and effectively for people too.
"Let my life be a song, revealing who You are." - "Salt & Light," by Lauren Daigle, a song that has encouraged me in the night,
"I would like to share this prayer with you and ask you to pray with me that, as the Bride of Christ, we will continue to learn to 'walk in beauty' with our fellow man and God." - Mark Charles
“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves ... then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Heavenly Father, I ask you to raise up an army of writers who will learn to distinguish soul from spirit and will choose the path of writing from the Spirit
Prayer from Qualities of a Spiritual Warrior Father, thank you that this is our time and season to fight back – to war against a religious spirit that has bound…