Prayer Guides

At the beginning of most weeks, I share a short prayer guide, offering words and practices that will help you see, hear, and experience more of God in your daily life.

This isn’t meant to be a scary commitment, rather one that reignites a desire to learn what prayer was always meant to be.

Commit yourself to reading a short Prayer Guide that will offer a fresh perspective and a meaningful challenge.

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Previous Guides

Did you know God gives you counsel in the night?

◆ For God speaks in one way,and in two, though man does not perceive it.In a dream, in a vision of the night,when deep sleep falls on men,while they slumber on their beds . . . ◆   Did you know God gives you counsel in the night? Psalm 16:7 says, “I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in

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Frustrated with God’s timing? Read this.

◆ “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” — C.S. Lewis (The Problem of Pain) ◆ Do you ever get frustrated that things aren’t moving as quickly as you’d hoped? Or maybe you’re wrestling with that familiar ache of disappointment, wondering why

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Struggling to Pray? Try this.

◆ You do not have, because you do not ask.—James 4:2 ◆   Have you ever thought it strange that Jesus tells us not to waste words because our Father in heaven knows what we need before we ask (Matt. 6:7–8), but then a chapter later suggests we should ask, seek, and knock through prayer (Matt. 7:7)?  For this prayer

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What if Life Didn’t Have to Be So Serious?

◆ “Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.”— Henri Nouwen ◆   Today is America’s National Day of Prayer, a day when the US government is required by its own law to remind us to pray. But many of us have lost faith in our prayers. We’ve prayed, and things

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This is the Foundational Attribute of Christ

◆ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus… — Philippians 2:3–5 ◆   This week, I’ve asked Zach Meerkreebs, a friend of mine,

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Your Prayers Are Part of a Miracle in Motion

◆ “Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.”— Henri Nouwen ◆   Today is America’s National Day of Prayer, a day when the US government is required by its own law to remind us to pray. But many of us have lost faith in our prayers. We’ve prayed, and things

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