◆ God never hurries. There are no deadlines against he must work.Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves. —A.W. Tozer ◆   Do you ever get frustrated that things aren’t moving as quickly as you prayed for? Or maybe you’re wrestling with that familiar ache of disappointment, wondering why things just aren’t happening in

◆ The world cannot stand up to the truth because it lives a lie.It fears the cross, for the cross exposes its deceit.—Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◆   Would you say that friendship with God is important to you? James chapter four paints a sobering picture: “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes

◆ 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

◆ “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

◆ 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

◆ “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