How would it be if what characterized our lives was not harried, stress-filled days, constant multi-tasking, distracted, pushing and shoving, controlling and anger, but rather the unforced rhythms of grace? I suspect many of you know those graceful rhythms, when you find yourself in step with...
Generally, these conclusions hold after controlling for basic demographics, religious tradition, and church attendance, which confirms that mental well-being is related to the practice of prayer in both beneficial and detrimental ways.This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an ...
None but God could put Himself in a covenant so binding as that, for God only could fulfil such a promise and could reach to its exacting and all controlling demands. God only can answer for the promises. God needs prayer, and man needs prayer, too. It is indispensable to God's work...
For nine months I’ve been pregnant. Pregnant with anticipation. Pregnant with desire, dread and hope all mixed up together inside my mommy heart. Part of me has felt frozen as I wait for the day I will bring them home; part of me scrambling, controlling, work, work, working as I pus...
For example, being aggressive, fearful, or controlling are symptoms of a deeper issue to be resolved. Get down into the dirt and discover yourself. Jesus Christ was perfectly humble. The Spirit of God was completely free to do his work in Jesus. The humble heart is the heart that allows ...
Like many of us, I tried many methods of forgiveness prayer to heal the deep wounds from childhood, including methods for self-acceptance, controlling behavior and emotions, and coping with stress, as well as numerous spiritual practices and meditations. While they all had their place and many ...
I feel sorry for the family that is ignorant enough to actually believe it. I feel anger to those that teach the crap and really know better. I can just hear them now...she is with God, she is better off now and it is what God wanted. Notice how they never provide evidence for...
Unhealthy thought patterns led to self-harming my body, controlling others and damaging judgements. Through my prayer counselor at Wellspring, I am experiencing deep peace. I’m walking out of all the negative thoughts that had turned to actions. NOW I have real freedom in my mind, will and...
He finishes with the passive aggression of the prophet who knows how wrong the world can sometimes be, and who turns such unproductive anger into assertive prayer: “Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly minded schemes, and prosper all that ...