Do you think Christians are more concerned with praying for physical healing than they are for strengthening their souls?John Eldredge: Well, when you or someone you love are in pain, it does move you to pray. I understand completely. But too often we wait till then to pray, or we only...
Individuals the world over, each in his or her own way, implored God to bring a quick resolution to the conflict and to deliver those involved in it from harm. In the United States, a national day of prayer was called for. Now that hostilities are over, there are many reasons to ...
Nothing could prepare Jesus’s disciples for what it would mean to follow him. They just had to do it and be overcome by it. It will always be “too much.” Nothing can really prepare us for this process of inner and outer crucifixion and death to ourselves. Still, we each must kneel...
where tree roots heaved and broke concrete into toe traps for children and the elderly. I caught my toes on furniture, had them run over with tricycles, wheel barrows and stomped on by my brother. (He will deny this.) My feet were acquainted with the occasional ...
Being willing to say yes to God made me a candidate for much healing and blessing. Of course, I don’t always hear Him and I don’t always say yes immediately, but my desire is to do that. Saying yes to God without reservation is the first step of obedience that begins to build a...
Bestselling author Stormie Omartian presents her most-loved prayers for women in this collection ideally sized to keep in purse or pocket for quick conversations with God about: purposefamilyhealingfaithlove Encouraging, biblical, and insightful, this sweet gathering of prayers from "The Power of a...
We both. The two parties directly referred to in this letter were Israel and others. Christ made the two groups one. He made one new humanity out of the two. Both now have access to the Father, through the Spirit. There are no divisions in the renewed humanity. Jew and Gentile, men ...
Help is coming. Here this life laid down for you, for love of you, for love of Love – this life laid down, fallen down, hunched in a ball and rolling down, spread out, offered down to the quick, to the dregs this life drinking your cup of sorrow, ...