Posts by David Shelton
Praying for Healing for a Child Battling a Life-Threatening Disease
Praying for healing for a child who is battling a life-threatening infection or disease can be a heart breaking challenge. Here are some words of help and wisdom on how to pray when a child is seriously ill from inspirational writer David Shelton. 1. Express your feelings of helplessness and anguish to God. Here in…
Read MoreNever Ending Easter
Do you feel like you miss out on the peace and joy of Easter every year? Here’s an Easter meditation and prayer that will help and inspire you. 1. Identify where you’re missing resurrection. Another Easter season is past. Some of you walked away from your first Easter service without that loved one. Some of…
Read MoreHow to Pray for Your Children
Praying for your children involves becoming aware of how important your prayers are and then making a practical plan of how to pray for your children during your busy days. Here are some ideas: Praying for the Kids Ok, parents of today’s kids…it’s time. It’s time to put down your smart phone, put down your…
Read MorePraying When Your Heart Fails
If you’re in a life situation where your heart has literally or figuratively failed, prayer can always help improve the condition of your heart as writer David Shelton shares in this life-altering article. . Listen to Your Heart So…where are you sitting now while reading this? Starbucks? From the sofa in your one-bedroom apartment? …
Read MorePraying about Injustice
What happens when we pray hard and long for justice and we lose? Inspirational writer David Shelton cries out for justice and finds none here on earth. Join him as he searches and finds a powerful way to go on in spite of the glaring injustices of life. Praying for Justice I sat in my…
Read MoreFinding Inner Peace
Are you in the middle of a life situation where there is no peace? Here’s a way to find peace and refreshment for your body, mind, soul and spirit. Finding Peace I found myself standing alone, the wind blowing over me from left to right. Every 8 to 10 seconds there was a crash that…
Read MoreFinding Peace in Life’s Storms
When the storms of life overwhelm you and you desperately need peace, come with author David Shelton on a figurative prayer journey toward Jesus who is present even in the middle of your storm. Finding Peace A storm does not quite define the situations that we face in life. The storms of life are more…
Read MorePraying During Your Darkest Hours
Time and time again we face these dark nights of the soul not knowing what to do or say because it seems that God is silent or is absent. The same God who said “I will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6, HCSB) seems to have left the room…and you and I sit…
Read MorePraying for a Future Spouse after Divorce
When praying about the person that you will someday marry, don’t be afraid to ask God for specific traits or characteristics that you are looking for in a spouse. My wife Kelly and I prayed for each other long before we met. We prayed for each other in specific detail. Kelly prayed for a spouse…
Read MoreThe Power of Praying Beyond Your Personal Wants and Needs
Here are some ideas on how to refocus our prayers when we find ourselves always telling God the latest thing we really want. How to do this prayer practice: 1. Ask God to help you see the difference between your wants and your needs. When we go to God in prayer what are we praying…
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