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How to Request and Receive Confidential Prayer
Making a confidential prayer request for yourself or others is possible if you know the secret of the right ways and means of doing so. Sometimes our confidential prayer requests are about private family or business matters that are not public knowledge. Other times our confidential prayer requests are about personal matters, such as our…
Read MoreStarting to Pray Again after Years without Talking to God
If it has been years since you last prayed to God, how do you start back again saying prayers to God? Often life stress or the quest for deeper meaning in life brings us back to a desire to talk to God. And if you do venture to pray, what should you do if you…
Read MoreWaiting Like Daniel for God to Move to Answer Prayers
When we make a prayer request we sometimes wonder if our prayers to God have been heard. Yet when we engage in daily prayer God hears and his hand is moving in unseen ways in the spiritual realm. A remarkable example is found in the Bible verses in Daniel 10:1-21 where an angel tells Daniel…
Read MoreCell Phone Prayer Mode
Do you have the best cell phone plan for your prayer time? Here is a free cell phone prayer that will help you put yourself and your phone into prayer mode and to overcome FOMO, or the fear of missing out if you don’t look at all texts, updates,emails and messages the instant you get…
Read MoreApproaching God in Prayer
Are you reluctant to approach God in prayer with your daily personal problems and needs? Gain new confidence to knock on God’s door in this devotional – and hear the smile in God’s voice as He welcomes you in. Knock Knock knock knock’ ‘who’s there?’ “it’s me, Judi, can I come in?” “you can, and…
Read MoreHow to Pray When You Can’t Let Go
Often when we are praying for those we dearly love we honestly can’t let go of them even when it becomes apparent that the time has come when we should let go. Writer Bill Roland faced this dilemma when his father was dying of cancer. Learn with him the prayer power of Romans 8:26 Praying.…
Read MoreOvercoming Distractions When Praying
Here’s a creative way to overcome distractions in prayer. Distractions I’ve been doing some redecorating lately. It’s fun, but it can get to be time-consuming. I fly from store to store collecting swatches of fabric, bring them home and tape them to our walls and chairs for contemplation. One morning I awoke with thoughts of…
Read MorePraying for the Person Who Has Hurt You
Someone I have loved very deeply for years has hurt me. It’s one of those ‘life changers’ Nothing seems the same. In the midst of happiness, comes the cold slap of reality. Ouch. Everyone says ‘time will heal’. But, I wonder. Yesterday I got this voicemail: “I know you are probably not inclined but if…
Read MoreGoing Beyond Always Asking for Things in Prayer
Are you feeling stuck in your prayer life because you feel like you’re always asking for things over and over again? Be inspired by this breakthrough moment of simply enjoying God’s presence. Just As I Am I came to Jesus “just as I was” when I was 6. Or 7. I cannot remember. As I grew, so…
Read MoreSpending Quality Time with God…Just Because He’s God
When our prayer times become crowded with too many requests squeezed into too little time, this poetic prayer by Merissa Lee Kelley helps us learn the art of enjoying God’s company and resting in His embrace via quality prayer time that is “beneficial and healthy to our spiritual, emotional and physical well being.” Merissa’s Story…
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