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How to Get Up Early to Pray

By Karen Barber | August 7, 2012

Getting up early to pray is one of the most dependable ways to have a consistent prayer life, but getting up early can be a challenge.  Here are some strategies and ideas on how to make getting up early to pray a habit that becomes the highlight of your day. How to do this prayer…

Preschooler Birthday Blessings Prayer from the Scriptures

By Karen Barber | August 6, 2012

Here is a birthday blessings prayer for your preschooler that features Scriptures to pray and claim for them on their special day.  There’s no better birthday gift than the gift of prayer! Preschooler Birthday Blessings Prayer Using and Claiming the Scriptures Dear Father, we thank you for this precious child.  On their birthday we pray…

Depression Healing Prayer

By Karen Barber | August 1, 2012

What is depression?  When we are suffering from depression we are unable to feel any positive feelings, including feeling that when we say our prayers to God that God is still there or that God still cares or that he hears us.  Praying for healing from depression can be a difficult undertaking.   Those of…

Back to School Prayer

By Karen Barber | July 23, 2012

Here is a back to school prayer that can be used as a prayer at the beginning of a school year by parents, teachers, small groups, or in church setting. Back to School Prayer Dear Divine Teacher, At the beginning of this new school year we thank you for blessing us with the ability to…

Prayer for Mass Murder Victims, Families and Communities

By Karen Barber | July 22, 2012

Praying for mass murder victims, families and communities is a powerful way to bring God’s presence into the darkness of grief and terror to bring God’s healing love. Prayer for Mass Murder Victims, Families and Communities  Dear Heavenly Father, Our hearts are broken today as we contemplate the numbing circumstances of another mass murder in…

Quotes on Prayer from St. Teresa of Avila

By Karen Barber | July 3, 2012

Here are some selected quotes on prayer from St. Teresa of Avila who was a Carmelite nun who lived in the 1500’s in Spain. St. Teresa was a reformer of religious orders and is most remembered as a deeply mystical writer about the contemplative life through interior or mental prayer.  Her book Interior Castles details…