Make Prayer Beautiful
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S5 Ep 228Four Unhealthy Reasons We Might Try to Help Others
A little teaching on codependency I found fascinating and helpful. From Ed Khouri's book The Weight of Leadership. https://www.amazon.com/Weight-Leadership-Ed-Khouri/dp/1955043701/
S5 Ep 227Thinking About the Body Being Guarded
Why sometimes even healing might not stick quite the way we want.
S5 Ep 226A Prayer for When the Landscape Has Been Torched, When the Landmarks Vanish
This may be literal, or it may be metaphoric or spiritual, but a prayer for the needs of restoration.
S5 Ep 225The Need to Be Moved with Compassion
New thoughts on answering the question: who is my neighbor?
S5 Ep 224Specific Lessons from a Week of Sunrises
A few of the gifts for the awake ones.
S5 Ep 223Facing Down the Platonic Ideal of a Sunrise
Looking for the gift of the clouds.
S5 Ep 222When We Face Chaos
The Prince of Peace, the light of Christ, and calming the storm. https://www.firehouseministries.com/post/light-and-the-spirit-man
S5 Ep 221The Spoken Request That the Wish Fairy Didn't Answer, But the Lord Did
This story keeps hitting me on several fronts.
S5 Ep 220When a Children's Sunday School Moved Toward Children Laying Hands on Other Children
A range of thoughts on why this might not be the best activity.
S5 Ep 219Going Through the Open Door
Which is not necessarily the door you would choose.
S5 Ep 218No One Stays in the Birth Canal Forever
Thinking about constraints.
S5 Ep 217Pushing Back the Spirit of Fear
Terror over a hike, finding employees, and seeking to release the boldness of the Lord in our spaces.
S5 Ep 216Waiting for the Spouse to Get on the Same Page
What if it takes a month? What if it takes a year? What if it takes five years?
S5 Ep 215Ways to Pray in Church …
Beyond the obvious.
S5 Ep 214When the Lord Speaks Over Your Identity
What seems less appealing on the surface becomes a precious word of the Lord. And Jamie Winship's stand-alone study guide: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800746899/
S5 Ep 213The Importance of a Good Name, But Also Not Living for Public Opinion
Some of my wrestlings from the life of Jesus.
S5 Ep 212Letting the Light of Christ Pour Through
Agnes Sanford would say: if you plug in a light and it doesn't turn on, you don't assume there's no electricity. Check your connection!
S5 Ep 211The Family Catches the Vomiting Sickness Every Time a Fast Begins, and Other Odd Coincidences
Some thoughts on what I've learned about deliverance symptoms and paying attention.
S5 Ep 210Catfish, French Fries, U-Turns, and a Bunch of Confusion
Starting to get breakthrough on Dream Interpretation. I went through this program: https://www.cwgministries.org/store/dream-your-way-wisdom-complete-discounted-package
S5 Ep 209Pondering the Challenge of Vision and Goal-Setting
A good reminder, as we come to the last third of the year.
S5 Ep 208On The Great and Terrible Quest
Favor, provision, coincidences, releasing others to be the best version of themselves … this is our life! To order the book: https://www.sonlight.com/products/the-great-and-terrible-quest
S5 Ep 207A Long-Standing Bible Mystery Solved!
Why does the word for "love" keep shifting in John 21? What is going on?
S5 Ep 206Letting God Explain Himself to a Muslim
A marvelous story from Jamie Winship. Get his book Living Fearless at https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800740297
S5 Ep 205Walking Through the Airport as a Trigger for Enemy Mode?
Do I keep my relational circuits on? Questions to talk about with Jesus. Also, I mentioned The Other Half of Church: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802419631/
S5 Ep 204When Prayers Go the Wrong Direction
Praying for friends on vacation, and other frustrating reports.And, the Identity Album: https://happybooks.me/identityalbum
S5 Ep 203The New Roommate's Unexpected Greeting
And a new definition of joy.
S5 Ep 202An Impartation of Joy
May the Lord release his goodness and his sense of fun over us all.
S5 Ep 201A New Thought on "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth"
And a theory about why I have a strong antipathy for gambling.
S5 Ep 200Laying Aside the Weights We're Carrying
Setting down the burdens we maybe don't know we're carrying.
S5 Ep 199Practicing Deliverance
The thesaurus, listening for the whispers of the Lord, and being okay with experimenting.
S5 Ep 198The Surprise Blister Under a Callous
An example of how the Lord goes before and supplies all our needs and ministers grace.
S5 Ep 197The Provision Shows Up
Basking in this reminder.
S5 Ep 196When the Lord Gives an Assignment He Knows You Won't Finish
Whether ending a fast early, starting a farm, or stopping an ordination process.
S5 Ep 195The Accusation Floating Around: "You're Bad at Your Job"
Asking the Lord to speak to our identity.
S5 Ep 194The Proliferation of Small Tasks, Noise, and Distractions
Praying for the ability to continue to walk the narrow path, with focus and clarity.
S5 Ep 193Praise As a Weapon of Warfare
Worship is beautiful, but in a time of intensive prayer, turn to praise. I've been listening to "No One Like the Lord" for some days now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DjKbUQfe9U
S5 Ep 192Watching for Boxes of Blessings
Not loving the idea of surprises? What if it's time to watch for boxes of blessings?
S5 Ep 191Prayers Against Cynicism and Catastrophizing
When we pray, expect something to happen!
S5 Ep 190You Are Not Stuck; You Are Not Alone
Pondering this statement. Is it true? Is it true in all circumstances?
S5 Ep 189Dealing with the I-Words: Impatience, Irrational, Irritable, Isolated … Icky!
Prayers for the humanity of intensive prayer: peace to the choppy waters, and expulsion of the things that need to be expelled.
S5 Ep 188The Mind Running in a Thousand Directions at Once
Prayers for all who are carrying a lot.
S5 Ep 187If I Could Only Have Done Everything Perfectly …
A variation on accusation: my human inability to be perfect creates disaster. (With a prayer from the life of Peter.)
S5 Ep 186The Weirdly Traumatic Splinter
A prayer against things impinging and pushing through boundaries. <shudder>
S5 Ep 185Saying No to the Voice of the Accuser
A word for now. I hadn't realized how strongly this voice was at work in my life.
S5 Ep 184Entering into Fasting for a Purpose
Such a fun concept!Link for the book: https://happybooks.me/pursue
S5 Ep 183Intensive Prayer at the Halftime of the Year
Four types of fasts, and the joy of a reset in August.https://happybooks.me/pursue
S5 Ep 182An Exciting Thought About Storehouses!
In the moment revelation! This blessed me so much!
S5 Ep 181Returning to the Joy of Abundant Ideas
Not a problem to be fixed, but a gift to be celebrated.
S5 Ep 180Working Through an Old Box of Papers with Jesus
So astonished! He has time and space for every season!
S5 Ep 179Two Surprising Wails
Tracking the move of God in my life--it can catch me off guard.