Make Prayer Beautiful
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S5 Ep 260Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Virtual Mentoring
Isobel Kuhn's books were a lifeline to me in a disorienting season.
S5 Ep 259Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: The Prayerless Years
Eight years with much less prayer.
S5 Ep 258Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: College and Young Adult Years
Beautiful discipleship, and a taste of 24/7 prayer.
S5 Ep 257Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Before College
So many favorites. The name I couldn't remember was Joy Ridderhof, with Gospel Recordings. You can read her biography, by Phyllis Thompson, at https://globalrecordings.net/en/count-it-all-joy
S5 Ep 256Holy Spirit Breakthrough in the Midst of a Sermon?
Processing through this experience that is not part of my cultural tradition.
S5 Ep 255A Glimpse of What Might Be Possible in the Spirit
Not sure I want this gift, but I like knowing some of the gifts God has given to his children.
S5 Ep 254Six Types of Miracles in the Scriptures
A few I hadn't thought of as separate categories … love this brief study!
S5 Ep 253Thinking of Ourselves in the Plural
Are you and Jesus going to fold laundry today? A great exercise!
S5 Ep 252Exercising Agency in a Dream! First Time! So Excited!
Recognizing the prayers in my dreams! And if you are interested in the Hearing God Learning Lab, here's the link: https://skilled-motivator-1346.kit.com/products/hearing-god-learning-lab
S5 Ep 251What If Dreams Offered Opportunity for Prayer, Not Just Insight into Life?
This could change my entire sleep life!
S5 Ep 250No More Tolerance for Waffling
And a surprising encouragement not to settle. This is a now word for me.
S5 Ep 249The Gloomy Merry-Go-Round Without an Exit, Part 2
Answering a question about the dark side.
S5 Ep 248When You Can't Get to a Place of Peace … Some Options to Pray Into
A need for forgiveness? Check in with the body: where am I feeling it? A sense of catastrophe? Several options to consider.
S5 Ep 247When One Spouse Wants a Change, and the Other Spouse Can't or Won't
Part two of a really complex, beautiful question.
S5 Ep 246When One Spouse Makes a Decision and The Other Spouse Has No Peace
Part one of a really complex, beautiful question.
S5 Ep 245Jesus and the Demoniac and the Rest of the Decapolis
And why the death of 2000 pigs was both a big deal and not a big deal.
S5 Ep 244The Buses Dancing Figure Eights Just Before Midnight
A prayer for safety, logistics, and excellence in the behind-the-scenes moments.
S5 Ep 243Why Did I Feel Prompted to Buy a Slightly Profane Book?
Wrestling with the Lord about holiness, prayer, and living with open hands.
S5 Ep 242Praying for Big Things That Aren't Shifting
Some thoughts on an extremely difficult topic.
S5 Ep 241Issuing a Temporary Restraining Order in the Spirit
This made a tremendous difference! So thankful!
S5 Ep 240"But I Don't Want to Sit on the Plane for Another Hour!"
The search for childlike expressions of honesty in the midst of big emotions.
S5 Ep 239Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You?
The challenge of receiving.
S5 Ep 238If You Open Yourself to Be a Feeler, Going to Church Might Become More Challenging
What I noticed when I first started praying more, which coincided with being open to being a feeler.
S5 Ep 237A New Thought: What If We Can't Entirely Trust Our Consciences?
One of the more interesting ideas I've come across in recent months.
S5 Ep 236The Gloomy Merry-Go-Round Without an Exit
It took only one word to open up the exit, but without that word, it was a pretty miserable ride.
S5 Ep 235"If I'm Not Multitasking, I'm Falling Behind" and Other Things to Break Free Of
Entering into the reality of different speeds for different needs.
S5 Ep 234A Prayer When Everything Seems to Take 50% Longer Than It Should
I have seasons where I pray this prayer more than others--this is one of those seasons.
S5 Ep 233The Fairy Tale Requirement on Elisha as Elijah Went Up to Heaven
A story that seems specifically needed for this season.
S5 Ep 232A Tutorial for Speaking Words of Life Over People
I would love to see encouraging words flowing out to all those around us.
S5 Ep 231Sitting on an Unmoving Airplane, Late at Night …
The switch from personal frustration to generosity … will be looking for other places to experiment with this!
S5 Ep 230Taking on a Burden Not Mine to Bear?
Or faithfully fulfilling the call of God? Another example of trying to come into alignment with the Lord's ideas.
S5 Ep 229Heaven's Perspective Versus My Perspective
A prayer I'm experimenting with right now, seeing if my ideas aren't quite in alignment with the Lord's.
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.