The Right Motives for Prayer

What is the right attitude for prayer? How do we know whether we are praying our own motives as opposed to God’s motives? Exactly how should we pray? Jesus taught His disciples to pray with the “Our Father” in Matthew 6:9-10. It is the right attitude to begin with the perspective of God being your […]

Prayer Journal

What does is look like to have a deep faith in you dear Jesus? Deep, undoubting faith where I am one with you. Where I believe in your ability to save, your righteousness. A faith that is focused solely on you and not the distractions of this life. Give me a longing for that love […]

Prayer Journal

Help me dear Lord to trust in you, to seek a deeper intimacy with you; to hold you close and not let you go. Deepen my love for you dear Jesus. Fill me with your hope, your joy, your love. Fill my thirst with your living water. Fill me with your wisdom and discernment. Your […]

Prayer Journal

Strengthen me Lord to bear the cross you have given me, the cross you have crafted for me to carry. You have equipped me with the ability to carry this cross, given me the muscle, bones, and mind to hoist it upon my shoulders. You have prepared me for this moment, as you have every […]

Prayer Journey— A Pure Moment

For this moment dear God, at this very minute, fill me with a sense of your image of me and what you see in me. Free me from the past and all its opinions that have torn me down; beat me down; taken away my confidence. In this moment fill me with a strong sense […]

Prayer Journey—The Love of Christ

What was it like Lord Jesus to walk with you; to talk with you in person; to be hugged by you; to see the joy on your face when you saw an old friend? What was it like to be your disciple—to directly hear your words of instruction? Some days I long for that, and […]

Prayer Journey—Who Are You?

Who are you Jesus that you can calm the storm? Who are you Jesus that you can heal the lame? Who are you Jesus that you can bring sight to the blind? Bring calm Lord Jesus to the storms in my life. Heal my brokenness that causes me to limp through life. Help me to […]

Prayer Journey—No Fear

What do I have to fear dear Lord? You are in all things. You created all things. You created me. Everyone is your workmanship.

Not the Answer I Expected

Difficult situations can push us to our knees in prayer, pleading to God for relief. Yet how many times does God answer that prayer in a way we did not expect or desire? I wondered this about Ananias in Acts 9. I could see him, like other followers of Jesus at the time, praying to […]