Why Don’t We Ask God for What We Want?
Part 3: MY PROBLEM IS TOO SMALL RecapPart 1-Ask God even when we know he already knows.Part 2-Take a breath to clear chaos from our prayer. My prayer requests include…
Why Don’t We Ask God for What We Want?
Part 2: WHAT DO I ASK FOR In Part 1, we dispelled the notion that since God knows all, we don’t have to present our requests to him. God is…
Why Don’t We Ask God for What We Want?
Part 1: GOD ALREADY KNOWS definition from the 1983 edition of the Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary (yes I have a hard copy 7-inch thick dictionary in my house) “Which…
When My Prayer Needs Replacement Therapy
A few years ago, I tripped and faceplanted in front of a banquet room full of my college classmates. Beyond the embarrassment I felt, I injured my knee. An X-ray…
What About You?
As the choir and congregation sing the song, "Somebody Prayed for Me," the lead singer will substitute “somebody” with a specific person, such as grandmother, the preacher, or my mother.…
My Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer was one of the first pieces of literature I memorized. By the time I was 4 or 5, I could recite it. How about you? Sometimes, when…
Prayer Lessons from Nehemiah
I was asked to teach the adult Sunday School lesson based on Nehemiah 2:11-18. I was excited because I had been studying the Old Testament. From my study, I finally…
Me Prayer
In my social media pages and email groups, I often receive requests for prayer. Someone needs healing. Someone needs a miracle. Someone needs a touch from God. Someone needs something…
Right Prayer
I am a procedural person. I like checklists, flowcharts, tables, standard operating procedures (SOP), outlines, formulae. I like order. I like knowing that there is a plan in place to make the process…