EP. 99: Conversations with God (with Lori Hatcher)

Does prayer feel hard to you? Do you struggle with knowing how to talk to God about your cares and concerns? Do you ever hide your prayer requests from God as if they’re not good enough? Does prayer feel like a chore rather than a conversation? Well, on this episode of God Hears Her, guest Lori Hatcher shares how prayer is just talking to a dear friend who wants to hear from you! Lori also shares with Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy about her own personal faith and how it has influenced her to change the way she prays through different seasons of waiting in her life.   About Our Guest: Lori Hatcher is an author, blogger, pastor’s wife, and women’s ministry speaker. She’s written five devotionals, including Refresh Your Prayers: Uncommon Devotions to Restore Power and Praise, and Refresh Your Faith: Uncommon Devotions from Every Book of the Bible. Her articles and devotions have appeared in numerous print and online publications including Our Daily Bread, Guideposts, Revive Our Hearts, and Crosswalk.com. A contest-winning Toastmasters International speaker (ACG, ALB), Lori uses high-impact stories to impart transformational truth. Lori and her husband, a pastor, live delightfully close to their four grandchildren in Lexington, South Carolina.   Notes and Quotes:  Prayer was not meant to be a monologue. It was meant to be a two-way conversation.—Lori Hatcher When we take everything into our hands, we leave Him out of the picture.—Elisa Morgan I sat under sound Bible teaching for two years before the Word of God penetrated my heart.—Lori Hatcher For prodigal mamas who wonder if all those years of raising their kids in faith was a waste, now they’re not living for God. Was that a waste? God’s Word never returns void.—Lori Hatcher Sometimes our greatest step is to allow God to find us. If we just let ourselves be found and loved it’s, maybe, the hardest thing we’ll ever do.—Elisa Morgan Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas.—Lori Hatcher Instead of getting things from God, you get God.—Lori Hatcher The transformation happened when I learned to listen. The main way God speaks to us today is through His Word.—Lori Hatcher  The main purpose of prayer is to build our relationship with God.—Lori Hatcher Every time we read God’s Word, He’s speaking to us.—Lori Hatcher    Links:  Lori’s latest book: Refresh Your Faith Lori’s website: Lori Hatcher  God Hears Her newsletter sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/signup Enjoy this episode? Rate and review it on iTunes to help us reach more women with the message that God hears them, He sees them, and He loves them because we are His!  Follow God Hears Her Podcast on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast Elisa’s Instagram: elisa morgan author Eryn’s Instagram: eryneddy God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/