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Looking at the Scorched Wasteland, Wishing for a Testimony to Hold Onto Hope

2

Grieving Over the Culture, and Engaging with the Culture

3

The Flow of Tears Over an Oppressed Land

4

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers, Part 3

5

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers, Part 2

6

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers

7

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 6

8

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 5

9

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 4

10

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 3

11

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 2

12

How to Pray Knowing I'm Going in the Right Direction, Part 1

13

On Skipping Date Night, Checking the Phone on the Sabbath, and Generally Entering into a Life That Works for Me

14

Fasting, Feasting, and Just Living

15

No One, on Summiting a Mountain, Decides to Live There Forever

16

Sending Popcorn to a Dying Man

17

My Realization About Why Some Prayers Don't Feel Right

18

My Upsetting Dream in the Atlanta Airport … with a Sudden and Unexpected Turn

19

The Freedom to Have No Plan

20

Fun New Considerations About Fasting

21

What the Coffee Grounds Were Speaking

22

How to Love Well?

23

A Messy Business Problem and the Miraculous Turnaround

24

The Lord Loves Contemplatives and Active People, Too

25

Does Everyone Have an Anointing? Are Some Anointings Larger Than Others?

26

You Thought the Walk of Faith Would Be Easy?

27

Shutting Down Sudden Onset Headaches

28

Asking the Lord to Answer Questions on Command

29

John the Baptist Did Not Have a Small Anointing

30

The Emotions of an Intercessor

31

Use What's in Your Hand

32

The Surprising Gift of Being the Slave of the Lord

33

Reframing the Idea of the Yoke That's Easy

34

On Not Being Relationally Dysfunctional with the Lord

35

Would You Prefer to Go to Coffee with Someone for Their Character or Their Personality?

36

When Not to Sit Front and Center

37

How to Discern When It's Spiritual Warfare or Your Own Sinfulness?

38

Telling the Truth, Not Telling Everything, and Refusing to Take Responsibility

39

When Not One of the Paths Open Before You Is a Happy Path

40

Refusing the Prayers for Resurrection

41

Praying, Preparing, and the Walk of Faith

42

How to Pray in the Midst of a Challenging Diagnosis?

43

The Gorgeous Specificity of the Lord

44

Thinking About Famous People of Prayer

45

So Many Disparate Pieces Coming Together

46

Angelic Visitations and the Lack Thereof: A Happy Perspective

47

Taking the Time to Replenish the Oil

48

Time Is Not Fungible

49

Full-Frontal Resistance and Resistance by Neglect

50

When You Think You Can't Do Any More …

51

An Unexpected Meditation on Grieving

52

Futility, Hope Deferred, and Wild Animals Taking Over the Land

53

Let's Not Assume "Higher Levels, Bigger Devils"

54

The Elijah Effect in Ministry

55

Planning Ahead to Prepare the Way for a Return

56

A Celebration of Treasures

57

The First Read-Through

58

When Teaching Doesn't Seem Immediately Applicable …

59

What Are the Themes That Stir Your Heart?

60

Dipping a Toe into a Long-Held Dream

61

Thinking About Decision-Making

62

How to Study the Bible?

63

One of the Early Identity Profiles, and How It Helps

64

Resistance and Starting Something New

65

The Truck Driver and the Bright Light

66

Testimonies of Protection

67

A Few Signs When It's Time to Move On

68

Bringing Righteousness and Justice to the Cacao Industry

69

"Congratulations! We Have a Publishing House!"

70

Practical Dream Interpretation for the Confused and Clueless

71

The Turnaround Flier

72

The Gift of Specificity

73

The Answered Prayer for Better Healing

74

Seeds Sown in Secret, Waiting for Germination

75

Multiple Opportunities Open Up: Did I Rush the Discernment Process?

76

The Challenges of the Midpoint of a Fast

77

The Druids in the Orchard

78

Protecting Oneself from the Little Barbs

79

Remembering Again That Perfection Isn't Possible Right at the Beginning

80

Discarding Saul's Armor

81

Being in Business and the Walk of Faith

82

The Grand Gesture vs. The Measured Prudence

83

A Vicar to Want to Imitate in Real Life

84

More Than a Book a Day

85

Look at the Fruit

86

Unanswered (But Interesting) Questions About Pressing In

87

Our Ever-Increasing Opportunity Wedge

88

Turning the Challenges of Life (Diet, Frustrations, etc.) into a Fast

89

Finding the Gold in People, So They Are Attracted to God

90

When We Don't Know What to Do … It's Okay to Take a Pause

91

If You Need a No Pants Day, Take a No Pants Day

92

Thinking About the Meaning of "Magnify the Lord"

93

Miraculous Christmas Stocking Provision

94

Thinking About Griefs Large and Small

95

Holding Faith and Hope for a Better Outcome in a Difficult Situation

96

When the Lord Offers Beginnings But Not Endings

97

Opera Tickets, Art Museums, and Church Building Campaigns

98

What Hudson Taylor, George Muller, and Heidi Baker Have in Common

99

Why My Friend Stopped Offering Healing Prayer

100

The Desperate Search for the Nehemiah Plan

101

Football, Playbooks, and Prayer

102

YouTube, Invisible Blogs, Publishing, and Thought Leaders

103

When God Gives Dreams That Are Too Big for One Person

104

The Flour and the Oil Never Run Out

105

The Unexpected Matching Grant: A History of Provision, Part Two

106

A History of Provision, Part One

107

A Testimony of How God Works Details Together

108

The Longing for a Book on What to Do with Prophetic Words

109

Experimenting and Trying and Breaking Free of the Shame

110

Entering the Glory of Corporate Worship

111

A Celebration of Taste Tests, Chocolate and Otherwise

112

A Prayer for Right Conversations at the Right Times, in the Right Spaces

113

Prayer and Song Threaded Through

114

Gift Impartation, Including Mine, to Hear God's Voice More Readily

115

Prayer After an Exercise That Left Us Weary (Also Maybe Tired and Sad)

116

Adjusting the Schedule, Hour by Hour

117

The Physical, Embodied Experience of Being in an Open Heaven

118

Striking the Balance Between Activities and Relationship

119

Partnering with God More Than Asking a Blessing for Business

120

Prayer in a Natural and Beautiful Way

121

Three Mornings with Worship, Led by Four Worship Leaders

122

Photographic Celebration and a Two Page Shot List

123

Planning and Replanning an Event

124

The Absolute Glory of Show and Tell

125

A Few Details I Wouldn't Have Thought Of, But I Loved

126

Many Unnecessary Ice Breakers

127

Kazoos, Blow-Outs, and the Prodigal Father

128

Grocery Shopping with Jesus

129

When the Uber Driver Got Lost

130

Finding Peace in the Midst of Pool Therapy

131

When God Cleared a Schedule for the Miraculous Plan B

132

In Which I Start to Share Happy Stories of Provision and Celebration

133

When God Strips Away Much (or All)

134

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: A Collection of My Most Pressing Questions, Beautifully Answered

135

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: At Last We Get to Some Books!

136

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Crying Out for Mentoring

137

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Moving Through the Discouraging Dip

138

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: An Interesting Question at a Specific Moment

139

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Pressing In

140

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Returning to Prayer

141

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Virtual Mentoring

142

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: The Prayerless Years

143

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: College and Young Adult Years

144

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Before College

145

Holy Spirit Breakthrough in the Midst of a Sermon?

146

A Glimpse of What Might Be Possible in the Spirit

147

Six Types of Miracles in the Scriptures

148

Thinking of Ourselves in the Plural

149

Exercising Agency in a Dream! First Time! So Excited!

150

What If Dreams Offered Opportunity for Prayer, Not Just Insight into Life?

151

No More Tolerance for Waffling

152

The Gloomy Merry-Go-Round Without an Exit, Part 2

153

When You Can't Get to a Place of Peace … Some Options to Pray Into

154

When One Spouse Wants a Change, and the Other Spouse Can't or Won't

155

When One Spouse Makes a Decision and The Other Spouse Has No Peace

156

Jesus and the Demoniac and the Rest of the Decapolis

157

The Buses Dancing Figure Eights Just Before Midnight

158

Why Did I Feel Prompted to Buy a Slightly Profane Book?

159

Praying for Big Things That Aren't Shifting

160

Issuing a Temporary Restraining Order in the Spirit

161

"But I Don't Want to Sit on the Plane for Another Hour!"

162

Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You?

163

If You Open Yourself to Be a Feeler, Going to Church Might Become More Challenging

164

A New Thought: What If We Can't Entirely Trust Our Consciences?

165

The Gloomy Merry-Go-Round Without an Exit

166

"If I'm Not Multitasking, I'm Falling Behind" and Other Things to Break Free Of

167

A Prayer When Everything Seems to Take 50% Longer Than It Should

168

The Fairy Tale Requirement on Elisha as Elijah Went Up to Heaven

169

A Tutorial for Speaking Words of Life Over People

170

Sitting on an Unmoving Airplane, Late at Night …

171

Taking on a Burden Not Mine to Bear?

172

Heaven's Perspective Versus My Perspective

173

Four Unhealthy Reasons We Might Try to Help Others

174

Thinking About the Body Being Guarded

175

A Prayer for When the Landscape Has Been Torched, When the Landmarks Vanish

176

The Need to Be Moved with Compassion

177

Specific Lessons from a Week of Sunrises

178

Facing Down the Platonic Ideal of a Sunrise

179

When We Face Chaos

180

The Spoken Request That the Wish Fairy Didn't Answer, But the Lord Did

181

When a Children's Sunday School Moved Toward Children Laying Hands on Other Children

182

Going Through the Open Door

183

No One Stays in the Birth Canal Forever

184

Pushing Back the Spirit of Fear

185

Waiting for the Spouse to Get on the Same Page

186

Ways to Pray in Church …

187

When the Lord Speaks Over Your Identity

188

The Importance of a Good Name, But Also Not Living for Public Opinion

189

Letting the Light of Christ Pour Through

190

The Family Catches the Vomiting Sickness Every Time a Fast Begins, and Other Odd Coincidences

191

Catfish, French Fries, U-Turns, and a Bunch of Confusion

192

Pondering the Challenge of Vision and Goal-Setting

193

On The Great and Terrible Quest

194

A Long-Standing Bible Mystery Solved!

195

Letting God Explain Himself to a Muslim

196

Walking Through the Airport as a Trigger for Enemy Mode?

197

When Prayers Go the Wrong Direction

198

The New Roommate's Unexpected Greeting

199

An Impartation of Joy

200

A New Thought on "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth"

201

Laying Aside the Weights We're Carrying

202

Practicing Deliverance

203

The Surprise Blister Under a Callous

204

The Provision Shows Up

205

When the Lord Gives an Assignment He Knows You Won't Finish

206

The Accusation Floating Around: "You're Bad at Your Job"

207

The Proliferation of Small Tasks, Noise, and Distractions

208

Praise As a Weapon of Warfare

209

Watching for Boxes of Blessings

210

Prayers Against Cynicism and Catastrophizing

211

You Are Not Stuck; You Are Not Alone

212

Dealing with the I-Words: Impatience, Irrational, Irritable, Isolated … Icky!

213

The Mind Running in a Thousand Directions at Once

214

If I Could Only Have Done Everything Perfectly …

215

The Weirdly Traumatic Splinter

216

Saying No to the Voice of the Accuser

217

Entering into Fasting for a Purpose

218

Intensive Prayer at the Halftime of the Year

219

An Exciting Thought About Storehouses!

220

Returning to the Joy of Abundant Ideas

221

Working Through an Old Box of Papers with Jesus

222

Two Surprising Wails

223

"Keep Going Until the Door Closes Completely"

224

Thinking About Imprecatory Psalms

225

The Ridiculousness (in Retrospect) of Magical Thinking

226

When the World Seems to Be Swirling in All Directions …

227

A Variation on Let the Dead Bury the Dead

228

I Can't Wait to See What You're Going to Do, Lord

229

Thinking in New Ways About (Almost) Impossible Travel

230

The Vile-Tongued Dream Man, and the Strategy That Came Out of It

231

How the $6,000 Car Bill Demonstrated the Faithfulness of God

232

Working on a Master's Degree and Doctorate

233

Coming Back to Prayer

234

A Quick Overview of Where I've Been

235

The Invitation to Love Your Enemies

236

Thinking About Witchcraft Prayers

237

Staying Awake (Or Not) at a Conference

238

Praying for the Heart Muscle to Be in Health

239

Derek Prince Suggested: Keep a Record of Your Fasts … But Is This Worth It?

240

Love Notes from the Lord

241

Bob Answers My Question About Speaking in Tongues

242

In the Moses Story, No One Lived Under Fear … Until the Story Turns

243

A Story of Listening to the Lord

244

A Symptom of Deliverance and Continued Healing

245

Denial About Creativity

246

My Adventures in Traffic Court

247

A Novel Suggestion for Praying in Tongues

248

Always Astonishing, How Much the Details Matter

249

The Unpleasant Truth That There's Another in the Fire

250

Avocados, Nectarines, Kale, and Quinoa: Food Explorers and the Body of Christ

251

A Celebration of the Fun Invitations from the Lord

252

Thinking About World War II Warfare in Prayer, Identification and Agony, and Mantles

253

Unusual Events at the Beginning of an Endeavor

254

Cain's Defining Feature

255

Bonus: Juneteenth 2025 Prayer Call

256

The Lord Cares About Even the Decluttering

257

From Snappy Remarks to Healing Prayer

258

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch, Part 2

259

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch

260

Ignore the Person Slithering on the Floor

261

Beyond the Theoretical: My First Experience of Deliverance

262

Can Christians Have Demons?

263

Refusing to Pray the Prayer of Protection

264

What If You Don't Pray Prayers?

265

What About Pre-Written Prayers?

266

What Kind of a Party Are We Invited To?

267

Thinking About Who Plans the Activities

268

You Are Invited!

269

A Joyful New Way to Think About Prayer

270

In a World of Blog Posts: Asking the Lord for a Framework

271

The Accusing Finger Versus the Reality As a Child of God

272

The Progressive Nature of Large Projects

273

Socratic Dialogue, Being Boxed into a Corner, Telling Stories, and Having a Conversation

274

Unexpected Dream Interpretation

275

That Cliched Statement "First Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask"

276

The Reminder of the Gift of Praying Over a Flight

277

The Willingness to Enter Into a Space Lacking in Hope

278

"The Holy Spirit Is More Real to Me Than Any Human Person"

279

On Not Catching Up on the Mountain Trail of Prayer

280

Trusting the Holy Spirit in You

281

"Just Do It a Minute," "It's Not a Moral Issue," and the Astonishing Overlap in the StrengthsFinder

282

The Gift of an Analog Multimeter, Both to Start Being a Feeler, and to Be a Feeler in Health

283

When You React at an Eleven to Something That Should Have Been a Two

284

Questions About Hearing God's Voice

285

Companions on the Road

286

The Blue Cloud Hovering Over the Couch

287

Where Are the Bezalels Today?

288

Going Really Controversial with Three Views of Hell

289

Beautiful Leaders Across Four Decades

290

De-Mystifying Learning to Hear God's Voice

291

"What Do You See As Your Role in Your Company?"

292

Sharing in the Love for the Saints

293

Thriving Businesses Create Thriving Cities

294

Psalm 2:8, the Color Red, and Growing Up in the Glory Realm

295

Thinking About Generative Language in Relationships

296

The Man Who Prays Daily Blessings for Those Who Publicly Oppose Him

297

The Man Who Needs Three Executive Assistants, Because One Wouldn't Be Enough

298

The Itinerant Prophet Who Specializes in Deliverance

299

The Couple Who Popularized Soaking Prayer

300

The Man Who Asked Jesus to Be His Guru

301

My Beautiful Introduction to Healing Prayer

302

Mentored by a Controversial Contemporary Couple

303

Mentored by a Pastor Who Wanted His Parishioners to Read Their Bibles More

304

Mentored by (Perhaps) the Smartest Author to Make It Big Among Christian Audiences

305

Mentored by a British Man Who Chose to Live Among and Look Like the Chinese He Ministered To

306

Mentored by a Dutch Woman Who Suffered with the Nazis in World War II

307

Mentored by a Missionary from the Early 1900s

308

The Gift of a Godly Boarding House

309

Why "That's the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard" Doesn't Have to Be the End of the World

310

Early Mentoring in Prayer

311

Fly Fishing Lures, Mustard Seeds, and a Six-Hour Call with an Editor

312

Cheering on Arrival, Hospitality, Thought-Provoking Questions

313

While Impartation Is Great, Mentors Are Extra Precious

314

Congested Head, Foggy Mind, Uncertainty in General … One Response

315

Planning for a Party … My Part, God's Part

316

Seaglass, Giftings, and the Kindness of the Lord

317

After a 21-Day Fast, the Lord Sent a Vision to This Teen

318

"What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?"

319

Praying Against Judgment

320

A Book That Changed My Thinking and Explained a Past Mystery

321

When You're Always Tired and Can't Recover

322

When the Lord Asks an Uncomfortable Obedience

323

When the Point of Greatest Weakness Becomes the Invitation of the Lord

324

The Unexpected Gift When Someone Reminds You of Someone Else

325

Thinking About "God Can't Bless a Mess"

326

A Tale of Two Approaches to a Local Tarot Reader: Blessing and Cursing

327

Breaking Free from a Catastrophic Spirit

328

Praying, Intentionally, for the Change You Want to See

329

Stepping Out in Faith, and Counting the Cost

330

A Rebellious Culture, Repentance, Lip Service, and Judgment

331

Whatever the Past Disappointment, We Have Only Today to Work With

332

Holiness, Set Apartness, New Testament, Old Testament

333

Women in the Bible

334

Repentance and Running to the Strong Tower

335

The Ephesians Five-Fold Ministry in the New Testament

336

Tiredness on Day Two of a Conference

337

New Teaching on Strongholds

338

The Mind Game of Prayer

339

Speedy Creation and Gradual Creation … Both Can Be Marks of Genius

340

Seeing the Lord's Guidance in Places I Hadn't Thought to Look

341

Coming Back to Fasting After Some Time Away

342

Turning the Harassed and Impoverished into Mighty Men

343

Budding Prophet, Reluctant King, and Caught in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

344

Dealing with a Mocking Spirit

345

Two Words That We Might Expect to Be a Single Occurrence … But Aren't

346

Looking for the Right Amount of Structure

347

Odd Translations in the Book of Proverbs

348

The God Who Wastes Nothing

349

The Hunt for a Mysterious Virus …

350

The Almost-Impossible Circumstances That Work Out

351

How to Solve a Problem That No One Has Solved Before?

352

The Beauty of Going All-Out for the Lord

353

Seeking to Make a Difference in the Seven Spheres of Influence

354

Entering a Home of Peace

355

Schools of the Prophets

356

A Report on Bethel School of Healing

357

Sunday Morning at Bethel Redding

358

Welcoming the Holy Spirit

359

A Church That Celebrates Miracles

360

Being in the Zone, and Staying in Peace

361

Two Treasures from a Bus Ride with Andy Mason

362

Celebration of Life as Prophetic Declaration?

363

Something to Consider: A Celebration of Life as a Gift to the Family

364

Asking the Lord About the Weather Report

365

A Big Picture Question: Just How Much Does God Speak to Man?

366

Ken Fish Offers an Unexpected Tip in the Midst of Healing Prayer

367

Why It's Not Enough to Say, "I Am the Righteousness of God in Christ"

368

Solving the Mystery of Proverbs 1, and a Surprising, Related Miracle

369

Expanding the Definition of Prayer

370

Don't the Words of the Prophets Need to Come True?

371

The Susceptibility to Accusations

372

Is Evil Behavior Always Prompted by Obviously Evil Thoughts?

373

Exercising a Gift in the Spirit

374

The Israelites in the Wilderness Did Not Have Refrigerators

375

A Reward of the Fast: New Perspective on My To-Do List

376

Breaking Away from the Tyranny of the Daily Calendar

377

Thinking About Excellence

378

The Kindness of God: It Leaves Me Undone

379

When the Thing That Could Have Crushed You Becomes the Catapult of Advancement

380

A Celebration of the Opportunity to Think the Thoughts of Others

381

Quantity and Quality in Publishing

382

Excellence in Publishing, Opening the Heart, and Low-Star Reviews

383

Behind the Scenes in the Publishing Industry

384

Gratitude for Thin Threads and Those Who Have Gone Before

385

Gratitude for a Part of the Publishing Industry

386

The Lord Can Show the Opportune Moment

387

Looking at Problems in the Prophetic (Because These Exist, Too)

388

Looking at the Prophetic, Practically

389

A Beautiful Dance in the Midst of Mediation … But the Dance Doesn't Honor God

390

How to Change Your Mind in Order to Speak Words of Life

391

How to Speak Words of Life Over Those Who Harm You?

392

Prophetic Words That Aren't Fully Accurate … a Biblical Perspective

393

Life as "Down the Great Unknown"

394

A New Take on "Higher Levels, Bigger Devils"

395

A Celebration of the Good and Varied Gifts God Puts in His People

396

The Not-So Trivial Adventure of the Scarf

397

If You're Coming into the New Year Feeling a Bit Blunt

398

A Good-Natured Look at the Natural Limits of Consuming Content

399

Isn't It Mean When Wisdom Mocks the Fool in His Downfall?

400

My Not-Love Relationship with the Book of Proverbs … And What Is Changing My Mind

401

Five Questions to Consider in the New Year

402

Four Keys to Hearing God's Voice Training, Part 4

403

Four Keys to Hearing God's Voice Training, Part 3

404

Four Keys to Hearing God's Voice Training, Part 2

405

Four Keys to Hearing God's Voice Training, Part 1

406

The Five File Folders Method of Staying Interesting

407

Gideon, the Angel of the Lord, and Preparing a Space

408

Three Stories of Extravagant Gift-Giving

409

The Wise Men's Gifts, and My Own Gift

410

Prayer As a Management Principle

411

Some of My Wrestles with Planning

412

Evangelizing by Living It Out

413

Do Not Be Unequally Yoked …

414

Some Quibbles Around Maintaining Proper Priorities

415

Discipling, Delegating, and Accountability

416

Multiplying Talents!

417

Practicing Personal and Interpersonal Wholeness

418

Giving and Receiving Life

419

The Challenges of Being Committed to Excellence

420

Receiving Counsel

421

Acting As a Servant Leader

422

Thinking About Finances, Both Receiving and Releasing Them

423

My Journey Towards Expressing Overcoming Faith

424

When Brethren Dwell Together in Unity

425

Creating Out of the Vision of God

426

Creating Out of the Voice of God

427

Give Dignity to All Men

428

Entering into the Reality of the Rule and Reign of Christ

429

Thinking About Managing Well

430

The Next Adventure with Jesus

431

Sending a Message Through Jesus

432

Playing with Color During Advent

433

Life and Death Are in the Power of the Tongue

434

A Little Look at Christian Mysticism

435

An Interesting Question About Paul and Women in Ministry

436

On Getting Ordained

437

The Shocking Truth About Studying the Bible

438

A Real-Life Uncertain Moment: Discipleship, Friendship, Trust, Faithfulness

439

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane, Part 2

440

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane

441

Encouragement Around the Importance of the Prophetic …

442

Paying Attention to an Unexpected Word

443

Three Years After Shaking and Convulsing on the Floor for Forty-Five Minutes …

444

Prayer As Rules-Based, Or Prayer As Free-Form

445

On the Importance of Keeping the Brain Nourished

446

A Question About Impartation

447

How Would I Know If the Lord Wants Me to Have This Difficulty?

448

Travel, the Hebrew Word Taume, and the Gift of Cleansing

449

Does the Lord Hide Himself?

450

Listening for the Lord, and Growing Weary in the Waiting

451

Is It Possible to Pray Wrong?

452

On Not Going Bold on the Airplane

453

A Restraining Order in the Spirit

454

How to Persuade Someone of the Beauty of Living Without So Many Boxes?

455

Getting Lulled into Secular Thinking

456

Prophetic Acts and Infertility

457

A Bit of Mystery Around Hugging a Tree

458

A Central Delusion That Needed a Specific Bit of Information to Pray For

459

A Few Suggestions When Praying with Someone Who Doesn't Share Our Faith

460

How to Pray for a Person Who Doesn't Share Our Faith

461

A Tale of Two Canceled Flights

462

What the Prophetic Artists Taught Me About Process

463

Science Experiments with Metronomes and Sand, and the Importance of Praying in the Father's Will

464

Testimonies of Provision

465

What Does It Look Like for Women to Be Awesome As Women?

466

Standing for Prayer, When You're Not Sure What You're Standing For

467

A Modern-Day Daniel Story

468

Different Ways to Hear God's Voice

469

Conference Administration: Gratitude for Those Who Thought Through Details

470

The Fulfillment of a Prayer of Twenty-Two Years

471

Clear Thinking About the Purpose of Government

472

What a Prophetic Act Doesn't Have the Desired Outcome

473

When a Prophetic Word Doesn't Come to Pass

474

Interesting Thoughts on Being a Prophet and the Prophetic

475

The Speaker's Surprising Turn of Events

476

How Dreams Are Like a Good Easter Egg Hunt

477

A Few Principles of Dream Interpretation, and a Fun Bonus

478

Three Stretching Stories of People of Prayer Reaching Out for the More of God

479

Fun New Thinking About the Armor of God

480

The Sudden Onset Headache When Shopping Online

481

The Lesson in the Irrational Fear on the Way to the Ice Cream Shop

482

Praying Through the Fear of Being Replaced

483

The Black Swan Feather and Its Surprising Prophetic Meaning

484

When the Cloud of Grumpiness Settles … Does It Have to Stay Long?

485

If I Don't Compete with My Husband, But Do with My Business Partner … Is This a Problem?

486

The Definition of Double-Minded

487

The Invitation to Process Through Thoughts and Experiences with Jesus

488

The Marvelous Cure for Nightmares

489

Abnormal Heartburn When Traveling …

490

Prayerwalking in Different Places

491

When the Holy Spirit Hovers …

492

A New Thought for Me on the Importance of Staying in the Stream

493

The Marginal Introverted Intercessor's Guide to Surviving a Group Tour Without Losing One's Mind

494

Dealing with the Needs of Life While in the Liminal Space

495

Defining "Thin Place" … And Do We Have to Travel to One?

496

Interacting with God About Writing a Book

497

A Missing Outlet to Get My Words Out

498

Looking for Meaning in Petty Accidents

499

Sweet Reassurances When Being Poured Out Like a Drink Offering

500

Little Unpleasant Hooks in Daily Interactions

501

Asking God a Question and Expecting Silence

502

Prophetic Grace Notes, with a Bit of Poetry as a Bonus

503

Praying for End of Life Things, and Navigating the Relational Side of Grief with Grace

504

Considering Anew About the Posture of Intercession

505

Unexpectedly Praying for a Creepy Mural

506

Tracking Prayerwalking Experiences Across a Few Days

507

The Lord Can Direct Packing Down to the Smallest Detail

508

The 1000th Episode! Dealing with Accusation

509

The Exhausted Prayer of the Tired Pilgrim

510

Real Life Adventure Stories, Even in Pain

511

On Not Fasting While Traveling, and Other Observations About Food

512

Experiencing Vertigo, Queasiness, Faintness, and More in a New Location

513

Paying Attention When Changing Locations

514

Paying Attention to the Feel of Different Stores

515

The Persistent, Intruding Thought in My Prayer Time

516

Pray for the Weather You Want …

517

The Lavishness of Single Use Garments

518

Three Examples of Flags in Worship

519

Thinking About the Cloud That Shielded the Israelites

520

With Only 48 Hours on the Island … Who Knows What Seeds Are Planted?

521

When Grass Is Green, But Not Technicolor Green

522

What Worked in One Season Will Not Necessarily Work in the Next Season

523

What the Lord Said During the 98-Minute Sunrise

524

A Fun Discussion About Mantles in the Scriptures

525

Some Thoughts on Praying at the High Places

526

The Unexpected Instruction from the Lord: "Be Like Grass"

527

The Unwelcome Instruction to "Put Your Business on the Altar"

528

Wrestling for Direction

529

Asking the Lord: "Will You Help Me?"

530

How the Word "Inchoate" Pushed Back the Indifference

531

Thinking About Unction

532

What 400 Flights of Stairs in a Day Couldn't Do …

533

The Gift to Make Things Beautiful

534

A Concerning Report of Bad Weather

535

The Lord Gives Such Sweet Gifts to His Intercessors

536

The Beginning Might Be a Bit Rough

537

An Impartation of Strength

538

What I Dreaded Most Has Now Come Upon Me …

539

Is It Possible to Set Aside Listening Space? What Might We Hear?

540

Breaking Free of the Perpetual Desire for Always More

541

An Out-of-the-Blue Desire to Change the World

542

Clarifying What I Mean When I Say "The Lord Said to Me"

543

One Possible Change How to Think About Prayer

544

A Marvelous Experiment

545

The Call No Parent Wants at 3am

546

When Even Being Becomes Something to Do

547

Practical Relief from Jet Lag

548

A Suggestion: Revisit Music from Different Seasons

549

The Restoration That Worship Offers

550

That Time My Baby Brother Destroyed My Crayons

551

The Challenge of Learning and Trying New Things

552

Healing the Wounds of Artistic Expression

553

A Guidepost in a Strange Land

554

My Mary Poppins Moment on the Plane

555

The Overlooked Gift of Administration

556

Listening to the Lord for a Seat on the Plane

557

Tailoring the Content to the Place

558

Enjoying Something Simply Because It's Enjoyable, Without Necessarily Extracting More Value

559

How Fasting Looks Different for Women, Compared to Men

560

Should Our Pace of Life Be a Walk?

561

Learning to Pay Attention to the Body's Signals

562

A Life-Changing Call

563

Three Brief Anecdotes, Loosely Connecting Light and Dark

564

The Newborn Tracking the Voices … and How We Thinking About God

565

Asking the Lord for a Picture of Your Sword, False Humility, and Bashing on the Disciples

566

Vanishing Things and Praying Around the Solstice

567

Part of My Origin Story of Praying for Business

568

Juneteenth 2024 Prayer Call

569

What the Overlooked New Testament Book Teaches About Reconciliation

570

One of the Biggest Challenges to Acknowledging That Prayer Works

571

A Jewelry Stone That Went Missing, and Gentle Correction from the Lord

572

Working Towards Cleaning Out the Email Inbox

573

All the Surprises of Working Together

574

Laying It Down on the Altar

575

Hitting the Wall of Tiredness After Being with People for a Week

576

"Higher Levels, Bigger Devils"? Is This a Thing?

577

When Restoration Doesn't Look Awesome in the Beginning

578

How to Encourage a Person Who Rebuffs the Encouragement?

579

"Why Do My Flights Always Seem to Cost Too Much?"

580

When the Phrase "Check Your Pockets" Comes to Mind … All the Ways of Responding

581

When You Feel Called to Do Something That Makes You Want to Throw Up … Do You Just Do It?

582

What Does It Mean to "Pray Through" When I'm Feeling Off?

583

Two Examples of Radical Hospitality

584

Seeking to Do Good, But Unsure How to Parse It Out

585

Encouraging Children to Pray, and Praying When You Don't Want To

586

Bob's Suggestion for a Guest Speaker at a Church

587

Unknown-to-Me Spiritual Forces at Work in Mexico

588

Thinking About the Statement "I Am a Generous Receiver"

589

The Holy Spirit Actually Does Highlight Specific Moments

590

Living As a Feeler, Growing As a Feeler

591

A Horrible Rash on the Face … The Hidden Healing Mechanism Behind the Healing

592

The Slight Chagrin of a Holy Spirit Tic …

593

The Balance Between Praying and Being Still and Knowing He Is God

594

The Gifts of a Three-Hour Delayed Flight

595

A Testimony of Healing

596

An Astonishing Answer to the Question, "Why Are You So Kind to People Who Are Mean to You?"

597

An Adorable Picture of Going into Battle with Jesus

598

Unusual Stories of Evangelism

599

How to Decide What to Do Next?

600

Testimonies of "Rejection Is Protection"

601

Two Testimonies of Unexpected Encounters While Flying Coach

602

Looking at a Project Without Much Inspiration: Will an Open Heaven Ever Come?

603

An Exercise in Growth: Thinking About Probable, Possible, and Impossible

604

What to Do When God Sends Too Many Ideas?

605

The Gift of Live Worship ... Mostly

606

Thoughts on the Idea That We Are God's Workmanship, His Masterpiece

607

A Lesson from Heaven in Business Atlanta on Not Freaking Out in the Middle of Lunch

608

"Chaos Is Your Portion" … A Testimony and a Prayer

609

Trying to Put Words to a Deeply Felt, Nameless Emotion …

610

The Need for Worship, Crept Up Unawares

611

Pouring Out Worship … Costly and Imperfect

612

Crowd Management, the Authority of a Master, and the Importance of Living Beauty in a Space

613

When the Thing You Hoped For Doesn't Come to Pass …

614

Killer Tides, Killer Hogs, and the Perception of Indolence

615

The Imperfect Exercise of Creativity

616

A Son's Injury and a Family Story

617

Continued Mulling Over the Idea of Work-Life Balance (And Is This a Thing?)

618

Praying for Healing, Praying Through, and Prayers That Remain Frustratingly Unanswered

619

The Whirlwind Distraction and the Need for Focus

620

A Godly Business Sharing Space with an Ungodly Business … What to Do?

621

The Absolute Goodness of God in Enlivening His Scripture

622

Thinking About Moment-by-Moment Obedience and Hearing the Voice of the Lord

623

Thinking More About Getting the Wires Crossed in Hearing the Voice of the Lord

624

A Second Example of Getting the Wires Crossed in Hearing the Voice of the Lord

625

Getting the Wires Crossed in Hearing the Voice of the Lord

626

Changing the Memory of a Traumatic Car Episode into a Kiss from Heaven

627

How to Navigate Tricky Relationships

628

Moses and the Unimpressive Bag of Tricks

629

Starting a University with a Bamboo Stick

630

When Black Mambas Interrupted a Wedding

631

Lost in Worship … and Snapped Back to Reality

632

The Persistence of Memory Through the Metamorphic Soup

633

Did the Lord Just Send Me Jewels from Heaven?

634

A Researcher's Definition of an Intercessor

635

The Kindness of the Lord in the Midst of the Volcano of Fury

636

Adventures in Listening to Jesus and Being Obedient … The Communal Version

637

The Desire to Pray, Squirting Out at Work Unexpectedly

638

Different Expressions of Praying Through the Night

639

A Brief Meditation on the Difference Between Sunday Morning Worship and Prophetic Worship

640

A Needed Lesson on Being Kind

641

The Woman in the Gift Shop and a World Hungry for a Touch from God

642

The Need for Patience, As So Many Things Come in Seed Form

643

One Way to Move Forward with a Different Expectation

644

A New Thesis About How to Be a Feeler in Health

645

Working on a Project in Concert with Jesus

646

In the Midst of a Time of Impartation: an Unexpected Request

647

The Day My Step Counter Didn't Register 10,000 Steps, and What I Learned About the Heart of a Father

648

His Mercies Are New Every Morning

649

What Difference Does One Word Make?

650

The Man with the Terrible Headache

651

When Prayer Made the Situation Worse … And What Was Needed Instead

652

The Testimony of the Reluctant Cookie Baker

653

Pockets of Transformation in an Unexpected Space

654

The Hidden Danger in Being "Mission Driven"

655

The Catastrophic Fire That Propelled Change

656

Gifts Given to an Intercessor

657

In the School of Prayer with Jesus: Sitting in the Lobby with Nothing to Do

658

In the School of Prayer with Jesus: Practicing Obedience Every Minute

659

In the School of Prayer with Jesus: Learning to Minister from a Place of Rest

660

Disappointment, Rebuke, and Dancing in Baggage Claim

661

Walking by Faith, or Using What's in Your Hand?

662

Shifting Symbols of Darkness into Symbols of Light

663

The Unexpected Answer to a Prayer for Better Boundaries

664

Drink Continually from the Rivers of Living Water

665

Hudson Taylor in the School of Faith

666

A Little Peak into the Spiritual Gift of Giving

667

The Call to Prayer After a Teary Tax Preparation

668

The Shame of Playing with Colored Paper and Glue Sticks

669

Striving to Enter into His Rest: But How?

670

When All the Prayers Seem to Go Backwards

671

Gifts in Different Seasons

672

Questions About Spiritual Gifts

673

The Uncomfortable Idea of Speaking a Blessing as a Surrogate Parent

674

A Testimony on the Importance of Testimony

675

Speak to the North, the South, the East, and the West

676

A Truly Lovely Insight About the Difference Between Going Out on a Mission and Heading Back

677

The Challenge of Praying for Cancer

678

The Challenge of Being Forced to Ask

679

A Solution for a Bad Case of the Mondays

680

Interacting with and Coming Away from a Defiling Spirit

681

The Ethics of Praying for Favor in an Open and Shut Case

682

Why Would You Want to Permit Evil Spirits to Talk to You?

683

What Are "Lost or Fallen Souls"?

684

Talking (or Not) to the Local Drunk

685

How to Raise Children Well

686

The Astonishing Surprise in the Cupboard

687

The Lord Is in the Transformation Business

688

The Disappointing End of a Fast (aka: When Bob Was a Big Meanie)

689

The Lord and His Sense of Humor

690

Anger Coming Out of a Fast?

691

A Now Prayer: A Prayer for Proper Proportion

692

Grumpiness and Praying in Tongues

693

The Surprising Matter of Coupling Events

694

The Difficulty of Talking to Strangers

695

The Impenetrable Wall of Resistance …

696

Reflections on Reading a Whole Psalm … What Compelled Me to Do That?

697

Must Cause and Effect Always Follow?

698

Sitting with Jesus, Mind Blank, Nothing Left in the Tank …

699

When You Don't Want to Dream with Jesus

700

The Lord as a Dread Champion

701

Specific Examples of Asking the Lord for a Verse for Someone

702

How to Ask the Lord for a Scripture Verse for Someone

703

What Does It Mean to Have Transference of Spirits from One Person to Another?

704

Do I Need Deliverance from Facebook Reels?

705

Why "Back to the Jungle" Was an Encouraging Word

706

The Gift of Dreams, and Understanding How an Environment Might Affect Us

707

If You Don't Steward the Gift, No More Gifts for You?

708

When a Desire Lingers, Again and Again

709

How Swiftly Does the Lord Answer Fasting Prayers?

710

My Horror at the Daniel Fast … and Other Misadventures

711

Four Types of Fasts, and Some of My Own Experiences

712

The Marvelous Invitation to F(e)ast

713

How to Deal with the Horrible Thoughts, Coming Unbidden to Mind

714

A Prayer to Live in the Actual World

715

Setting Down Past Baggage for the New Year

716

The Horrible, Unnecessary Water Alarm That Saved a House

717

If You Wonder What Favor Looks Like

718

Separating Questions from Accusation

719

God Gives Gifts, Yes … But What Does It Mean That He's a Gift-Giver?

720

The Shift That Kindness Brought in the State's House of Representatives

721

A New Take on Psalm 72

722

Dealing with Grumpy People

723

An Amazing Question to Ask Every Hour

724

Incorporating New Things into Life

725

The Goal in Relationship Is Not to Be Friction-Free

726

The Lie That What Happened Before Will Happen Again

727

When the Grace to Live in a City Vanishes

728

The Power of Music to Shift an Environment … Both Obvious and Less Obvious

729

Measure Progress Against What You Did, Not What You Haven't Yet Done

730

Angelic Encounters That Don't Require Falling on One's Face in Fear

731

The Secret to Four Hour Prayer Hikes

732

The Challenge of Short Term Gain, Long Term Loss, Big Picture Thinking, and the GOAT Quarterback

733

God, Why Would You Not Speak to Your Daughter Who Is Hurting?

734

The Face at the Back of the Sanctuary

735

The Goodness of God in the Most Horrible of Situations

736

The Sudden Snap Realization to Welcoming Dreaming

737

An Involuntary Seer Shares Some of His Experiences

738

Supernatural Healing and Protection … Twice

739

Supernatural Direction in Timing and Treatment for Emergency Heart Surgery

740

Listening to the Lord for One Word on Behalf of Another

741

Praying for Invisible Spears and Other Thoughts on the Parallel Realm We Inhabit

742

The One of the Five-Fold Ministry I Struggled with Most … Until a Definition Restored It to Me

743

The Word That Made Me Recoil … and the Curiosity That Restored It to Me

744

The Hidden Message in the Ringing in the Ears

745

Movement to Prepare a Space

746

Prayer: A Skill to Develop or a Relational Gift to Live Out?

747

When You Feel Like You're in a Snowglobe

748

Levels of Challenge in Giving Prophetic Words

749

Running to the Presence of the Lord

750

Outrageous Stories of an Invisible Scalpel, an Invisible Doorway, an Unexpected Instruction, and More

751

A New Day Is Coming … and What That Might Mean

752

Inflection Points on the Journey of Hearing from God on Behalf of Others

753

Not Settling for the Weather You Don't Want

754

The Deeper Meaning of What Jesus Said to Nathaniel

755

The Surprise of the PB&J Comment

756

The Need to See Reality, to Preserve and Protect

757

The Nastiness in the Children's Play Area, and What Came of It

758

Why the Body of Christ Needs the Prophetic

759

No Two Prophetic Voices Are Alike

760

The Journey Out of Cessationism

761

Without the Gifts of the Spirit, We Can Have a Clean Plate … But We Might Get Hungry

762

A Gutsy Request to the Ancient of Days

763

A Healing Prayer Journey: From Wheelchairs to Headaches

764

Healing Prayer for Financial Shadows in the Past

765

A Meditation on Vocation

766

Why the Vine Grew Up to Shield Jonah

767

The Unexpected Reason Jonah's Message Might Have Been Readily Received

768

The Necessity of Speaking Aloud in Prayer?

769

Communion for (Not Quite) a Month, and Three Times a Week Is a Habit

770

Two Examples of Hearing the Voice of God

771

Intentionally Filling the Airwaves

772

Willingness But Hesitation to Pray Over a Women's Shelter

773

Breaking Away from the Unkind Things We Say Over Ourselves

774

A Gorgeous Reminder from the Life of Gideon

775

Navigating a Vulnerability Hangover

776

The Two Paragraph Anecdote in Middle School That Changed My Thoughts

777

When Dreams Shift

778

The Pain and Delight of Revisiting Old Dreams

779

Hearing God But Also Not Abdicating Responsibility

780

Growing in Learning to Hear God's Voice

781

What If You Ask the Lord a Question, But Aren't Sure You're Hearing Him Answer?

782

How Do You Pray Effectively If You Don't Feel a Request Deeply?

783

Are Hunger and Thirst in the Spirit Satisfied?

784

Dealing with the Grief After the Loss of a Pet

785

Learning to Walk with a Limp

786

The Invitation to Pray for a Situation When You'd Really Rather Not

787

The Canceled Flight and the Sense of Release

788

How Do You Pray If Someone Makes a Bad Request?

789

Living Under the Shadow of a Technology That Doesn't Work

790

Why It Matters That Only Joseph Could Be the Earthly Father of Jesus

791

The Delightful Unexpected Connection

792

In Healing Prayer, What If Jesus Looks Disappointed?

793

A Guide for Dealing with End of October House Decorations

794

The Privilege of Visiting a Place with Vision

795

The City Where Traffic Is Manageable

796

How Much the Lord Loves His People

797

The Place I Go When I'm Overstuffed with Emotion and Simply Need to Cry for a Bit

798

When I Started Paying a Son to Do My Dishes

799

One of the Most Powerful Life Changes

800

The Young Missionary's Heart Attack in Spain

801

My First Realization That God Cares About Business

802

So Much Thankfulness for This Dentist's Singular Research

803

The Time I Burst into Tears When a Test Reported on My Strengths

804

The Book That Most Changed My Thinking About Time

805

A Beautiful Meditation on the Opposite of Generational Curses

806

What If We've Got the Cherubim in Eden the Wrong Way Round?

807

Why Aaron, and Not Moses Had to Speak Three Plagues

808

Why the Jews Don't Expect Perfection in Anything

809

What Does It Mean to Lose Control of One's Spirit?

810

Redemption in the Face of a Personal Fail

811

Making Decisions Without Full Knowledge

812

A Surprising Moment to Remember That Resistance Requires Something to Resist

813

Making Jokes in a Second Language

814

When We Don't Want to Receive the Guidance of the Lord (Because It's Too Good)

815

What an Unnaturally Orange Face Taught Me About Mistakes

816

Why You Should Give Free Verse Poetry Another Look

817

The Devastating Photo of a Tattoo

818

After Fourteen Years, a Partial Answer to a Why Question

819

Why a Manager Is So Important … and a Hard Right Turn Midway Through

820

When the Holy Spirit Operates Through the Work of Your Hands

821

A Burst of Joy in a Hush-Hush Topic

822

What Does Favor Look Like in the Midst of Suffering?

823

Laying Aside the Need to Be Perfect

824

The Challenge to Simply Pray

825

Miracle in California Reminds Us We Ought Always Pray and Not Give Up

826

The Offense of Holy Laughter

827

The Gift of the Parts of the Body

828

Practical Questions About Generational Healing

829

How to Pray for Healing in the Face of Cancer

830

Why Did I Say Yes to That?

831

How to Stay in Our Own Lane in Prayer

832

How Does Getting in Trouble as a Child Point to a Person's Superpowers?

833

What Does It Mean When Something Is "Highlighted"?

834

The Erie Canal and the Pony Express

835

An Occasional Unusual Gesture in Prayer

836

Anxiety Has a Root Cause

837

Throwing Off the Accusation of "Slow Processor"

838

The Most Disgusting Podcast Ever …

839

The Release from the Pressure to Always Be Effective

840

I Don't Want to Be a Stagecoach Driver

841

The Grace of God When Selecting a Fast

842

The Compulsion to Finish a Book Entirely

843

How to Break Off the Dark Cloud of Darkness?

844

Compare and Contrast Two Days of Fasting

845

Pineapples, Grapes, and the Gift of Modern Refrigeration

846

The Incomprehensible Look of a Person of Prayer

847

Asking Lady Wisdom for Help

848

How the Fifth-Degree Blackbelt Doesn't Get Slimed

849

The Vitamin Boost Needed After Healing Prayer

850

Dropping Incendiary Bombs in a Friend Group

851

Irrational Behavior and the Necessary Healing

852

Praying Through the Pain of Unintentional Childhood Hurts

853

God Is Screaming, "I Love You!"

854

God Talks: Cheesy and Cheery and Life-Changing

855

Curves and Meanders in the Kingdom and in Nature

856

After Three Years of Waiting, It Only Took a Day

857

Sudden Onset Panic at a Party

858

The Answer to a Four-Year Prayer

859

Adopting a Feral Cat

860

Taking Action in Acts 1, Before the Holy Spirit Came

861

All That Is Good: Think About Such Things

862

Rest: Notes from a Confused Person Along the Journey

863

Entrepreneurship in the Face of Christian Resistance

864

Three Unexpected Stories from Corporate Worship

865

Five Ways to Resolve Conflict

866

Walking Out Uncertainty with Joy

867

When Fear Enters What Was Once a Safe Place

868

When You're Too Tired to Ask God to Enlarge Your Territory

869

Praying Before Meals, and at Other Times, Too

870

The Freedom of Using Helpful Tools and Advice … or Not!

871

Praying for No Pain in the Midst of Chronic Pain?

872

Throughout History, Orthodox Believers Have Held Three Views of Hell

873

The Willingness to Go Out on a Limb

874

A Few Thoughts on Growing in Discernment

875

A Grace to Forgive

876

A New Response to Miracles

877

The Offense of Superfluous Miracles

878

The Unexpectedly Large Ear of Corn …

879

A Testimony on How to Steward a Testimony

880

A Testimony of Miracles from a Place of Rest and Joy

881

How to Handle the Deluge of Requests That Come as a Prayer Person

882

A New Picture of "Become Like a Child"

883

The War I Didn't Want to Fight in the Garden …

884

What If a Preacher Leaves You Feeling On Edge for a Few Days?

885

When a Church Service Leaves You a Bit Off … for a Few Days

886

A Reflection on Goals and Missed Goals, Numbers and Gratitude

887

Are the Dry Heaves Catching? And Other Unknowns in the Realm of Prayer

888

Graphic Novels, Unexpected Intensity, and the Spirit of Death

889

Reflections on the Mental Aspect of Different Games

890

What the Fast Food Restaurant Taught Me About Accusations

891

We Get to Define the Culture We Want!

892

The Gift of a Good Cheer

893

The Desire for Clarity Before We Move Forward …

894

The Word Exuberance … in All Its Meanings

895

Miraculous Healing of Arthritis!

896

The Miraculous, Completely Unlikely, Change of Mind

897

A Story of Transformation

898

The Lord's Promise in the Rainbow

899

How the Desire to Never Be Despondent Is Not a Right Goal

900

The Vital Need for a Lifting of Darkness

901

Celebrate the Celebration!

902

The Testimony of the Blown-Out Tire

903

The Difficulty of Stating a Large Request … and the Greater Difficulty of Stating a Small Request

904

In the Weeping Room with Jesus

905

Resting in the Lord

906

The Sweetness of Being with Jesus at All Times

907

Resting in the Spirit: Scriptures and Experience

908

Sudden Onset Headaches: A Vital Need to Get the Word Out

909

The Unusual Winning Streak in Settlers of Catan

910

True Confessions of a Failed Fast-er

911

The Sudden Desire for Fire to Come Out of My Mouth

912

What an Unexpected Question Taught Me About Hearing God's Voice

913

A Report on Different Processes of Discernment

914

What Is a Seer?

915

Sudden Onset Sickness … Two Weeks After the Sacred Assembly

916

Calling Out the Gifts in Others

917

The Sweet Provision of the Hidden Plate of Food

918

"All the People Shook Because of the Fear of the Lord and the Heavy Rain"

919

What Sinus Pressure Might Mean to a Prayer Warrior

920

The Glory of a City-Wide Corporate Prayer Meeting

921

Praying Over Pillars in the Opposite Spirit of Samson

922

Praying Over Generational Trauma with a Seer

923

One Hundred Years After a Lynching

924

Walking in Faith: How a Simple Act of Obedience Can Bring Deliverance

925

The Unexpected Gift of a Gavel

926

A Quick Prayerwalking Tutorial

927

The Shock of "I Could Think About Moses and Elijah Coming to the Mount of Transfiguration for Days"

928

The Former Laundromat Transformed to a Thin Place

929

"O You of Little Faith"

930

Don't Miss What the Lord Is Doing

931

The Beauty of Cross-Pollination in Church

932

Let it Rain: A Precious Space for Encounter

933

From Phone Calls to Face-to-Face: The Joy of Meeting Prayer Partners in Person and Experiencing the Depth of Connection

934

The Day Unity Went the Wrong Direction

935

The Mystery of the Dizzy Moment

936

Why Hope Will Always Abide

937

In a Time of Financial Distress …

938

Faith and Business: A Journey of Learning and Trust

939

Transformed Lives and a Transformative Business

940

Dreams Take Time

941

The Point of a Team

942

A Temper Tantrum and a Personal Protest

943

The Importance of Aligning Your Dreams with God's Dreams

944

Paying Attention to the Little Whispers of the Holy Spirit

945

Refuting the Voice of the Accuser

946

"I Am Not Here to Entertain You" … And Other Truths in Corporate Worship

947

The Freedom to Not Know Everything

948

An Uncertain and Slightly Scary First Exercise

949

A Powerful Demonstration of the Body of Christ, Working Together

950

Commiseration and Instruction in the Sometimes Perplexing Walk of Faith

951

Watching for the Little Gifts of God

952

A Small Deliverance in a Place Ripe for Healing

953

Rural South Carolina, Exodus 6:9, and the Challenge of Finding Hope

954

[Historical Violence Warning] The Long-Suffering God and the Sins of the Amorites

955

The God Who Says Enough … And Then Gives More

956

A Hint of What It Means to Be a Sweet-Smelling Aroma to the Lord

957

Thinking Through Reentry

958

Holding Out Hope When Long Deferred

959

Recognizing the Opposite of Fight or Flight

960

Use What's in Your Hand

961

God's Foreknowledge and Predestination (or Not)

962

My Friend's Beautiful Realization About Reverse Blessings (It Will Blow Your Mind)

963

A Prayer for Those Who Frequently Misplace Things

964

Various Support Options for Life

965

Pay Attention to Those Irrational Fears

966

When a Hard Person Comes to Live, Not Just Visit

967

Adventures in Healing Prayer … And the Answer to Why It Might Be Hard to Live in Hope

968

When the Stream of Revelation Turns to a Trickle

969

"When My Tank Runs Low, I Turn to Snark" ... and Other Shocking Revelations

970

Wrestling with the Spirit of Death

971

Responding to the Accusing Voice in the Head

972

A New Possibility for Fasting

973

Epic Fail in the Love of God … Or Was It?

974

The Challenge and Beauty of Soaking Prayer

975

A Variety of Options to Pray for the Needs Around You

976

Chit-Chat with Jesus and How to Stay Focused

977

"You Can't Heal What You Don't Feel" … And Other Unexpected Thoughts

978

An Insight into a Task I'd Been Avoiding

979

Nothing You Do for Christ Is Ever Lost or Wasted

980

Four of My Absolute Favorite Resources for All Thoughtful Believers

981

Pre-Written Prayers and Spontaneous Prayers: A Historical and Present Perspective

982

The Book of Genesis and the Gift of Rest

983

We Have This Treasure in Jars of Clay

984

A Short Teaching on Judgments

985

When Time with the Lord Is a Biff

986

The Importance and Universality of Business

987

The Gift of Reconciliation … in Real Time

988

Don't Get Sucked In to the Swirl

989

You Don't Have to Pray for Someone Just Because They Ask

990

When Wakened in the Middle of the Night

991

The Tug-of-War Between Living from Identity and Asking for Wisdom

992

The Day the Salon Owner Transformed into an Ambassador

993

When a Simple Task for Others Offers Massive Resistance for You

994

Remembering All the Phrases in the Lord's Prayer

995

Stewarding Prophetic Visions

996

Casting Curses on the Plane

997

How to Pray Effectively

998

When a Prayer Isn't Well Received: Processing Through

999

Worship in the Wrong Spirit

1000

One Reward of the Fast: A Breakthrough Testimony