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Make Prayer Beautiful — 1000 episodes

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No One Wants to See a Child in Pain

2

The Kindness of Strangers (Or: Don't Go to the Hospital Without a Phone Power Cord)

3

My First Trip to the ER for Something Not Visibly Wrong

4

Growing in Relationship with God … or Missing Relationship with God

5

Once I Have a Sense of Following God, the Willingness to Pursue That Course

6

Willingness to Live in Unusual Circumstances

7

Many Options for Creativity and Learning

8

"That's Not a Moral Issue"

9

Thinking About What It Means to Be "Seriously Intense"

10

An Excellent Question About Praying Against the Darkness

11

When Revelation Doesn't Seem Quite As Clear As We'd Prefer

12

Relationships, Plateaus, and Ever-Increasing Intimacy

13

A Sense of a Plateau in the Spirit

14

My Surprise Realization About Stewardship

15

A Spontaneous Prayer: The Lord Blesses the Righteous

16

A Fun Idea About Health and Longevity

17

Asking the Lord for His Thoughts About Different Projects

18

Hacking Back the Poison Ivy … Spiritually and Literally

19

Eating Humble Pie and Polishing the Silver

20

A Second Testimony from the Recent Fast

21

A Testimony from the Recent Fast

22

Other Ways to Pray Than Just a List (Who Knew?!)

23

Experiments in Worship

24

"Relationships Are Important to God …"

25

Mary's Unique Relationship with Jesus

26

Ignoring Instructions, Getting Past the Rational Hang-Ups, and Pressing in for More of God

27

Wrestling Through the Way to Relate to the Lord

28

Persistence, Part 2: A Second Testimony of Being Embarrassed into Persistence

29

Persistence: A Testimony of Finding the Missing Pieces Through Dogged Perseverance

30

When Provision Doesn't Look the Way You Wish It Would

31

An Example of Listening to the Lord

32

One of the Most Delightful and Powerful Forms of Prayer

33

When the Instruction "Go Drill for Oil" Didn't Turn Out As Expected

34

What Three Great Days Can You Replicate?

35

Gifts Come Around Again; Opportunities Come Around Again

36

The Roto-Rooter Reality of the First Week of an Extended Time of Prayer

37

Unexpectedly Bursting Into Loud Sobs for No Apparent Reason

38

The Challenges of a Soul Fast …

39

The USS Indianapolis and a Story of Hope

40

Celebrating the Half Birthday

41

Rotten Apples and Divine Appointments

42

Approach the Day with Faith

43

Proclaim the Lord's Death Until He Comes

44

Chronic Pain: Do I Just Keep Asking for Healing?

45

Putting Off Saul's Armor

46

Developing Brain Highways

47

Adventures of a Three-Day Fast

48

Experiments with One Day Complete Fasts

49

A Typo on the Back Cover, and Practicing Imperfect

50

What Does It Mean to Be Praying "If It Be Your Will"

51

Corporate Worship: Sometimes I'm Crying, and Sometimes I'm Laughing

52

A Little Celebration of Confetti Joy

53

When We Offer Healing Prayer, Does the Lord Give Us Gifts, Too?

54

Offering Worship to Jesus

55

Fatigue After a Time of Ministry

56

Expanding the Fun to the Larger Family: Fifty More Observations from Mark 1:17

57

Fifty Observations from Mark 1:17

58

The Surprise After-the-Fact Birthday Gift

59

Determining the Next Faithful Move

60

Two More Reasons Why It Is Sometimes Easier to See the Dark Things Than the Things of Light

61

Why Is It Easier Sometimes to See the Dark Things Than the Things of Light?

62

The Need for People in the Practice of Prayer

63

Waiting for the Kairos Moment

64

Speaking Words of Life and Receiving Words of Life

65

Thinking About the Gift of Re-Vision

66

The Gift of Prayer in Our Children?

67

Does the New Testament Offer an Exhaustive List of the Gifts of the Spirit?

68

The Gifts of God Are in the Minority …

69

Interviews About Prayer Journeys

70

The Gift of Creating in Community

71

If There's No Grace, There's No Grace

72

What Felt Like a Missed Opportunity Was Actually a Divine Set-Up

73

Looking for the Next Faithful Step in the Midst of Disappointment

74

Wrestling Through Praying Over a Space …

75

The Importance of Writing in Community

76

Gratitude for Finding Ways to Be Myself in an Unusual Environment

77

A Prayer for Juneteenth

78

When Less Happy Thoughts Are Part of Discernment

79

The Need for Deliverance During Bible Reading

80

On Not Finishing What I Thought Was the Assignment

81

How to Navigate the Prodigal's Return?

82

A Testimony of Last Minute Help

83

BONUS: Parenting Teens

84

Letting the Power of Testimonies Drop from My Head to My Heart

85

Testimonies to Raise Our Faith in the Prayer of Jabez Month

86

"God Always Shows Up When I'm with an Atheist" … and Other Hopeful Thoughts

87

New Thoughts About the House of God

88

Releasing Something When It's Time to Go

89

After a Conflict, Fighting the Spirit of Death

90

Help in the Processing of Pain

91

The Pace of Healing

92

Working Through Relational Grief: This Can Be the Work of a Day

93

Conflict: Not My Favorite, But I Can Do It with Jesus

94

A New Thought for Me About Jeremiah's Call

95

Is an Open Heaven Person-Specific?

96

The Mystery of the New Mattress Nightmares

97

God Makes Us Each Creative in Our Own Ways

98

The Almost Fifty Year Prayer … Not Counting the Previous Generations

99

Looking at a Three-Hour Watch with Jesus

100

Deciding When to Leave the Lower Pasture

101

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Six

102

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Five

103

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Four

104

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Three

105

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Two

106

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part One

107

How I Remember What I Read

108

The Treasure Hunt of Understanding What God Is Saying

109

More Thoughts on Mishearing the Voice of God

110

Mishearing the Voice of God

111

Bonus: Family Time Questions About Prayer

112

Getting Free of Something, But Then Having It Pop Right Back Up Again?

113

Thanksgiving for the Gift of Modern Medicine

114

Don't Pray Above Your Pay Grade

115

Processing Life Takes Time

116

Healing Prayer for the Recurring Stress Dreams

117

First Flight: What Looks Like Little More Than a Glorified Kite Went 120 Feet

118

Practicing with a New Prayer Tool

119

Praying Outside of My Comfort Zone

120

A Testimony of Provision

121

Helping the Brain Function Better

122

Happy Brainstorming Help to Think of a Name

123

Winning the Most Talkative Award in High School

124

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

125

Grieving Over the Culture, and Engaging with the Culture

126

The Flow of Tears Over an Oppressed Land

127

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

128

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

129

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

Fasting, Feasting, and Just Living

138

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

139

Sending Popcorn to a Dying Man

140

My Realization About Why Some Prayers Don't Feel Right

141

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

142

The Freedom to Have No Plan

143

Fun New Considerations About Fasting

144

What the Coffee Grounds Were Speaking

145

How to Love Well?

146

A Messy Business Problem and the Miraculous Turnaround

147

The Lord Loves Contemplatives and Active People, Too

148

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

149

You Thought the Walk of Faith Would Be Easy?

150

Shutting Down Sudden Onset Headaches

151

Asking the Lord to Answer Questions on Command

152

John the Baptist Did Not Have a Small Anointing

153

The Emotions of an Intercessor

154

Use What's in Your Hand

155

The Surprising Gift of Being the Slave of the Lord

156

Reframing the Idea of the Yoke That's Easy

157

On Not Being Relationally Dysfunctional with the Lord

158

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

159

When Not to Sit Front and Center

160

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

161

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

162

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

163

Refusing the Prayers for Resurrection

164

Praying, Preparing, and the Walk of Faith

165

How to Pray in the Midst of a Challenging Diagnosis?

166

The Gorgeous Specificity of the Lord

167

Thinking About Famous People of Prayer

168

So Many Disparate Pieces Coming Together

169

Angelic Visitations and the Lack Thereof: A Happy Perspective

170

Taking the Time to Replenish the Oil

171

Time Is Not Fungible

172

Full-Frontal Resistance and Resistance by Neglect

173

When You Think You Can't Do Any More …

174

An Unexpected Meditation on Grieving

175

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

176

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

177

The Elijah Effect in Ministry

178

Planning Ahead to Prepare the Way for a Return

179

A Celebration of Treasures

180

The First Read-Through

181

When Teaching Doesn't Seem Immediately Applicable …

182

What Are the Themes That Stir Your Heart?

183

Dipping a Toe into a Long-Held Dream

184

Thinking About Decision-Making

185

How to Study the Bible?

186

One of the Early Identity Profiles, and How It Helps

187

Resistance and Starting Something New

188

The Truck Driver and the Bright Light

189

Testimonies of Protection

190

A Few Signs When It's Time to Move On

191

Bringing Righteousness and Justice to the Cacao Industry

192

"Congratulations! We Have a Publishing House!"

193

Practical Dream Interpretation for the Confused and Clueless

194

The Turnaround Flier

195

The Gift of Specificity

196

The Answered Prayer for Better Healing

197

Seeds Sown in Secret, Waiting for Germination

198

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

199

The Challenges of the Midpoint of a Fast

200

The Druids in the Orchard

201

Protecting Oneself from the Little Barbs

202

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

203

Discarding Saul's Armor

204

Being in Business and the Walk of Faith

205

The Grand Gesture vs. The Measured Prudence

206

A Vicar to Want to Imitate in Real Life

207

More Than a Book a Day

208

Look at the Fruit

209

Unanswered (But Interesting) Questions About Pressing In

210

Our Ever-Increasing Opportunity Wedge

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

Thinking About the Meaning of "Magnify the Lord"

216

Miraculous Christmas Stocking Provision

217

Thinking About Griefs Large and Small

218

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

219

When the Lord Offers Beginnings But Not Endings

220

Opera Tickets, Art Museums, and Church Building Campaigns

221

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

222

Why My Friend Stopped Offering Healing Prayer

223

The Desperate Search for the Nehemiah Plan

224

Football, Playbooks, and Prayer

225

YouTube, Invisible Blogs, Publishing, and Thought Leaders

226

When God Gives Dreams That Are Too Big for One Person

227

The Flour and the Oil Never Run Out

228

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

229

A History of Provision, Part One

230

A Testimony of How God Works Details Together

231

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

232

Experimenting and Trying and Breaking Free of the Shame

233

Entering the Glory of Corporate Worship

234

A Celebration of Taste Tests, Chocolate and Otherwise

235

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

236

Prayer and Song Threaded Through

237

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

238

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

239

Adjusting the Schedule, Hour by Hour

240

The Physical, Embodied Experience of Being in an Open Heaven

241

Striking the Balance Between Activities and Relationship

242

Partnering with God More Than Asking a Blessing for Business

243

Prayer in a Natural and Beautiful Way

244

Three Mornings with Worship, Led by Four Worship Leaders

245

Photographic Celebration and a Two Page Shot List

246

Planning and Replanning an Event

247

The Absolute Glory of Show and Tell

248

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

249

Many Unnecessary Ice Breakers

250

Kazoos, Blow-Outs, and the Prodigal Father

251

Grocery Shopping with Jesus

252

When the Uber Driver Got Lost

253

Finding Peace in the Midst of Pool Therapy

254

When God Cleared a Schedule for the Miraculous Plan B

255

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

256

When God Strips Away Much (or All)

257

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

258

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

259

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

260

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

261

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

262

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Pressing In

263

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

264

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Virtual Mentoring

265

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

266

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

267

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Before College

268

Holy Spirit Breakthrough in the Midst of a Sermon?

269

A Glimpse of What Might Be Possible in the Spirit

270

Six Types of Miracles in the Scriptures

271

Thinking of Ourselves in the Plural

272

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

273

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

274

No More Tolerance for Waffling

275

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

276

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

277

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

278

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

279

Jesus and the Demoniac and the Rest of the Decapolis

280

The Buses Dancing Figure Eights Just Before Midnight

281

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

282

Praying for Big Things That Aren't Shifting

283

Issuing a Temporary Restraining Order in the Spirit

284

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

285

Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You?

286

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

287

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

288

The Gloomy Merry-Go-Round Without an Exit

289

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

290

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

291

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

292

A Tutorial for Speaking Words of Life Over People

293

Sitting on an Unmoving Airplane, Late at Night …

294

Taking on a Burden Not Mine to Bear?

295

Heaven's Perspective Versus My Perspective

296

Four Unhealthy Reasons We Might Try to Help Others

297

Thinking About the Body Being Guarded

298

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

299

The Need to Be Moved with Compassion

300

Specific Lessons from a Week of Sunrises

301

Facing Down the Platonic Ideal of a Sunrise

302

When We Face Chaos

303

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

304

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

305

Going Through the Open Door

306

No One Stays in the Birth Canal Forever

307

Pushing Back the Spirit of Fear

308

Waiting for the Spouse to Get on the Same Page

309

Ways to Pray in Church …

310

When the Lord Speaks Over Your Identity

311

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

312

Letting the Light of Christ Pour Through

313

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

314

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

315

Pondering the Challenge of Vision and Goal-Setting

316

On The Great and Terrible Quest

317

A Long-Standing Bible Mystery Solved!

318

Letting God Explain Himself to a Muslim

319

Walking Through the Airport as a Trigger for Enemy Mode?

320

When Prayers Go the Wrong Direction

321

The New Roommate's Unexpected Greeting

322

An Impartation of Joy

323

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

324

Laying Aside the Weights We're Carrying

325

Practicing Deliverance

326

The Surprise Blister Under a Callous

327

The Provision Shows Up

328

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

329

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

330

The Proliferation of Small Tasks, Noise, and Distractions

331

Praise As a Weapon of Warfare

332

Watching for Boxes of Blessings

333

Prayers Against Cynicism and Catastrophizing

334

You Are Not Stuck; You Are Not Alone

335

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

336

The Mind Running in a Thousand Directions at Once

337

If I Could Only Have Done Everything Perfectly …

338

The Weirdly Traumatic Splinter

339

Saying No to the Voice of the Accuser

340

Entering into Fasting for a Purpose

341

Intensive Prayer at the Halftime of the Year

342

An Exciting Thought About Storehouses!

343

Returning to the Joy of Abundant Ideas

344

Working Through an Old Box of Papers with Jesus

345

Two Surprising Wails

346

"Keep Going Until the Door Closes Completely"

347

Thinking About Imprecatory Psalms

348

The Ridiculousness (in Retrospect) of Magical Thinking

349

When the World Seems to Be Swirling in All Directions …

350

A Variation on Let the Dead Bury the Dead

351

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

352

Thinking in New Ways About (Almost) Impossible Travel

353

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

354

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

355

Working on a Master's Degree and Doctorate

356

Coming Back to Prayer

357

A Quick Overview of Where I've Been

358

The Invitation to Love Your Enemies

359

Thinking About Witchcraft Prayers

360

Staying Awake (Or Not) at a Conference

361

Praying for the Heart Muscle to Be in Health

362

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

363

Love Notes from the Lord

364

Bob Answers My Question About Speaking in Tongues

365

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

366

A Story of Listening to the Lord

367

A Symptom of Deliverance and Continued Healing

368

Denial About Creativity

369

My Adventures in Traffic Court

370

A Novel Suggestion for Praying in Tongues

371

Always Astonishing, How Much the Details Matter

372

The Unpleasant Truth That There's Another in the Fire

373

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

374

A Celebration of the Fun Invitations from the Lord

375

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

376

Unusual Events at the Beginning of an Endeavor

377

Cain's Defining Feature

378

Bonus: Juneteenth 2025 Prayer Call

379

The Lord Cares About Even the Decluttering

380

From Snappy Remarks to Healing Prayer

381

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch, Part 2

382

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch

383

Ignore the Person Slithering on the Floor

384

Beyond the Theoretical: My First Experience of Deliverance

385

Can Christians Have Demons?

386

Refusing to Pray the Prayer of Protection

387

What If You Don't Pray Prayers?

388

What About Pre-Written Prayers?

389

What Kind of a Party Are We Invited To?

390

Thinking About Who Plans the Activities

391

You Are Invited!

392

A Joyful New Way to Think About Prayer

393

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

394

The Accusing Finger Versus the Reality As a Child of God

395

The Progressive Nature of Large Projects

396

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

397

Unexpected Dream Interpretation

398

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

399

The Reminder of the Gift of Praying Over a Flight

400

The Willingness to Enter Into a Space Lacking in Hope

401

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

402

On Not Catching Up on the Mountain Trail of Prayer

403

Trusting the Holy Spirit in You

404

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

405

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

406

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

407

Questions About Hearing God's Voice

408

Companions on the Road

409

The Blue Cloud Hovering Over the Couch

410

Where Are the Bezalels Today?

411

Going Really Controversial with Three Views of Hell

412

Beautiful Leaders Across Four Decades

413

De-Mystifying Learning to Hear God's Voice

414

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

415

Sharing in the Love for the Saints

416

Thriving Businesses Create Thriving Cities

417

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

418

Thinking About Generative Language in Relationships

419

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

420

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

421

The Itinerant Prophet Who Specializes in Deliverance

422

The Couple Who Popularized Soaking Prayer

423

The Man Who Asked Jesus to Be His Guru

424

My Beautiful Introduction to Healing Prayer

425

Mentored by a Controversial Contemporary Couple

426

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

427

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

428

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

429

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

430

Mentored by a Missionary from the Early 1900s

431

The Gift of a Godly Boarding House

432

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

433

Early Mentoring in Prayer

434

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

435

Cheering on Arrival, Hospitality, Thought-Provoking Questions

436

While Impartation Is Great, Mentors Are Extra Precious

437

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

438

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

439

Seaglass, Giftings, and the Kindness of the Lord

440

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

441

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

442

Praying Against Judgment

443

A Book That Changed My Thinking and Explained a Past Mystery

444

When You're Always Tired and Can't Recover

445

When the Lord Asks an Uncomfortable Obedience

446

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

447

The Unexpected Gift When Someone Reminds You of Someone Else

448

Thinking About "God Can't Bless a Mess"

449

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

450

Breaking Free from a Catastrophic Spirit

451

Praying, Intentionally, for the Change You Want to See

452

Stepping Out in Faith, and Counting the Cost

453

A Rebellious Culture, Repentance, Lip Service, and Judgment

454

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

455

Holiness, Set Apartness, New Testament, Old Testament

456

Women in the Bible

457

Repentance and Running to the Strong Tower

458

The Ephesians Five-Fold Ministry in the New Testament

459

Tiredness on Day Two of a Conference

460

New Teaching on Strongholds

461

The Mind Game of Prayer

462

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

463

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

464

Coming Back to Fasting After Some Time Away

465

Turning the Harassed and Impoverished into Mighty Men

466

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

467

Dealing with a Mocking Spirit

468

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

469

Looking for the Right Amount of Structure

470

Odd Translations in the Book of Proverbs

471

The God Who Wastes Nothing

472

The Hunt for a Mysterious Virus …

473

The Almost-Impossible Circumstances That Work Out

474

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

475

The Beauty of Going All-Out for the Lord

476

Seeking to Make a Difference in the Seven Spheres of Influence

477

Entering a Home of Peace

478

Schools of the Prophets

479

A Report on Bethel School of Healing

480

Sunday Morning at Bethel Redding

481

Welcoming the Holy Spirit

482

A Church That Celebrates Miracles

483

Being in the Zone, and Staying in Peace

484

Two Treasures from a Bus Ride with Andy Mason

485

Celebration of Life as Prophetic Declaration?

486

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

487

Asking the Lord About the Weather Report

488

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

489

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

490

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

491

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

492

Expanding the Definition of Prayer

493

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

494

The Susceptibility to Accusations

495

Is Evil Behavior Always Prompted by Obviously Evil Thoughts?

496

Exercising a Gift in the Spirit

497

The Israelites in the Wilderness Did Not Have Refrigerators

498

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

499

Breaking Away from the Tyranny of the Daily Calendar

500

Thinking About Excellence

501

The Kindness of God: It Leaves Me Undone

502

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

503

A Celebration of the Opportunity to Think the Thoughts of Others

504

Quantity and Quality in Publishing

505

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

506

Behind the Scenes in the Publishing Industry

507

Gratitude for Thin Threads and Those Who Have Gone Before

508

Gratitude for a Part of the Publishing Industry

509

The Lord Can Show the Opportune Moment

510

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

511

Looking at the Prophetic, Practically

512

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

513

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

514

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

515

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

516

Life as "Down the Great Unknown"

517

A New Take on "Higher Levels, Bigger Devils"

518

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

519

The Not-So Trivial Adventure of the Scarf

520

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

521

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

522

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

523

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

524

Five Questions to Consider in the New Year

525

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

526

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

527

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

528

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

529

The Five File Folders Method of Staying Interesting

530

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

531

Three Stories of Extravagant Gift-Giving

532

The Wise Men's Gifts, and My Own Gift

533

Prayer As a Management Principle

534

Some of My Wrestles with Planning

535

Evangelizing by Living It Out

536

Do Not Be Unequally Yoked …

537

Some Quibbles Around Maintaining Proper Priorities

538

Discipling, Delegating, and Accountability

539

Multiplying Talents!

540

Practicing Personal and Interpersonal Wholeness

541

Giving and Receiving Life

542

The Challenges of Being Committed to Excellence

543

Receiving Counsel

544

Acting As a Servant Leader

545

Thinking About Finances, Both Receiving and Releasing Them

546

My Journey Towards Expressing Overcoming Faith

547

When Brethren Dwell Together in Unity

548

Creating Out of the Vision of God

549

Creating Out of the Voice of God

550

Give Dignity to All Men

551

Entering into the Reality of the Rule and Reign of Christ

552

Thinking About Managing Well

553

The Next Adventure with Jesus

554

Sending a Message Through Jesus

555

Playing with Color During Advent

556

Life and Death Are in the Power of the Tongue

557

A Little Look at Christian Mysticism

558

An Interesting Question About Paul and Women in Ministry

559

On Getting Ordained

560

The Shocking Truth About Studying the Bible

561

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

562

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane, Part 2

563

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane

564

Encouragement Around the Importance of the Prophetic …

565

Paying Attention to an Unexpected Word

566

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

567

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

568

On the Importance of Keeping the Brain Nourished

569

A Question About Impartation

570

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

571

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

572

Does the Lord Hide Himself?

573

Listening for the Lord, and Growing Weary in the Waiting

574

Is It Possible to Pray Wrong?

575

On Not Going Bold on the Airplane

576

A Restraining Order in the Spirit

577

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

578

Getting Lulled into Secular Thinking

579

Prophetic Acts and Infertility

580

A Bit of Mystery Around Hugging a Tree

581

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

582

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

583

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

584

A Tale of Two Canceled Flights

585

What the Prophetic Artists Taught Me About Process

586

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

587

Testimonies of Provision

588

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

589

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

590

A Modern-Day Daniel Story

591

Different Ways to Hear God's Voice

592

Conference Administration: Gratitude for Those Who Thought Through Details

593

The Fulfillment of a Prayer of Twenty-Two Years

594

Clear Thinking About the Purpose of Government

595

What a Prophetic Act Doesn't Have the Desired Outcome

596

When a Prophetic Word Doesn't Come to Pass

597

Interesting Thoughts on Being a Prophet and the Prophetic

598

The Speaker's Surprising Turn of Events

599

How Dreams Are Like a Good Easter Egg Hunt

600

A Few Principles of Dream Interpretation, and a Fun Bonus

601

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

602

Fun New Thinking About the Armor of God

603

The Sudden Onset Headache When Shopping Online

604

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

605

Praying Through the Fear of Being Replaced

606

The Black Swan Feather and Its Surprising Prophetic Meaning

607

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

608

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

609

The Definition of Double-Minded

610

The Invitation to Process Through Thoughts and Experiences with Jesus

611

The Marvelous Cure for Nightmares

612

Abnormal Heartburn When Traveling …

613

Prayerwalking in Different Places

614

When the Holy Spirit Hovers …

615

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

616

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

617

Dealing with the Needs of Life While in the Liminal Space

618

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

619

Interacting with God About Writing a Book

620

A Missing Outlet to Get My Words Out

621

Looking for Meaning in Petty Accidents

622

Sweet Reassurances When Being Poured Out Like a Drink Offering

623

Little Unpleasant Hooks in Daily Interactions

624

Asking God a Question and Expecting Silence

625

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

626

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

627

Considering Anew About the Posture of Intercession

628

Unexpectedly Praying for a Creepy Mural

629

Tracking Prayerwalking Experiences Across a Few Days

630

The Lord Can Direct Packing Down to the Smallest Detail

631

The 1000th Episode! Dealing with Accusation

632

The Exhausted Prayer of the Tired Pilgrim

633

Real Life Adventure Stories, Even in Pain

634

On Not Fasting While Traveling, and Other Observations About Food

635

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

636

Paying Attention When Changing Locations

637

Paying Attention to the Feel of Different Stores

638

The Persistent, Intruding Thought in My Prayer Time

639

Pray for the Weather You Want …

640

The Lavishness of Single Use Garments

641

Three Examples of Flags in Worship

642

Thinking About the Cloud That Shielded the Israelites

643

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

644

When Grass Is Green, But Not Technicolor Green

645

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

646

What the Lord Said During the 98-Minute Sunrise

647

A Fun Discussion About Mantles in the Scriptures

648

Some Thoughts on Praying at the High Places

649

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

650

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

651

Wrestling for Direction

652

Asking the Lord: "Will You Help Me?"

653

How the Word "Inchoate" Pushed Back the Indifference

654

Thinking About Unction

655

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

656

The Gift to Make Things Beautiful

657

A Concerning Report of Bad Weather

658

The Lord Gives Such Sweet Gifts to His Intercessors

659

The Beginning Might Be a Bit Rough

660

An Impartation of Strength

661

What I Dreaded Most Has Now Come Upon Me …

662

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

663

Breaking Free of the Perpetual Desire for Always More

664

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

665

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

666

One Possible Change How to Think About Prayer

667

A Marvelous Experiment

668

The Call No Parent Wants at 3am

669

When Even Being Becomes Something to Do

670

Practical Relief from Jet Lag

671

A Suggestion: Revisit Music from Different Seasons

672

The Restoration That Worship Offers

673

That Time My Baby Brother Destroyed My Crayons

674

The Challenge of Learning and Trying New Things

675

Healing the Wounds of Artistic Expression

676

A Guidepost in a Strange Land

677

My Mary Poppins Moment on the Plane

678

The Overlooked Gift of Administration

679

Listening to the Lord for a Seat on the Plane

680

Tailoring the Content to the Place

681

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

682

How Fasting Looks Different for Women, Compared to Men

683

Should Our Pace of Life Be a Walk?

684

Learning to Pay Attention to the Body's Signals

685

A Life-Changing Call

686

Three Brief Anecdotes, Loosely Connecting Light and Dark

687

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

688

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

689

Vanishing Things and Praying Around the Solstice

690

Part of My Origin Story of Praying for Business

691

Juneteenth 2024 Prayer Call

692

What the Overlooked New Testament Book Teaches About Reconciliation

693

One of the Biggest Challenges to Acknowledging That Prayer Works

694

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

695

Working Towards Cleaning Out the Email Inbox

696

All the Surprises of Working Together

697

Laying It Down on the Altar

698

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

699

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

700

When Restoration Doesn't Look Awesome in the Beginning

701

How to Encourage a Person Who Rebuffs the Encouragement?

702

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

703

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

704

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

705

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

706

Two Examples of Radical Hospitality

707

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

708

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

709

Bob's Suggestion for a Guest Speaker at a Church

710

Unknown-to-Me Spiritual Forces at Work in Mexico

711

Thinking About the Statement "I Am a Generous Receiver"

712

The Holy Spirit Actually Does Highlight Specific Moments

713

Living As a Feeler, Growing As a Feeler

714

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

715

The Slight Chagrin of a Holy Spirit Tic …

716

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

717

The Gifts of a Three-Hour Delayed Flight

718

A Testimony of Healing

719

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

720

An Adorable Picture of Going into Battle with Jesus

721

Unusual Stories of Evangelism

722

How to Decide What to Do Next?

723

Testimonies of "Rejection Is Protection"

724

Two Testimonies of Unexpected Encounters While Flying Coach

725

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

726

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

727

What to Do When God Sends Too Many Ideas?

728

The Gift of Live Worship ... Mostly

729

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

730

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

731

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

732

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

733

The Need for Worship, Crept Up Unawares

734

Pouring Out Worship … Costly and Imperfect

735

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

736

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

737

Killer Tides, Killer Hogs, and the Perception of Indolence

738

The Imperfect Exercise of Creativity

739

A Son's Injury and a Family Story

740

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

741

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

742

The Whirlwind Distraction and the Need for Focus

743

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

744

The Absolute Goodness of God in Enlivening His Scripture

745

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

746

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

747

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

748

Getting the Wires Crossed in Hearing the Voice of the Lord

749

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

750

How to Navigate Tricky Relationships

751

Moses and the Unimpressive Bag of Tricks

752

Starting a University with a Bamboo Stick

753

When Black Mambas Interrupted a Wedding

754

Lost in Worship … and Snapped Back to Reality

755

The Persistence of Memory Through the Metamorphic Soup

756

Did the Lord Just Send Me Jewels from Heaven?

757

A Researcher's Definition of an Intercessor

758

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

759

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

760

The Desire to Pray, Squirting Out at Work Unexpectedly

761

Different Expressions of Praying Through the Night

762

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

763

A Needed Lesson on Being Kind

764

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

765

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

766

One Way to Move Forward with a Different Expectation

767

A New Thesis About How to Be a Feeler in Health

768

Working on a Project in Concert with Jesus

769

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

770

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

771

His Mercies Are New Every Morning

772

What Difference Does One Word Make?

773

The Man with the Terrible Headache

774

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

775

The Testimony of the Reluctant Cookie Baker

776

Pockets of Transformation in an Unexpected Space

777

The Hidden Danger in Being "Mission Driven"

778

The Catastrophic Fire That Propelled Change

779

Gifts Given to an Intercessor

780

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

781

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

782

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

783

Disappointment, Rebuke, and Dancing in Baggage Claim

784

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

785

Shifting Symbols of Darkness into Symbols of Light

786

The Unexpected Answer to a Prayer for Better Boundaries

787

Drink Continually from the Rivers of Living Water

788

Hudson Taylor in the School of Faith

789

A Little Peak into the Spiritual Gift of Giving

790

The Call to Prayer After a Teary Tax Preparation

791

The Shame of Playing with Colored Paper and Glue Sticks

792

Striving to Enter into His Rest: But How?

793

When All the Prayers Seem to Go Backwards

794

Gifts in Different Seasons

795

Questions About Spiritual Gifts

796

The Uncomfortable Idea of Speaking a Blessing as a Surrogate Parent

797

A Testimony on the Importance of Testimony

798

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

799

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

800

The Challenge of Praying for Cancer

801

The Challenge of Being Forced to Ask

802

A Solution for a Bad Case of the Mondays

803

Interacting with and Coming Away from a Defiling Spirit

804

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

805

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

806

What Are "Lost or Fallen Souls"?

807

Talking (or Not) to the Local Drunk

808

How to Raise Children Well

809

The Astonishing Surprise in the Cupboard

810

The Lord Is in the Transformation Business

811

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

812

The Lord and His Sense of Humor

813

Anger Coming Out of a Fast?

814

A Now Prayer: A Prayer for Proper Proportion

815

Grumpiness and Praying in Tongues

816

The Surprising Matter of Coupling Events

817

The Difficulty of Talking to Strangers

818

The Impenetrable Wall of Resistance …

819

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

820

Must Cause and Effect Always Follow?

821

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

822

When You Don't Want to Dream with Jesus

823

The Lord as a Dread Champion

824

Specific Examples of Asking the Lord for a Verse for Someone

825

How to Ask the Lord for a Scripture Verse for Someone

826

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

827

Do I Need Deliverance from Facebook Reels?

828

Why "Back to the Jungle" Was an Encouraging Word

829

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

830

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

831

When a Desire Lingers, Again and Again

832

How Swiftly Does the Lord Answer Fasting Prayers?

833

My Horror at the Daniel Fast … and Other Misadventures

834

Four Types of Fasts, and Some of My Own Experiences

835

The Marvelous Invitation to F(e)ast

836

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

837

A Prayer to Live in the Actual World

838

Setting Down Past Baggage for the New Year

839

The Horrible, Unnecessary Water Alarm That Saved a House

840

If You Wonder What Favor Looks Like

841

Separating Questions from Accusation

842

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

843

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

844

A New Take on Psalm 72

845

Dealing with Grumpy People

846

An Amazing Question to Ask Every Hour

847

Incorporating New Things into Life

848

The Goal in Relationship Is Not to Be Friction-Free

849

The Lie That What Happened Before Will Happen Again

850

When the Grace to Live in a City Vanishes

851

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

852

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

853

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

854

The Secret to Four Hour Prayer Hikes

855

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

856

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

857

The Face at the Back of the Sanctuary

858

The Goodness of God in the Most Horrible of Situations

859

The Sudden Snap Realization to Welcoming Dreaming

860

An Involuntary Seer Shares Some of His Experiences

861

Supernatural Healing and Protection … Twice

862

Supernatural Direction in Timing and Treatment for Emergency Heart Surgery

863

Listening to the Lord for One Word on Behalf of Another

864

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

865

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

866

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

867

The Hidden Message in the Ringing in the Ears

868

Movement to Prepare a Space

869

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

870

When You Feel Like You're in a Snowglobe

871

Levels of Challenge in Giving Prophetic Words

872

Running to the Presence of the Lord

873

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

874

A New Day Is Coming … and What That Might Mean

875

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

876

Not Settling for the Weather You Don't Want

877

The Deeper Meaning of What Jesus Said to Nathaniel

878

The Surprise of the PB&J Comment

879

The Need to See Reality, to Preserve and Protect

880

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

881

Why the Body of Christ Needs the Prophetic

882

No Two Prophetic Voices Are Alike

883

The Journey Out of Cessationism

884

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

885

A Gutsy Request to the Ancient of Days

886

A Healing Prayer Journey: From Wheelchairs to Headaches

887

Healing Prayer for Financial Shadows in the Past

888

A Meditation on Vocation

889

Why the Vine Grew Up to Shield Jonah

890

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

891

The Necessity of Speaking Aloud in Prayer?

892

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

893

Two Examples of Hearing the Voice of God

894

Intentionally Filling the Airwaves

895

Willingness But Hesitation to Pray Over a Women's Shelter

896

Breaking Away from the Unkind Things We Say Over Ourselves

897

A Gorgeous Reminder from the Life of Gideon

898

Navigating a Vulnerability Hangover

899

The Two Paragraph Anecdote in Middle School That Changed My Thoughts

900

When Dreams Shift

901

The Pain and Delight of Revisiting Old Dreams

902

Hearing God But Also Not Abdicating Responsibility

903

Growing in Learning to Hear God's Voice

904

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

905

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

906

Are Hunger and Thirst in the Spirit Satisfied?

907

Dealing with the Grief After the Loss of a Pet

908

Learning to Walk with a Limp

909

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

910

The Canceled Flight and the Sense of Release

911

How Do You Pray If Someone Makes a Bad Request?

912

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

913

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

914

The Delightful Unexpected Connection

915

In Healing Prayer, What If Jesus Looks Disappointed?

916

A Guide for Dealing with End of October House Decorations

917

The Privilege of Visiting a Place with Vision

918

The City Where Traffic Is Manageable

919

How Much the Lord Loves His People

920

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

921

When I Started Paying a Son to Do My Dishes

922

One of the Most Powerful Life Changes

923

The Young Missionary's Heart Attack in Spain

924

My First Realization That God Cares About Business

925

So Much Thankfulness for This Dentist's Singular Research

926

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

927

The Book That Most Changed My Thinking About Time

928

A Beautiful Meditation on the Opposite of Generational Curses

929

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

930

Why Aaron, and Not Moses Had to Speak Three Plagues

931

Why the Jews Don't Expect Perfection in Anything

932

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

933

Redemption in the Face of a Personal Fail

934

Making Decisions Without Full Knowledge

935

A Surprising Moment to Remember That Resistance Requires Something to Resist

936

Making Jokes in a Second Language

937

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

938

What an Unnaturally Orange Face Taught Me About Mistakes

939

Why You Should Give Free Verse Poetry Another Look

940

The Devastating Photo of a Tattoo

941

After Fourteen Years, a Partial Answer to a Why Question

942

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

943

When the Holy Spirit Operates Through the Work of Your Hands

944

A Burst of Joy in a Hush-Hush Topic

945

What Does Favor Look Like in the Midst of Suffering?

946

Laying Aside the Need to Be Perfect

947

The Challenge to Simply Pray

948

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

949

The Offense of Holy Laughter

950

The Gift of the Parts of the Body

951

Practical Questions About Generational Healing

952

How to Pray for Healing in the Face of Cancer

953

Why Did I Say Yes to That?

954

How to Stay in Our Own Lane in Prayer

955

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

956

What Does It Mean When Something Is "Highlighted"?

957

The Erie Canal and the Pony Express

958

An Occasional Unusual Gesture in Prayer

959

Anxiety Has a Root Cause

960

Throwing Off the Accusation of "Slow Processor"

961

The Most Disgusting Podcast Ever …

962

The Release from the Pressure to Always Be Effective

963

I Don't Want to Be a Stagecoach Driver

964

The Grace of God When Selecting a Fast

965

The Compulsion to Finish a Book Entirely

966

How to Break Off the Dark Cloud of Darkness?

967

Compare and Contrast Two Days of Fasting

968

Pineapples, Grapes, and the Gift of Modern Refrigeration

969

The Incomprehensible Look of a Person of Prayer

970

Asking Lady Wisdom for Help

971

How the Fifth-Degree Blackbelt Doesn't Get Slimed

972

The Vitamin Boost Needed After Healing Prayer

973

Dropping Incendiary Bombs in a Friend Group

974

Irrational Behavior and the Necessary Healing

975

Praying Through the Pain of Unintentional Childhood Hurts

976

God Is Screaming, "I Love You!"

977

God Talks: Cheesy and Cheery and Life-Changing

978

Curves and Meanders in the Kingdom and in Nature

979

After Three Years of Waiting, It Only Took a Day

980

Sudden Onset Panic at a Party

981

The Answer to a Four-Year Prayer

982

Adopting a Feral Cat

983

Taking Action in Acts 1, Before the Holy Spirit Came

984

All That Is Good: Think About Such Things

985

Rest: Notes from a Confused Person Along the Journey

986

Entrepreneurship in the Face of Christian Resistance

987

Three Unexpected Stories from Corporate Worship

988

Five Ways to Resolve Conflict

989

Walking Out Uncertainty with Joy

990

When Fear Enters What Was Once a Safe Place

991

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

992

Praying Before Meals, and at Other Times, Too

993

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

994

Praying for No Pain in the Midst of Chronic Pain?

995

Throughout History, Orthodox Believers Have Held Three Views of Hell

996

The Willingness to Go Out on a Limb

997

A Few Thoughts on Growing in Discernment

998

A Grace to Forgive

999

A New Response to Miracles

1000

The Offense of Superfluous Miracles