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Chronic Pain: Do I Just Keep Asking for Healing?

2

Putting Off Saul's Armor

3

Developing Brain Highways

4

Adventures of a Three-Day Fast

5

Experiments with One Day Complete Fasts

6

A Typo on the Back Cover, and Practicing Imperfect

7

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

8

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

9

A Little Celebration of Confetti Joy

10

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

11

Offering Worship to Jesus

12

Fatigue After a Time of Ministry

13

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

14

Fifty Observations from Mark 1:17

15

The Surprise After-the-Fact Birthday Gift

16

Determining the Next Faithful Move

17

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

18

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

19

The Need for People in the Practice of Prayer

20

Waiting for the Kairos Moment

21

Speaking Words of Life and Receiving Words of Life

22

Thinking About the Gift of Re-Vision

23

The Gift of Prayer in Our Children?

24

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

25

The Gifts of God Are in the Minority …

26

Interviews About Prayer Journeys

27

The Gift of Creating in Community

28

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

29

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

30

Looking for the Next Faithful Step in the Midst of Disappointment

31

Wrestling Through Praying Over a Space …

32

The Importance of Writing in Community

33

Gratitude for Finding Ways to Be Myself in an Unusual Environment

34

A Prayer for Juneteenth

35

When Less Happy Thoughts Are Part of Discernment

36

The Need for Deliverance During Bible Reading

37

On Not Finishing What I Thought Was the Assignment

38

How to Navigate the Prodigal's Return?

39

A Testimony of Last Minute Help

40

BONUS: Parenting Teens

41

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

42

Testimonies to Raise Our Faith in the Prayer of Jabez Month

43

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

44

New Thoughts About the House of God

45

Releasing Something When It's Time to Go

46

After a Conflict, Fighting the Spirit of Death

47

Help in the Processing of Pain

48

The Pace of Healing

49

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

50

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

51

A New Thought for Me About Jeremiah's Call

52

Is an Open Heaven Person-Specific?

53

The Mystery of the New Mattress Nightmares

54

God Makes Us Each Creative in Our Own Ways

55

The Almost Fifty Year Prayer … Not Counting the Previous Generations

56

Looking at a Three-Hour Watch with Jesus

57

Deciding When to Leave the Lower Pasture

58

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Six

59

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Five

60

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Four

61

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Three

62

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part Two

63

An Hour in the Lower Pasture, Part One

64

How I Remember What I Read

65

The Treasure Hunt of Understanding What God Is Saying

66

More Thoughts on Mishearing the Voice of God

67

Mishearing the Voice of God

68

Bonus: Family Time Questions About Prayer

69

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

70

Thanksgiving for the Gift of Modern Medicine

71

Don't Pray Above Your Pay Grade

72

Processing Life Takes Time

73

Healing Prayer for the Recurring Stress Dreams

74

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

75

Practicing with a New Prayer Tool

76

Praying Outside of My Comfort Zone

77

A Testimony of Provision

78

Helping the Brain Function Better

79

Happy Brainstorming Help to Think of a Name

80

Winning the Most Talkative Award in High School

81

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

82

Grieving Over the Culture, and Engaging with the Culture

83

The Flow of Tears Over an Oppressed Land

84

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

85

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

86

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

Fasting, Feasting, and Just Living

95

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

96

Sending Popcorn to a Dying Man

97

My Realization About Why Some Prayers Don't Feel Right

98

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

99

The Freedom to Have No Plan

100

Fun New Considerations About Fasting

101

What the Coffee Grounds Were Speaking

102

How to Love Well?

103

A Messy Business Problem and the Miraculous Turnaround

104

The Lord Loves Contemplatives and Active People, Too

105

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

106

You Thought the Walk of Faith Would Be Easy?

107

Shutting Down Sudden Onset Headaches

108

Asking the Lord to Answer Questions on Command

109

John the Baptist Did Not Have a Small Anointing

110

The Emotions of an Intercessor

111

Use What's in Your Hand

112

The Surprising Gift of Being the Slave of the Lord

113

Reframing the Idea of the Yoke That's Easy

114

On Not Being Relationally Dysfunctional with the Lord

115

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

116

When Not to Sit Front and Center

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

Refusing the Prayers for Resurrection

121

Praying, Preparing, and the Walk of Faith

122

How to Pray in the Midst of a Challenging Diagnosis?

123

The Gorgeous Specificity of the Lord

124

Thinking About Famous People of Prayer

125

So Many Disparate Pieces Coming Together

126

Angelic Visitations and the Lack Thereof: A Happy Perspective

127

Taking the Time to Replenish the Oil

128

Time Is Not Fungible

129

Full-Frontal Resistance and Resistance by Neglect

130

When You Think You Can't Do Any More …

131

An Unexpected Meditation on Grieving

132

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

133

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

134

The Elijah Effect in Ministry

135

Planning Ahead to Prepare the Way for a Return

136

A Celebration of Treasures

137

The First Read-Through

138

When Teaching Doesn't Seem Immediately Applicable …

139

What Are the Themes That Stir Your Heart?

140

Dipping a Toe into a Long-Held Dream

141

Thinking About Decision-Making

142

How to Study the Bible?

143

One of the Early Identity Profiles, and How It Helps

144

Resistance and Starting Something New

145

The Truck Driver and the Bright Light

146

Testimonies of Protection

147

A Few Signs When It's Time to Move On

148

Bringing Righteousness and Justice to the Cacao Industry

149

"Congratulations! We Have a Publishing House!"

150

Practical Dream Interpretation for the Confused and Clueless

151

The Turnaround Flier

152

The Gift of Specificity

153

The Answered Prayer for Better Healing

154

Seeds Sown in Secret, Waiting for Germination

155

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

156

The Challenges of the Midpoint of a Fast

157

The Druids in the Orchard

158

Protecting Oneself from the Little Barbs

159

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

160

Discarding Saul's Armor

161

Being in Business and the Walk of Faith

162

The Grand Gesture vs. The Measured Prudence

163

A Vicar to Want to Imitate in Real Life

164

More Than a Book a Day

165

Look at the Fruit

166

Unanswered (But Interesting) Questions About Pressing In

167

Our Ever-Increasing Opportunity Wedge

168

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

169

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

170

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

171

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

172

Thinking About the Meaning of "Magnify the Lord"

173

Miraculous Christmas Stocking Provision

174

Thinking About Griefs Large and Small

175

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

176

When the Lord Offers Beginnings But Not Endings

177

Opera Tickets, Art Museums, and Church Building Campaigns

178

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

179

Why My Friend Stopped Offering Healing Prayer

180

The Desperate Search for the Nehemiah Plan

181

Football, Playbooks, and Prayer

182

YouTube, Invisible Blogs, Publishing, and Thought Leaders

183

When God Gives Dreams That Are Too Big for One Person

184

The Flour and the Oil Never Run Out

185

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

186

A History of Provision, Part One

187

A Testimony of How God Works Details Together

188

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

189

Experimenting and Trying and Breaking Free of the Shame

190

Entering the Glory of Corporate Worship

191

A Celebration of Taste Tests, Chocolate and Otherwise

192

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

193

Prayer and Song Threaded Through

194

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

195

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

196

Adjusting the Schedule, Hour by Hour

197

The Physical, Embodied Experience of Being in an Open Heaven

198

Striking the Balance Between Activities and Relationship

199

Partnering with God More Than Asking a Blessing for Business

200

Prayer in a Natural and Beautiful Way

201

Three Mornings with Worship, Led by Four Worship Leaders

202

Photographic Celebration and a Two Page Shot List

203

Planning and Replanning an Event

204

The Absolute Glory of Show and Tell

205

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

206

Many Unnecessary Ice Breakers

207

Kazoos, Blow-Outs, and the Prodigal Father

208

Grocery Shopping with Jesus

209

When the Uber Driver Got Lost

210

Finding Peace in the Midst of Pool Therapy

211

When God Cleared a Schedule for the Miraculous Plan B

212

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

213

When God Strips Away Much (or All)

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Pressing In

220

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

221

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Virtual Mentoring

222

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

223

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

224

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Before College

225

Holy Spirit Breakthrough in the Midst of a Sermon?

226

A Glimpse of What Might Be Possible in the Spirit

227

Six Types of Miracles in the Scriptures

228

Thinking of Ourselves in the Plural

229

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

230

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

231

No More Tolerance for Waffling

232

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

233

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

234

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

235

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

236

Jesus and the Demoniac and the Rest of the Decapolis

237

The Buses Dancing Figure Eights Just Before Midnight

238

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

239

Praying for Big Things That Aren't Shifting

240

Issuing a Temporary Restraining Order in the Spirit

241

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

242

Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You?

243

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

244

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

245

The Gloomy Merry-Go-Round Without an Exit

246

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

247

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

248

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

249

A Tutorial for Speaking Words of Life Over People

250

Sitting on an Unmoving Airplane, Late at Night …

251

Taking on a Burden Not Mine to Bear?

252

Heaven's Perspective Versus My Perspective

253

Four Unhealthy Reasons We Might Try to Help Others

254

Thinking About the Body Being Guarded

255

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

256

The Need to Be Moved with Compassion

257

Specific Lessons from a Week of Sunrises

258

Facing Down the Platonic Ideal of a Sunrise

259

When We Face Chaos

260

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

261

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

262

Going Through the Open Door

263

No One Stays in the Birth Canal Forever

264

Pushing Back the Spirit of Fear

265

Waiting for the Spouse to Get on the Same Page

266

Ways to Pray in Church …

267

When the Lord Speaks Over Your Identity

268

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

269

Letting the Light of Christ Pour Through

270

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

271

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

272

Pondering the Challenge of Vision and Goal-Setting

273

On The Great and Terrible Quest

274

A Long-Standing Bible Mystery Solved!

275

Letting God Explain Himself to a Muslim

276

Walking Through the Airport as a Trigger for Enemy Mode?

277

When Prayers Go the Wrong Direction

278

The New Roommate's Unexpected Greeting

279

An Impartation of Joy

280

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

281

Laying Aside the Weights We're Carrying

282

Practicing Deliverance

283

The Surprise Blister Under a Callous

284

The Provision Shows Up

285

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

286

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

287

The Proliferation of Small Tasks, Noise, and Distractions

288

Praise As a Weapon of Warfare

289

Watching for Boxes of Blessings

290

Prayers Against Cynicism and Catastrophizing

291

You Are Not Stuck; You Are Not Alone

292

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

293

The Mind Running in a Thousand Directions at Once

294

If I Could Only Have Done Everything Perfectly …

295

The Weirdly Traumatic Splinter

296

Saying No to the Voice of the Accuser

297

Entering into Fasting for a Purpose

298

Intensive Prayer at the Halftime of the Year

299

An Exciting Thought About Storehouses!

300

Returning to the Joy of Abundant Ideas

301

Working Through an Old Box of Papers with Jesus

302

Two Surprising Wails

303

"Keep Going Until the Door Closes Completely"

304

Thinking About Imprecatory Psalms

305

The Ridiculousness (in Retrospect) of Magical Thinking

306

When the World Seems to Be Swirling in All Directions …

307

A Variation on Let the Dead Bury the Dead

308

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

309

Thinking in New Ways About (Almost) Impossible Travel

310

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

311

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

312

Working on a Master's Degree and Doctorate

313

Coming Back to Prayer

314

A Quick Overview of Where I've Been

315

The Invitation to Love Your Enemies

316

Thinking About Witchcraft Prayers

317

Staying Awake (Or Not) at a Conference

318

Praying for the Heart Muscle to Be in Health

319

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

320

Love Notes from the Lord

321

Bob Answers My Question About Speaking in Tongues

322

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

323

A Story of Listening to the Lord

324

A Symptom of Deliverance and Continued Healing

325

Denial About Creativity

326

My Adventures in Traffic Court

327

A Novel Suggestion for Praying in Tongues

328

Always Astonishing, How Much the Details Matter

329

The Unpleasant Truth That There's Another in the Fire

330

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

331

A Celebration of the Fun Invitations from the Lord

332

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

333

Unusual Events at the Beginning of an Endeavor

334

Cain's Defining Feature

335

Bonus: Juneteenth 2025 Prayer Call

336

The Lord Cares About Even the Decluttering

337

From Snappy Remarks to Healing Prayer

338

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch, Part 2

339

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch

340

Ignore the Person Slithering on the Floor

341

Beyond the Theoretical: My First Experience of Deliverance

342

Can Christians Have Demons?

343

Refusing to Pray the Prayer of Protection

344

What If You Don't Pray Prayers?

345

What About Pre-Written Prayers?

346

What Kind of a Party Are We Invited To?

347

Thinking About Who Plans the Activities

348

You Are Invited!

349

A Joyful New Way to Think About Prayer

350

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

351

The Accusing Finger Versus the Reality As a Child of God

352

The Progressive Nature of Large Projects

353

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

354

Unexpected Dream Interpretation

355

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

356

The Reminder of the Gift of Praying Over a Flight

357

The Willingness to Enter Into a Space Lacking in Hope

358

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

359

On Not Catching Up on the Mountain Trail of Prayer

360

Trusting the Holy Spirit in You

361

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

362

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

363

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

364

Questions About Hearing God's Voice

365

Companions on the Road

366

The Blue Cloud Hovering Over the Couch

367

Where Are the Bezalels Today?

368

Going Really Controversial with Three Views of Hell

369

Beautiful Leaders Across Four Decades

370

De-Mystifying Learning to Hear God's Voice

371

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

372

Sharing in the Love for the Saints

373

Thriving Businesses Create Thriving Cities

374

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

375

Thinking About Generative Language in Relationships

376

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

377

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

378

The Itinerant Prophet Who Specializes in Deliverance

379

The Couple Who Popularized Soaking Prayer

380

The Man Who Asked Jesus to Be His Guru

381

My Beautiful Introduction to Healing Prayer

382

Mentored by a Controversial Contemporary Couple

383

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

384

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

385

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

386

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

387

Mentored by a Missionary from the Early 1900s

388

The Gift of a Godly Boarding House

389

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

390

Early Mentoring in Prayer

391

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

392

Cheering on Arrival, Hospitality, Thought-Provoking Questions

393

While Impartation Is Great, Mentors Are Extra Precious

394

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

395

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

396

Seaglass, Giftings, and the Kindness of the Lord

397

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

398

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

399

Praying Against Judgment

400

A Book That Changed My Thinking and Explained a Past Mystery

401

When You're Always Tired and Can't Recover

402

When the Lord Asks an Uncomfortable Obedience

403

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

404

The Unexpected Gift When Someone Reminds You of Someone Else

405

Thinking About "God Can't Bless a Mess"

406

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

407

Breaking Free from a Catastrophic Spirit

408

Praying, Intentionally, for the Change You Want to See

409

Stepping Out in Faith, and Counting the Cost

410

A Rebellious Culture, Repentance, Lip Service, and Judgment

411

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

412

Holiness, Set Apartness, New Testament, Old Testament

413

Women in the Bible

414

Repentance and Running to the Strong Tower

415

The Ephesians Five-Fold Ministry in the New Testament

416

Tiredness on Day Two of a Conference

417

New Teaching on Strongholds

418

The Mind Game of Prayer

419

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

420

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

421

Coming Back to Fasting After Some Time Away

422

Turning the Harassed and Impoverished into Mighty Men

423

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

424

Dealing with a Mocking Spirit

425

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

426

Looking for the Right Amount of Structure

427

Odd Translations in the Book of Proverbs

428

The God Who Wastes Nothing

429

The Hunt for a Mysterious Virus …

430

The Almost-Impossible Circumstances That Work Out

431

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

432

The Beauty of Going All-Out for the Lord

433

Seeking to Make a Difference in the Seven Spheres of Influence

434

Entering a Home of Peace

435

Schools of the Prophets

436

A Report on Bethel School of Healing

437

Sunday Morning at Bethel Redding

438

Welcoming the Holy Spirit

439

A Church That Celebrates Miracles

440

Being in the Zone, and Staying in Peace

441

Two Treasures from a Bus Ride with Andy Mason

442

Celebration of Life as Prophetic Declaration?

443

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

444

Asking the Lord About the Weather Report

445

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

446

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

447

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

448

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

449

Expanding the Definition of Prayer

450

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

451

The Susceptibility to Accusations

452

Is Evil Behavior Always Prompted by Obviously Evil Thoughts?

453

Exercising a Gift in the Spirit

454

The Israelites in the Wilderness Did Not Have Refrigerators

455

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

456

Breaking Away from the Tyranny of the Daily Calendar

457

Thinking About Excellence

458

The Kindness of God: It Leaves Me Undone

459

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

460

A Celebration of the Opportunity to Think the Thoughts of Others

461

Quantity and Quality in Publishing

462

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

463

Behind the Scenes in the Publishing Industry

464

Gratitude for Thin Threads and Those Who Have Gone Before

465

Gratitude for a Part of the Publishing Industry

466

The Lord Can Show the Opportune Moment

467

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

468

Looking at the Prophetic, Practically

469

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

470

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

471

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

472

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

473

Life as "Down the Great Unknown"

474

A New Take on "Higher Levels, Bigger Devils"

475

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

476

The Not-So Trivial Adventure of the Scarf

477

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

478

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

479

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

480

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

481

Five Questions to Consider in the New Year

482

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

483

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

484

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

485

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

486

The Five File Folders Method of Staying Interesting

487

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

488

Three Stories of Extravagant Gift-Giving

489

The Wise Men's Gifts, and My Own Gift

490

Prayer As a Management Principle

491

Some of My Wrestles with Planning

492

Evangelizing by Living It Out

493

Do Not Be Unequally Yoked …

494

Some Quibbles Around Maintaining Proper Priorities

495

Discipling, Delegating, and Accountability

496

Multiplying Talents!

497

Practicing Personal and Interpersonal Wholeness

498

Giving and Receiving Life

499

The Challenges of Being Committed to Excellence

500

Receiving Counsel

501

Acting As a Servant Leader

502

Thinking About Finances, Both Receiving and Releasing Them

503

My Journey Towards Expressing Overcoming Faith

504

When Brethren Dwell Together in Unity

505

Creating Out of the Vision of God

506

Creating Out of the Voice of God

507

Give Dignity to All Men

508

Entering into the Reality of the Rule and Reign of Christ

509

Thinking About Managing Well

510

The Next Adventure with Jesus

511

Sending a Message Through Jesus

512

Playing with Color During Advent

513

Life and Death Are in the Power of the Tongue

514

A Little Look at Christian Mysticism

515

An Interesting Question About Paul and Women in Ministry

516

On Getting Ordained

517

The Shocking Truth About Studying the Bible

518

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

519

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane, Part 2

520

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane

521

Encouragement Around the Importance of the Prophetic …

522

Paying Attention to an Unexpected Word

523

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

524

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

525

On the Importance of Keeping the Brain Nourished

526

A Question About Impartation

527

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

528

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

529

Does the Lord Hide Himself?

530

Listening for the Lord, and Growing Weary in the Waiting

531

Is It Possible to Pray Wrong?

532

On Not Going Bold on the Airplane

533

A Restraining Order in the Spirit

534

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

535

Getting Lulled into Secular Thinking

536

Prophetic Acts and Infertility

537

A Bit of Mystery Around Hugging a Tree

538

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

539

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

540

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

541

A Tale of Two Canceled Flights

542

What the Prophetic Artists Taught Me About Process

543

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

544

Testimonies of Provision

545

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

546

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

547

A Modern-Day Daniel Story

548

Different Ways to Hear God's Voice

549

Conference Administration: Gratitude for Those Who Thought Through Details

550

The Fulfillment of a Prayer of Twenty-Two Years

551

Clear Thinking About the Purpose of Government

552

What a Prophetic Act Doesn't Have the Desired Outcome

553

When a Prophetic Word Doesn't Come to Pass

554

Interesting Thoughts on Being a Prophet and the Prophetic

555

The Speaker's Surprising Turn of Events

556

How Dreams Are Like a Good Easter Egg Hunt

557

A Few Principles of Dream Interpretation, and a Fun Bonus

558

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

559

Fun New Thinking About the Armor of God

560

The Sudden Onset Headache When Shopping Online

561

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

562

Praying Through the Fear of Being Replaced

563

The Black Swan Feather and Its Surprising Prophetic Meaning

564

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

565

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

566

The Definition of Double-Minded

567

The Invitation to Process Through Thoughts and Experiences with Jesus

568

The Marvelous Cure for Nightmares

569

Abnormal Heartburn When Traveling …

570

Prayerwalking in Different Places

571

When the Holy Spirit Hovers …

572

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

573

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

574

Dealing with the Needs of Life While in the Liminal Space

575

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

576

Interacting with God About Writing a Book

577

A Missing Outlet to Get My Words Out

578

Looking for Meaning in Petty Accidents

579

Sweet Reassurances When Being Poured Out Like a Drink Offering

580

Little Unpleasant Hooks in Daily Interactions

581

Asking God a Question and Expecting Silence

582

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

583

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

584

Considering Anew About the Posture of Intercession

585

Unexpectedly Praying for a Creepy Mural

586

Tracking Prayerwalking Experiences Across a Few Days

587

The Lord Can Direct Packing Down to the Smallest Detail

588

The 1000th Episode! Dealing with Accusation

589

The Exhausted Prayer of the Tired Pilgrim

590

Real Life Adventure Stories, Even in Pain

591

On Not Fasting While Traveling, and Other Observations About Food

592

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

593

Paying Attention When Changing Locations

594

Paying Attention to the Feel of Different Stores

595

The Persistent, Intruding Thought in My Prayer Time

596

Pray for the Weather You Want …

597

The Lavishness of Single Use Garments

598

Three Examples of Flags in Worship

599

Thinking About the Cloud That Shielded the Israelites

600

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

601

When Grass Is Green, But Not Technicolor Green

602

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

603

What the Lord Said During the 98-Minute Sunrise

604

A Fun Discussion About Mantles in the Scriptures

605

Some Thoughts on Praying at the High Places

606

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

607

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

608

Wrestling for Direction

609

Asking the Lord: "Will You Help Me?"

610

How the Word "Inchoate" Pushed Back the Indifference

611

Thinking About Unction

612

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

613

The Gift to Make Things Beautiful

614

A Concerning Report of Bad Weather

615

The Lord Gives Such Sweet Gifts to His Intercessors

616

The Beginning Might Be a Bit Rough

617

An Impartation of Strength

618

What I Dreaded Most Has Now Come Upon Me …

619

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

620

Breaking Free of the Perpetual Desire for Always More

621

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

622

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

623

One Possible Change How to Think About Prayer

624

A Marvelous Experiment

625

The Call No Parent Wants at 3am

626

When Even Being Becomes Something to Do

627

Practical Relief from Jet Lag

628

A Suggestion: Revisit Music from Different Seasons

629

The Restoration That Worship Offers

630

That Time My Baby Brother Destroyed My Crayons

631

The Challenge of Learning and Trying New Things

632

Healing the Wounds of Artistic Expression

633

A Guidepost in a Strange Land

634

My Mary Poppins Moment on the Plane

635

The Overlooked Gift of Administration

636

Listening to the Lord for a Seat on the Plane

637

Tailoring the Content to the Place

638

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

639

How Fasting Looks Different for Women, Compared to Men

640

Should Our Pace of Life Be a Walk?

641

Learning to Pay Attention to the Body's Signals

642

A Life-Changing Call

643

Three Brief Anecdotes, Loosely Connecting Light and Dark

644

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

645

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

646

Vanishing Things and Praying Around the Solstice

647

Part of My Origin Story of Praying for Business

648

Juneteenth 2024 Prayer Call

649

What the Overlooked New Testament Book Teaches About Reconciliation

650

One of the Biggest Challenges to Acknowledging That Prayer Works

651

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

652

Working Towards Cleaning Out the Email Inbox

653

All the Surprises of Working Together

654

Laying It Down on the Altar

655

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

656

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

657

When Restoration Doesn't Look Awesome in the Beginning

658

How to Encourage a Person Who Rebuffs the Encouragement?

659

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

660

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

661

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

662

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

663

Two Examples of Radical Hospitality

664

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

665

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

666

Bob's Suggestion for a Guest Speaker at a Church

667

Unknown-to-Me Spiritual Forces at Work in Mexico

668

Thinking About the Statement "I Am a Generous Receiver"

669

The Holy Spirit Actually Does Highlight Specific Moments

670

Living As a Feeler, Growing As a Feeler

671

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

672

The Slight Chagrin of a Holy Spirit Tic …

673

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

674

The Gifts of a Three-Hour Delayed Flight

675

A Testimony of Healing

676

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

677

An Adorable Picture of Going into Battle with Jesus

678

Unusual Stories of Evangelism

679

How to Decide What to Do Next?

680

Testimonies of "Rejection Is Protection"

681

Two Testimonies of Unexpected Encounters While Flying Coach

682

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

683

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

684

What to Do When God Sends Too Many Ideas?

685

The Gift of Live Worship ... Mostly

686

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

687

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

688

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

689

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

690

The Need for Worship, Crept Up Unawares

691

Pouring Out Worship … Costly and Imperfect

692

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

693

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

694

Killer Tides, Killer Hogs, and the Perception of Indolence

695

The Imperfect Exercise of Creativity

696

A Son's Injury and a Family Story

697

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

698

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

699

The Whirlwind Distraction and the Need for Focus

700

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

701

The Absolute Goodness of God in Enlivening His Scripture

702

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

703

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

704

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

705

Getting the Wires Crossed in Hearing the Voice of the Lord

706

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

707

How to Navigate Tricky Relationships

708

Moses and the Unimpressive Bag of Tricks

709

Starting a University with a Bamboo Stick

710

When Black Mambas Interrupted a Wedding

711

Lost in Worship … and Snapped Back to Reality

712

The Persistence of Memory Through the Metamorphic Soup

713

Did the Lord Just Send Me Jewels from Heaven?

714

A Researcher's Definition of an Intercessor

715

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

716

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

717

The Desire to Pray, Squirting Out at Work Unexpectedly

718

Different Expressions of Praying Through the Night

719

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

720

A Needed Lesson on Being Kind

721

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

722

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

723

One Way to Move Forward with a Different Expectation

724

A New Thesis About How to Be a Feeler in Health

725

Working on a Project in Concert with Jesus

726

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

727

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

728

His Mercies Are New Every Morning

729

What Difference Does One Word Make?

730

The Man with the Terrible Headache

731

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

732

The Testimony of the Reluctant Cookie Baker

733

Pockets of Transformation in an Unexpected Space

734

The Hidden Danger in Being "Mission Driven"

735

The Catastrophic Fire That Propelled Change

736

Gifts Given to an Intercessor

737

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

738

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

739

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

740

Disappointment, Rebuke, and Dancing in Baggage Claim

741

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

742

Shifting Symbols of Darkness into Symbols of Light

743

The Unexpected Answer to a Prayer for Better Boundaries

744

Drink Continually from the Rivers of Living Water

745

Hudson Taylor in the School of Faith

746

A Little Peak into the Spiritual Gift of Giving

747

The Call to Prayer After a Teary Tax Preparation

748

The Shame of Playing with Colored Paper and Glue Sticks

749

Striving to Enter into His Rest: But How?

750

When All the Prayers Seem to Go Backwards

751

Gifts in Different Seasons

752

Questions About Spiritual Gifts

753

The Uncomfortable Idea of Speaking a Blessing as a Surrogate Parent

754

A Testimony on the Importance of Testimony

755

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

756

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

757

The Challenge of Praying for Cancer

758

The Challenge of Being Forced to Ask

759

A Solution for a Bad Case of the Mondays

760

Interacting with and Coming Away from a Defiling Spirit

761

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

762

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

763

What Are "Lost or Fallen Souls"?

764

Talking (or Not) to the Local Drunk

765

How to Raise Children Well

766

The Astonishing Surprise in the Cupboard

767

The Lord Is in the Transformation Business

768

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

769

The Lord and His Sense of Humor

770

Anger Coming Out of a Fast?

771

A Now Prayer: A Prayer for Proper Proportion

772

Grumpiness and Praying in Tongues

773

The Surprising Matter of Coupling Events

774

The Difficulty of Talking to Strangers

775

The Impenetrable Wall of Resistance …

776

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

777

Must Cause and Effect Always Follow?

778

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

779

When You Don't Want to Dream with Jesus

780

The Lord as a Dread Champion

781

Specific Examples of Asking the Lord for a Verse for Someone

782

How to Ask the Lord for a Scripture Verse for Someone

783

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

784

Do I Need Deliverance from Facebook Reels?

785

Why "Back to the Jungle" Was an Encouraging Word

786

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

787

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

788

When a Desire Lingers, Again and Again

789

How Swiftly Does the Lord Answer Fasting Prayers?

790

My Horror at the Daniel Fast … and Other Misadventures

791

Four Types of Fasts, and Some of My Own Experiences

792

The Marvelous Invitation to F(e)ast

793

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

794

A Prayer to Live in the Actual World

795

Setting Down Past Baggage for the New Year

796

The Horrible, Unnecessary Water Alarm That Saved a House

797

If You Wonder What Favor Looks Like

798

Separating Questions from Accusation

799

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

800

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

801

A New Take on Psalm 72

802

Dealing with Grumpy People

803

An Amazing Question to Ask Every Hour

804

Incorporating New Things into Life

805

The Goal in Relationship Is Not to Be Friction-Free

806

The Lie That What Happened Before Will Happen Again

807

When the Grace to Live in a City Vanishes

808

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

809

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

810

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

811

The Secret to Four Hour Prayer Hikes

812

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

813

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

814

The Face at the Back of the Sanctuary

815

The Goodness of God in the Most Horrible of Situations

816

The Sudden Snap Realization to Welcoming Dreaming

817

An Involuntary Seer Shares Some of His Experiences

818

Supernatural Healing and Protection … Twice

819

Supernatural Direction in Timing and Treatment for Emergency Heart Surgery

820

Listening to the Lord for One Word on Behalf of Another

821

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

822

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

823

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

824

The Hidden Message in the Ringing in the Ears

825

Movement to Prepare a Space

826

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

827

When You Feel Like You're in a Snowglobe

828

Levels of Challenge in Giving Prophetic Words

829

Running to the Presence of the Lord

830

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

831

A New Day Is Coming … and What That Might Mean

832

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

833

Not Settling for the Weather You Don't Want

834

The Deeper Meaning of What Jesus Said to Nathaniel

835

The Surprise of the PB&J Comment

836

The Need to See Reality, to Preserve and Protect

837

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

838

Why the Body of Christ Needs the Prophetic

839

No Two Prophetic Voices Are Alike

840

The Journey Out of Cessationism

841

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

842

A Gutsy Request to the Ancient of Days

843

A Healing Prayer Journey: From Wheelchairs to Headaches

844

Healing Prayer for Financial Shadows in the Past

845

A Meditation on Vocation

846

Why the Vine Grew Up to Shield Jonah

847

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

848

The Necessity of Speaking Aloud in Prayer?

849

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

850

Two Examples of Hearing the Voice of God

851

Intentionally Filling the Airwaves

852

Willingness But Hesitation to Pray Over a Women's Shelter

853

Breaking Away from the Unkind Things We Say Over Ourselves

854

A Gorgeous Reminder from the Life of Gideon

855

Navigating a Vulnerability Hangover

856

The Two Paragraph Anecdote in Middle School That Changed My Thoughts

857

When Dreams Shift

858

The Pain and Delight of Revisiting Old Dreams

859

Hearing God But Also Not Abdicating Responsibility

860

Growing in Learning to Hear God's Voice

861

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

862

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

863

Are Hunger and Thirst in the Spirit Satisfied?

864

Dealing with the Grief After the Loss of a Pet

865

Learning to Walk with a Limp

866

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

867

The Canceled Flight and the Sense of Release

868

How Do You Pray If Someone Makes a Bad Request?

869

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

870

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

871

The Delightful Unexpected Connection

872

In Healing Prayer, What If Jesus Looks Disappointed?

873

A Guide for Dealing with End of October House Decorations

874

The Privilege of Visiting a Place with Vision

875

The City Where Traffic Is Manageable

876

How Much the Lord Loves His People

877

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

878

When I Started Paying a Son to Do My Dishes

879

One of the Most Powerful Life Changes

880

The Young Missionary's Heart Attack in Spain

881

My First Realization That God Cares About Business

882

So Much Thankfulness for This Dentist's Singular Research

883

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

884

The Book That Most Changed My Thinking About Time

885

A Beautiful Meditation on the Opposite of Generational Curses

886

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

887

Why Aaron, and Not Moses Had to Speak Three Plagues

888

Why the Jews Don't Expect Perfection in Anything

889

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

890

Redemption in the Face of a Personal Fail

891

Making Decisions Without Full Knowledge

892

A Surprising Moment to Remember That Resistance Requires Something to Resist

893

Making Jokes in a Second Language

894

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

895

What an Unnaturally Orange Face Taught Me About Mistakes

896

Why You Should Give Free Verse Poetry Another Look

897

The Devastating Photo of a Tattoo

898

After Fourteen Years, a Partial Answer to a Why Question

899

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

900

When the Holy Spirit Operates Through the Work of Your Hands

901

A Burst of Joy in a Hush-Hush Topic

902

What Does Favor Look Like in the Midst of Suffering?

903

Laying Aside the Need to Be Perfect

904

The Challenge to Simply Pray

905

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

906

The Offense of Holy Laughter

907

The Gift of the Parts of the Body

908

Practical Questions About Generational Healing

909

How to Pray for Healing in the Face of Cancer

910

Why Did I Say Yes to That?

911

How to Stay in Our Own Lane in Prayer

912

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

913

What Does It Mean When Something Is "Highlighted"?

914

The Erie Canal and the Pony Express

915

An Occasional Unusual Gesture in Prayer

916

Anxiety Has a Root Cause

917

Throwing Off the Accusation of "Slow Processor"

918

The Most Disgusting Podcast Ever …

919

The Release from the Pressure to Always Be Effective

920

I Don't Want to Be a Stagecoach Driver

921

The Grace of God When Selecting a Fast

922

The Compulsion to Finish a Book Entirely

923

How to Break Off the Dark Cloud of Darkness?

924

Compare and Contrast Two Days of Fasting

925

Pineapples, Grapes, and the Gift of Modern Refrigeration

926

The Incomprehensible Look of a Person of Prayer

927

Asking Lady Wisdom for Help

928

How the Fifth-Degree Blackbelt Doesn't Get Slimed

929

The Vitamin Boost Needed After Healing Prayer

930

Dropping Incendiary Bombs in a Friend Group

931

Irrational Behavior and the Necessary Healing

932

Praying Through the Pain of Unintentional Childhood Hurts

933

God Is Screaming, "I Love You!"

934

God Talks: Cheesy and Cheery and Life-Changing

935

Curves and Meanders in the Kingdom and in Nature

936

After Three Years of Waiting, It Only Took a Day

937

Sudden Onset Panic at a Party

938

The Answer to a Four-Year Prayer

939

Adopting a Feral Cat

940

Taking Action in Acts 1, Before the Holy Spirit Came

941

All That Is Good: Think About Such Things

942

Rest: Notes from a Confused Person Along the Journey

943

Entrepreneurship in the Face of Christian Resistance

944

Three Unexpected Stories from Corporate Worship

945

Five Ways to Resolve Conflict

946

Walking Out Uncertainty with Joy

947

When Fear Enters What Was Once a Safe Place

948

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

949

Praying Before Meals, and at Other Times, Too

950

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

951

Praying for No Pain in the Midst of Chronic Pain?

952

Throughout History, Orthodox Believers Have Held Three Views of Hell

953

The Willingness to Go Out on a Limb

954

A Few Thoughts on Growing in Discernment

955

A Grace to Forgive

956

A New Response to Miracles

957

The Offense of Superfluous Miracles

958

The Unexpectedly Large Ear of Corn …

959

A Testimony on How to Steward a Testimony

960

A Testimony of Miracles from a Place of Rest and Joy

961

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

962

A New Picture of "Become Like a Child"

963

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

964

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

965

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

966

A Reflection on Goals and Missed Goals, Numbers and Gratitude

967

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

968

Graphic Novels, Unexpected Intensity, and the Spirit of Death

969

Reflections on the Mental Aspect of Different Games

970

What the Fast Food Restaurant Taught Me About Accusations

971

We Get to Define the Culture We Want!

972

The Gift of a Good Cheer

973

The Desire for Clarity Before We Move Forward …

974

The Word Exuberance … in All Its Meanings

975

Miraculous Healing of Arthritis!

976

The Miraculous, Completely Unlikely, Change of Mind

977

A Story of Transformation

978

The Lord's Promise in the Rainbow

979

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

980

The Vital Need for a Lifting of Darkness

981

Celebrate the Celebration!

982

The Testimony of the Blown-Out Tire

983

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

984

In the Weeping Room with Jesus

985

Resting in the Lord

986

The Sweetness of Being with Jesus at All Times

987

Resting in the Spirit: Scriptures and Experience

988

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

989

The Unusual Winning Streak in Settlers of Catan

990

True Confessions of a Failed Fast-er

991

The Sudden Desire for Fire to Come Out of My Mouth

992

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

993

A Report on Different Processes of Discernment

994

What Is a Seer?

995

Sudden Onset Sickness … Two Weeks After the Sacred Assembly

996

Calling Out the Gifts in Others

997

The Sweet Provision of the Hidden Plate of Food

998

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

999

What Sinus Pressure Might Mean to a Prayer Warrior

1000

The Glory of a City-Wide Corporate Prayer Meeting