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Make Prayer Beautiful — 1015 episodes

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More Thoughts on Mishearing the Voice of God

2

Mishearing the Voice of God

3

Bonus: Family Time Questions About Prayer

4

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

5

Thanksgiving for the Gift of Modern Medicine

6

Don't Pray Above Your Pay Grade

7

Processing Life Takes Time

8

Healing Prayer for the Recurring Stress Dreams

9

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

10

Practicing with a New Prayer Tool

11

Praying Outside of My Comfort Zone

12

A Testimony of Provision

13

Helping the Brain Function Better

14

Happy Brainstorming Help to Think of a Name

15

Winning the Most Talkative Award in High School

16

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

17

Grieving Over the Culture, and Engaging with the Culture

18

The Flow of Tears Over an Oppressed Land

19

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

20

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

21

Spiritual Warfare and Stronger-Than-Usual Prayers

22

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

23

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

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

Fasting, Feasting, and Just Living

30

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

31

Sending Popcorn to a Dying Man

32

My Realization About Why Some Prayers Don't Feel Right

33

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

34

The Freedom to Have No Plan

35

Fun New Considerations About Fasting

36

What the Coffee Grounds Were Speaking

37

How to Love Well?

38

A Messy Business Problem and the Miraculous Turnaround

39

The Lord Loves Contemplatives and Active People, Too

40

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

41

You Thought the Walk of Faith Would Be Easy?

42

Shutting Down Sudden Onset Headaches

43

Asking the Lord to Answer Questions on Command

44

John the Baptist Did Not Have a Small Anointing

45

The Emotions of an Intercessor

46

Use What's in Your Hand

47

The Surprising Gift of Being the Slave of the Lord

48

Reframing the Idea of the Yoke That's Easy

49

On Not Being Relationally Dysfunctional with the Lord

50

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

51

When Not to Sit Front and Center

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

Refusing the Prayers for Resurrection

56

Praying, Preparing, and the Walk of Faith

57

How to Pray in the Midst of a Challenging Diagnosis?

58

The Gorgeous Specificity of the Lord

59

Thinking About Famous People of Prayer

60

So Many Disparate Pieces Coming Together

61

Angelic Visitations and the Lack Thereof: A Happy Perspective

62

Taking the Time to Replenish the Oil

63

Time Is Not Fungible

64

Full-Frontal Resistance and Resistance by Neglect

65

When You Think You Can't Do Any More …

66

An Unexpected Meditation on Grieving

67

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

68

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

69

The Elijah Effect in Ministry

70

Planning Ahead to Prepare the Way for a Return

71

A Celebration of Treasures

72

The First Read-Through

73

When Teaching Doesn't Seem Immediately Applicable …

74

What Are the Themes That Stir Your Heart?

75

Dipping a Toe into a Long-Held Dream

76

Thinking About Decision-Making

77

How to Study the Bible?

78

One of the Early Identity Profiles, and How It Helps

79

Resistance and Starting Something New

80

The Truck Driver and the Bright Light

81

Testimonies of Protection

82

A Few Signs When It's Time to Move On

83

Bringing Righteousness and Justice to the Cacao Industry

84

"Congratulations! We Have a Publishing House!"

85

Practical Dream Interpretation for the Confused and Clueless

86

The Turnaround Flier

87

The Gift of Specificity

88

The Answered Prayer for Better Healing

89

Seeds Sown in Secret, Waiting for Germination

90

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

91

The Challenges of the Midpoint of a Fast

92

The Druids in the Orchard

93

Protecting Oneself from the Little Barbs

94

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

95

Discarding Saul's Armor

96

Being in Business and the Walk of Faith

97

The Grand Gesture vs. The Measured Prudence

98

A Vicar to Want to Imitate in Real Life

99

More Than a Book a Day

100

Look at the Fruit

101

Unanswered (But Interesting) Questions About Pressing In

102

Our Ever-Increasing Opportunity Wedge

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

Thinking About the Meaning of "Magnify the Lord"

108

Miraculous Christmas Stocking Provision

109

Thinking About Griefs Large and Small

110

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

111

When the Lord Offers Beginnings But Not Endings

112

Opera Tickets, Art Museums, and Church Building Campaigns

113

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

114

Why My Friend Stopped Offering Healing Prayer

115

The Desperate Search for the Nehemiah Plan

116

Football, Playbooks, and Prayer

117

YouTube, Invisible Blogs, Publishing, and Thought Leaders

118

When God Gives Dreams That Are Too Big for One Person

119

The Flour and the Oil Never Run Out

120

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

121

A History of Provision, Part One

122

A Testimony of How God Works Details Together

123

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

124

Experimenting and Trying and Breaking Free of the Shame

125

Entering the Glory of Corporate Worship

126

A Celebration of Taste Tests, Chocolate and Otherwise

127

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

128

Prayer and Song Threaded Through

129

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

130

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

131

Adjusting the Schedule, Hour by Hour

132

The Physical, Embodied Experience of Being in an Open Heaven

133

Striking the Balance Between Activities and Relationship

134

Partnering with God More Than Asking a Blessing for Business

135

Prayer in a Natural and Beautiful Way

136

Three Mornings with Worship, Led by Four Worship Leaders

137

Photographic Celebration and a Two Page Shot List

138

Planning and Replanning an Event

139

The Absolute Glory of Show and Tell

140

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

141

Many Unnecessary Ice Breakers

142

Kazoos, Blow-Outs, and the Prodigal Father

143

Grocery Shopping with Jesus

144

When the Uber Driver Got Lost

145

Finding Peace in the Midst of Pool Therapy

146

When God Cleared a Schedule for the Miraculous Plan B

147

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

148

When God Strips Away Much (or All)

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Pressing In

155

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

156

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Virtual Mentoring

157

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

158

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

159

Resources That Helped Me on My Prayer Journey: Before College

160

Holy Spirit Breakthrough in the Midst of a Sermon?

161

A Glimpse of What Might Be Possible in the Spirit

162

Six Types of Miracles in the Scriptures

163

Thinking of Ourselves in the Plural

164

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

165

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

166

No More Tolerance for Waffling

167

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

168

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

169

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

170

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

171

Jesus and the Demoniac and the Rest of the Decapolis

172

The Buses Dancing Figure Eights Just Before Midnight

173

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

174

Praying for Big Things That Aren't Shifting

175

Issuing a Temporary Restraining Order in the Spirit

176

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

177

Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You?

178

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

179

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

180

The Gloomy Merry-Go-Round Without an Exit

181

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

182

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

183

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

184

A Tutorial for Speaking Words of Life Over People

185

Sitting on an Unmoving Airplane, Late at Night …

186

Taking on a Burden Not Mine to Bear?

187

Heaven's Perspective Versus My Perspective

188

Four Unhealthy Reasons We Might Try to Help Others

189

Thinking About the Body Being Guarded

190

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

191

The Need to Be Moved with Compassion

192

Specific Lessons from a Week of Sunrises

193

Facing Down the Platonic Ideal of a Sunrise

194

When We Face Chaos

195

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

196

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

197

Going Through the Open Door

198

No One Stays in the Birth Canal Forever

199

Pushing Back the Spirit of Fear

200

Waiting for the Spouse to Get on the Same Page

201

Ways to Pray in Church …

202

When the Lord Speaks Over Your Identity

203

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

204

Letting the Light of Christ Pour Through

205

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

206

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

207

Pondering the Challenge of Vision and Goal-Setting

208

On The Great and Terrible Quest

209

A Long-Standing Bible Mystery Solved!

210

Letting God Explain Himself to a Muslim

211

Walking Through the Airport as a Trigger for Enemy Mode?

212

When Prayers Go the Wrong Direction

213

The New Roommate's Unexpected Greeting

214

An Impartation of Joy

215

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

216

Laying Aside the Weights We're Carrying

217

Practicing Deliverance

218

The Surprise Blister Under a Callous

219

The Provision Shows Up

220

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

221

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

222

The Proliferation of Small Tasks, Noise, and Distractions

223

Praise As a Weapon of Warfare

224

Watching for Boxes of Blessings

225

Prayers Against Cynicism and Catastrophizing

226

You Are Not Stuck; You Are Not Alone

227

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

228

The Mind Running in a Thousand Directions at Once

229

If I Could Only Have Done Everything Perfectly …

230

The Weirdly Traumatic Splinter

231

Saying No to the Voice of the Accuser

232

Entering into Fasting for a Purpose

233

Intensive Prayer at the Halftime of the Year

234

An Exciting Thought About Storehouses!

235

Returning to the Joy of Abundant Ideas

236

Working Through an Old Box of Papers with Jesus

237

Two Surprising Wails

238

"Keep Going Until the Door Closes Completely"

239

Thinking About Imprecatory Psalms

240

The Ridiculousness (in Retrospect) of Magical Thinking

241

When the World Seems to Be Swirling in All Directions …

242

A Variation on Let the Dead Bury the Dead

243

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

244

Thinking in New Ways About (Almost) Impossible Travel

245

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

246

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

247

Working on a Master's Degree and Doctorate

248

Coming Back to Prayer

249

A Quick Overview of Where I've Been

250

The Invitation to Love Your Enemies

251

Thinking About Witchcraft Prayers

252

Staying Awake (Or Not) at a Conference

253

Praying for the Heart Muscle to Be in Health

254

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

255

Love Notes from the Lord

256

Bob Answers My Question About Speaking in Tongues

257

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

258

A Story of Listening to the Lord

259

A Symptom of Deliverance and Continued Healing

260

Denial About Creativity

261

My Adventures in Traffic Court

262

A Novel Suggestion for Praying in Tongues

263

Always Astonishing, How Much the Details Matter

264

The Unpleasant Truth That There's Another in the Fire

265

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

266

A Celebration of the Fun Invitations from the Lord

267

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

268

Unusual Events at the Beginning of an Endeavor

269

Cain's Defining Feature

270

Bonus: Juneteenth 2025 Prayer Call

271

The Lord Cares About Even the Decluttering

272

From Snappy Remarks to Healing Prayer

273

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch, Part 2

274

The Three-Hour Prayer Watch

275

Ignore the Person Slithering on the Floor

276

Beyond the Theoretical: My First Experience of Deliverance

277

Can Christians Have Demons?

278

Refusing to Pray the Prayer of Protection

279

What If You Don't Pray Prayers?

280

What About Pre-Written Prayers?

281

What Kind of a Party Are We Invited To?

282

Thinking About Who Plans the Activities

283

You Are Invited!

284

A Joyful New Way to Think About Prayer

285

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

286

The Accusing Finger Versus the Reality As a Child of God

287

The Progressive Nature of Large Projects

288

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

289

Unexpected Dream Interpretation

290

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

291

The Reminder of the Gift of Praying Over a Flight

292

The Willingness to Enter Into a Space Lacking in Hope

293

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

294

On Not Catching Up on the Mountain Trail of Prayer

295

Trusting the Holy Spirit in You

296

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

297

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

298

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

299

Questions About Hearing God's Voice

300

Companions on the Road

301

The Blue Cloud Hovering Over the Couch

302

Where Are the Bezalels Today?

303

Going Really Controversial with Three Views of Hell

304

Beautiful Leaders Across Four Decades

305

De-Mystifying Learning to Hear God's Voice

306

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

307

Sharing in the Love for the Saints

308

Thriving Businesses Create Thriving Cities

309

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

310

Thinking About Generative Language in Relationships

311

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

312

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

313

The Itinerant Prophet Who Specializes in Deliverance

314

The Couple Who Popularized Soaking Prayer

315

The Man Who Asked Jesus to Be His Guru

316

My Beautiful Introduction to Healing Prayer

317

Mentored by a Controversial Contemporary Couple

318

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

319

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

320

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

321

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

322

Mentored by a Missionary from the Early 1900s

323

The Gift of a Godly Boarding House

324

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

325

Early Mentoring in Prayer

326

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

327

Cheering on Arrival, Hospitality, Thought-Provoking Questions

328

While Impartation Is Great, Mentors Are Extra Precious

329

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

330

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

331

Seaglass, Giftings, and the Kindness of the Lord

332

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

333

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

334

Praying Against Judgment

335

A Book That Changed My Thinking and Explained a Past Mystery

336

When You're Always Tired and Can't Recover

337

When the Lord Asks an Uncomfortable Obedience

338

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

339

The Unexpected Gift When Someone Reminds You of Someone Else

340

Thinking About "God Can't Bless a Mess"

341

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

342

Breaking Free from a Catastrophic Spirit

343

Praying, Intentionally, for the Change You Want to See

344

Stepping Out in Faith, and Counting the Cost

345

A Rebellious Culture, Repentance, Lip Service, and Judgment

346

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

347

Holiness, Set Apartness, New Testament, Old Testament

348

Women in the Bible

349

Repentance and Running to the Strong Tower

350

The Ephesians Five-Fold Ministry in the New Testament

351

Tiredness on Day Two of a Conference

352

New Teaching on Strongholds

353

The Mind Game of Prayer

354

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

355

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

356

Coming Back to Fasting After Some Time Away

357

Turning the Harassed and Impoverished into Mighty Men

358

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

359

Dealing with a Mocking Spirit

360

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

361

Looking for the Right Amount of Structure

362

Odd Translations in the Book of Proverbs

363

The God Who Wastes Nothing

364

The Hunt for a Mysterious Virus …

365

The Almost-Impossible Circumstances That Work Out

366

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

367

The Beauty of Going All-Out for the Lord

368

Seeking to Make a Difference in the Seven Spheres of Influence

369

Entering a Home of Peace

370

Schools of the Prophets

371

A Report on Bethel School of Healing

372

Sunday Morning at Bethel Redding

373

Welcoming the Holy Spirit

374

A Church That Celebrates Miracles

375

Being in the Zone, and Staying in Peace

376

Two Treasures from a Bus Ride with Andy Mason

377

Celebration of Life as Prophetic Declaration?

378

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

379

Asking the Lord About the Weather Report

380

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

381

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

382

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

383

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

384

Expanding the Definition of Prayer

385

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

386

The Susceptibility to Accusations

387

Is Evil Behavior Always Prompted by Obviously Evil Thoughts?

388

Exercising a Gift in the Spirit

389

The Israelites in the Wilderness Did Not Have Refrigerators

390

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

391

Breaking Away from the Tyranny of the Daily Calendar

392

Thinking About Excellence

393

The Kindness of God: It Leaves Me Undone

394

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

395

A Celebration of the Opportunity to Think the Thoughts of Others

396

Quantity and Quality in Publishing

397

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

398

Behind the Scenes in the Publishing Industry

399

Gratitude for Thin Threads and Those Who Have Gone Before

400

Gratitude for a Part of the Publishing Industry

401

The Lord Can Show the Opportune Moment

402

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

403

Looking at the Prophetic, Practically

404

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

405

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

406

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

407

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

408

Life as "Down the Great Unknown"

409

A New Take on "Higher Levels, Bigger Devils"

410

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

411

The Not-So Trivial Adventure of the Scarf

412

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

413

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

414

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

415

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

416

Five Questions to Consider in the New Year

417

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

418

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

419

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

420

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

421

The Five File Folders Method of Staying Interesting

422

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

423

Three Stories of Extravagant Gift-Giving

424

The Wise Men's Gifts, and My Own Gift

425

Prayer As a Management Principle

426

Some of My Wrestles with Planning

427

Evangelizing by Living It Out

428

Do Not Be Unequally Yoked …

429

Some Quibbles Around Maintaining Proper Priorities

430

Discipling, Delegating, and Accountability

431

Multiplying Talents!

432

Practicing Personal and Interpersonal Wholeness

433

Giving and Receiving Life

434

The Challenges of Being Committed to Excellence

435

Receiving Counsel

436

Acting As a Servant Leader

437

Thinking About Finances, Both Receiving and Releasing Them

438

My Journey Towards Expressing Overcoming Faith

439

When Brethren Dwell Together in Unity

440

Creating Out of the Vision of God

441

Creating Out of the Voice of God

442

Give Dignity to All Men

443

Entering into the Reality of the Rule and Reign of Christ

444

Thinking About Managing Well

445

The Next Adventure with Jesus

446

Sending a Message Through Jesus

447

Playing with Color During Advent

448

Life and Death Are in the Power of the Tongue

449

A Little Look at Christian Mysticism

450

An Interesting Question About Paul and Women in Ministry

451

On Getting Ordained

452

The Shocking Truth About Studying the Bible

453

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

454

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane, Part 2

455

No Easy Road Through the Hurricane

456

Encouragement Around the Importance of the Prophetic …

457

Paying Attention to an Unexpected Word

458

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

459

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

460

On the Importance of Keeping the Brain Nourished

461

A Question About Impartation

462

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

463

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

464

Does the Lord Hide Himself?

465

Listening for the Lord, and Growing Weary in the Waiting

466

Is It Possible to Pray Wrong?

467

On Not Going Bold on the Airplane

468

A Restraining Order in the Spirit

469

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

470

Getting Lulled into Secular Thinking

471

Prophetic Acts and Infertility

472

A Bit of Mystery Around Hugging a Tree

473

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

474

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

475

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

476

A Tale of Two Canceled Flights

477

What the Prophetic Artists Taught Me About Process

478

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

479

Testimonies of Provision

480

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

481

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

482

A Modern-Day Daniel Story

483

Different Ways to Hear God's Voice

484

Conference Administration: Gratitude for Those Who Thought Through Details

485

The Fulfillment of a Prayer of Twenty-Two Years

486

Clear Thinking About the Purpose of Government

487

What a Prophetic Act Doesn't Have the Desired Outcome

488

When a Prophetic Word Doesn't Come to Pass

489

Interesting Thoughts on Being a Prophet and the Prophetic

490

The Speaker's Surprising Turn of Events

491

How Dreams Are Like a Good Easter Egg Hunt

492

A Few Principles of Dream Interpretation, and a Fun Bonus

493

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

494

Fun New Thinking About the Armor of God

495

The Sudden Onset Headache When Shopping Online

496

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

497

Praying Through the Fear of Being Replaced

498

The Black Swan Feather and Its Surprising Prophetic Meaning

499

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

500

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

501

The Definition of Double-Minded

502

The Invitation to Process Through Thoughts and Experiences with Jesus

503

The Marvelous Cure for Nightmares

504

Abnormal Heartburn When Traveling …

505

Prayerwalking in Different Places

506

When the Holy Spirit Hovers …

507

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

508

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

509

Dealing with the Needs of Life While in the Liminal Space

510

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

511

Interacting with God About Writing a Book

512

A Missing Outlet to Get My Words Out

513

Looking for Meaning in Petty Accidents

514

Sweet Reassurances When Being Poured Out Like a Drink Offering

515

Little Unpleasant Hooks in Daily Interactions

516

Asking God a Question and Expecting Silence

517

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

518

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

519

Considering Anew About the Posture of Intercession

520

Unexpectedly Praying for a Creepy Mural

521

Tracking Prayerwalking Experiences Across a Few Days

522

The Lord Can Direct Packing Down to the Smallest Detail

523

The 1000th Episode! Dealing with Accusation

524

The Exhausted Prayer of the Tired Pilgrim

525

Real Life Adventure Stories, Even in Pain

526

On Not Fasting While Traveling, and Other Observations About Food

527

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

528

Paying Attention When Changing Locations

529

Paying Attention to the Feel of Different Stores

530

The Persistent, Intruding Thought in My Prayer Time

531

Pray for the Weather You Want …

532

The Lavishness of Single Use Garments

533

Three Examples of Flags in Worship

534

Thinking About the Cloud That Shielded the Israelites

535

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

536

When Grass Is Green, But Not Technicolor Green

537

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

538

What the Lord Said During the 98-Minute Sunrise

539

A Fun Discussion About Mantles in the Scriptures

540

Some Thoughts on Praying at the High Places

541

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

542

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

543

Wrestling for Direction

544

Asking the Lord: "Will You Help Me?"

545

How the Word "Inchoate" Pushed Back the Indifference

546

Thinking About Unction

547

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

548

The Gift to Make Things Beautiful

549

A Concerning Report of Bad Weather

550

The Lord Gives Such Sweet Gifts to His Intercessors

551

The Beginning Might Be a Bit Rough

552

An Impartation of Strength

553

What I Dreaded Most Has Now Come Upon Me …

554

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

555

Breaking Free of the Perpetual Desire for Always More

556

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

557

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

558

One Possible Change How to Think About Prayer

559

A Marvelous Experiment

560

The Call No Parent Wants at 3am

561

When Even Being Becomes Something to Do

562

Practical Relief from Jet Lag

563

A Suggestion: Revisit Music from Different Seasons

564

The Restoration That Worship Offers

565

That Time My Baby Brother Destroyed My Crayons

566

The Challenge of Learning and Trying New Things

567

Healing the Wounds of Artistic Expression

568

A Guidepost in a Strange Land

569

My Mary Poppins Moment on the Plane

570

The Overlooked Gift of Administration

571

Listening to the Lord for a Seat on the Plane

572

Tailoring the Content to the Place

573

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

574

How Fasting Looks Different for Women, Compared to Men

575

Should Our Pace of Life Be a Walk?

576

Learning to Pay Attention to the Body's Signals

577

A Life-Changing Call

578

Three Brief Anecdotes, Loosely Connecting Light and Dark

579

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

580

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

581

Vanishing Things and Praying Around the Solstice

582

Part of My Origin Story of Praying for Business

583

Juneteenth 2024 Prayer Call

584

What the Overlooked New Testament Book Teaches About Reconciliation

585

One of the Biggest Challenges to Acknowledging That Prayer Works

586

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

587

Working Towards Cleaning Out the Email Inbox

588

All the Surprises of Working Together

589

Laying It Down on the Altar

590

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

591

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

592

When Restoration Doesn't Look Awesome in the Beginning

593

How to Encourage a Person Who Rebuffs the Encouragement?

594

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

595

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

596

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

597

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

598

Two Examples of Radical Hospitality

599

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

600

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

601

Bob's Suggestion for a Guest Speaker at a Church

602

Unknown-to-Me Spiritual Forces at Work in Mexico

603

Thinking About the Statement "I Am a Generous Receiver"

604

The Holy Spirit Actually Does Highlight Specific Moments

605

Living As a Feeler, Growing As a Feeler

606

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

607

The Slight Chagrin of a Holy Spirit Tic …

608

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

609

The Gifts of a Three-Hour Delayed Flight

610

A Testimony of Healing

611

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

612

An Adorable Picture of Going into Battle with Jesus

613

Unusual Stories of Evangelism

614

How to Decide What to Do Next?

615

Testimonies of "Rejection Is Protection"

616

Two Testimonies of Unexpected Encounters While Flying Coach

617

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

618

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

619

What to Do When God Sends Too Many Ideas?

620

The Gift of Live Worship ... Mostly

621

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

622

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

623

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

624

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

625

The Need for Worship, Crept Up Unawares

626

Pouring Out Worship … Costly and Imperfect

627

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

628

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

629

Killer Tides, Killer Hogs, and the Perception of Indolence

630

The Imperfect Exercise of Creativity

631

A Son's Injury and a Family Story

632

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

633

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

634

The Whirlwind Distraction and the Need for Focus

635

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

636

The Absolute Goodness of God in Enlivening His Scripture

637

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

638

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

639

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

640

Getting the Wires Crossed in Hearing the Voice of the Lord

641

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

642

How to Navigate Tricky Relationships

643

Moses and the Unimpressive Bag of Tricks

644

Starting a University with a Bamboo Stick

645

When Black Mambas Interrupted a Wedding

646

Lost in Worship … and Snapped Back to Reality

647

The Persistence of Memory Through the Metamorphic Soup

648

Did the Lord Just Send Me Jewels from Heaven?

649

A Researcher's Definition of an Intercessor

650

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

651

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

652

The Desire to Pray, Squirting Out at Work Unexpectedly

653

Different Expressions of Praying Through the Night

654

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

655

A Needed Lesson on Being Kind

656

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

657

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

658

One Way to Move Forward with a Different Expectation

659

A New Thesis About How to Be a Feeler in Health

660

Working on a Project in Concert with Jesus

661

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

662

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

663

His Mercies Are New Every Morning

664

What Difference Does One Word Make?

665

The Man with the Terrible Headache

666

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

667

The Testimony of the Reluctant Cookie Baker

668

Pockets of Transformation in an Unexpected Space

669

The Hidden Danger in Being "Mission Driven"

670

The Catastrophic Fire That Propelled Change

671

Gifts Given to an Intercessor

672

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

673

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

674

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

675

Disappointment, Rebuke, and Dancing in Baggage Claim

676

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

677

Shifting Symbols of Darkness into Symbols of Light

678

The Unexpected Answer to a Prayer for Better Boundaries

679

Drink Continually from the Rivers of Living Water

680

Hudson Taylor in the School of Faith

681

A Little Peak into the Spiritual Gift of Giving

682

The Call to Prayer After a Teary Tax Preparation

683

The Shame of Playing with Colored Paper and Glue Sticks

684

Striving to Enter into His Rest: But How?

685

When All the Prayers Seem to Go Backwards

686

Gifts in Different Seasons

687

Questions About Spiritual Gifts

688

The Uncomfortable Idea of Speaking a Blessing as a Surrogate Parent

689

A Testimony on the Importance of Testimony

690

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

691

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

692

The Challenge of Praying for Cancer

693

The Challenge of Being Forced to Ask

694

A Solution for a Bad Case of the Mondays

695

Interacting with and Coming Away from a Defiling Spirit

696

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

697

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

698

What Are "Lost or Fallen Souls"?

699

Talking (or Not) to the Local Drunk

700

How to Raise Children Well

701

The Astonishing Surprise in the Cupboard

702

The Lord Is in the Transformation Business

703

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

704

The Lord and His Sense of Humor

705

Anger Coming Out of a Fast?

706

A Now Prayer: A Prayer for Proper Proportion

707

Grumpiness and Praying in Tongues

708

The Surprising Matter of Coupling Events

709

The Difficulty of Talking to Strangers

710

The Impenetrable Wall of Resistance …

711

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

712

Must Cause and Effect Always Follow?

713

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

714

When You Don't Want to Dream with Jesus

715

The Lord as a Dread Champion

716

Specific Examples of Asking the Lord for a Verse for Someone

717

How to Ask the Lord for a Scripture Verse for Someone

718

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

719

Do I Need Deliverance from Facebook Reels?

720

Why "Back to the Jungle" Was an Encouraging Word

721

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

722

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

723

When a Desire Lingers, Again and Again

724

How Swiftly Does the Lord Answer Fasting Prayers?

725

My Horror at the Daniel Fast … and Other Misadventures

726

Four Types of Fasts, and Some of My Own Experiences

727

The Marvelous Invitation to F(e)ast

728

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

729

A Prayer to Live in the Actual World

730

Setting Down Past Baggage for the New Year

731

The Horrible, Unnecessary Water Alarm That Saved a House

732

If You Wonder What Favor Looks Like

733

Separating Questions from Accusation

734

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

735

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

736

A New Take on Psalm 72

737

Dealing with Grumpy People

738

An Amazing Question to Ask Every Hour

739

Incorporating New Things into Life

740

The Goal in Relationship Is Not to Be Friction-Free

741

The Lie That What Happened Before Will Happen Again

742

When the Grace to Live in a City Vanishes

743

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

744

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

745

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

746

The Secret to Four Hour Prayer Hikes

747

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

748

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

749

The Face at the Back of the Sanctuary

750

The Goodness of God in the Most Horrible of Situations

751

The Sudden Snap Realization to Welcoming Dreaming

752

An Involuntary Seer Shares Some of His Experiences

753

Supernatural Healing and Protection … Twice

754

Supernatural Direction in Timing and Treatment for Emergency Heart Surgery

755

Listening to the Lord for One Word on Behalf of Another

756

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

757

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

758

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

759

The Hidden Message in the Ringing in the Ears

760

Movement to Prepare a Space

761

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

762

When You Feel Like You're in a Snowglobe

763

Levels of Challenge in Giving Prophetic Words

764

Running to the Presence of the Lord

765

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

766

A New Day Is Coming … and What That Might Mean

767

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

768

Not Settling for the Weather You Don't Want

769

The Deeper Meaning of What Jesus Said to Nathaniel

770

The Surprise of the PB&J Comment

771

The Need to See Reality, to Preserve and Protect

772

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

773

Why the Body of Christ Needs the Prophetic

774

No Two Prophetic Voices Are Alike

775

The Journey Out of Cessationism

776

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

777

A Gutsy Request to the Ancient of Days

778

A Healing Prayer Journey: From Wheelchairs to Headaches

779

Healing Prayer for Financial Shadows in the Past

780

A Meditation on Vocation

781

Why the Vine Grew Up to Shield Jonah

782

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

783

The Necessity of Speaking Aloud in Prayer?

784

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

785

Two Examples of Hearing the Voice of God

786

Intentionally Filling the Airwaves

787

Willingness But Hesitation to Pray Over a Women's Shelter

788

Breaking Away from the Unkind Things We Say Over Ourselves

789

A Gorgeous Reminder from the Life of Gideon

790

Navigating a Vulnerability Hangover

791

The Two Paragraph Anecdote in Middle School That Changed My Thoughts

792

When Dreams Shift

793

The Pain and Delight of Revisiting Old Dreams

794

Hearing God But Also Not Abdicating Responsibility

795

Growing in Learning to Hear God's Voice

796

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

797

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

798

Are Hunger and Thirst in the Spirit Satisfied?

799

Dealing with the Grief After the Loss of a Pet

800

Learning to Walk with a Limp

801

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

802

The Canceled Flight and the Sense of Release

803

How Do You Pray If Someone Makes a Bad Request?

804

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

805

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

806

The Delightful Unexpected Connection

807

In Healing Prayer, What If Jesus Looks Disappointed?

808

A Guide for Dealing with End of October House Decorations

809

The Privilege of Visiting a Place with Vision

810

The City Where Traffic Is Manageable

811

How Much the Lord Loves His People

812

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

813

When I Started Paying a Son to Do My Dishes

814

One of the Most Powerful Life Changes

815

The Young Missionary's Heart Attack in Spain

816

My First Realization That God Cares About Business

817

So Much Thankfulness for This Dentist's Singular Research

818

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

819

The Book That Most Changed My Thinking About Time

820

A Beautiful Meditation on the Opposite of Generational Curses

821

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

822

Why Aaron, and Not Moses Had to Speak Three Plagues

823

Why the Jews Don't Expect Perfection in Anything

824

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

825

Redemption in the Face of a Personal Fail

826

Making Decisions Without Full Knowledge

827

A Surprising Moment to Remember That Resistance Requires Something to Resist

828

Making Jokes in a Second Language

829

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

830

What an Unnaturally Orange Face Taught Me About Mistakes

831

Why You Should Give Free Verse Poetry Another Look

832

The Devastating Photo of a Tattoo

833

After Fourteen Years, a Partial Answer to a Why Question

834

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

835

When the Holy Spirit Operates Through the Work of Your Hands

836

A Burst of Joy in a Hush-Hush Topic

837

What Does Favor Look Like in the Midst of Suffering?

838

Laying Aside the Need to Be Perfect

839

The Challenge to Simply Pray

840

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

841

The Offense of Holy Laughter

842

The Gift of the Parts of the Body

843

Practical Questions About Generational Healing

844

How to Pray for Healing in the Face of Cancer

845

Why Did I Say Yes to That?

846

How to Stay in Our Own Lane in Prayer

847

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

848

What Does It Mean When Something Is "Highlighted"?

849

The Erie Canal and the Pony Express

850

An Occasional Unusual Gesture in Prayer

851

Anxiety Has a Root Cause

852

Throwing Off the Accusation of "Slow Processor"

853

The Most Disgusting Podcast Ever …

854

The Release from the Pressure to Always Be Effective

855

I Don't Want to Be a Stagecoach Driver

856

The Grace of God When Selecting a Fast

857

The Compulsion to Finish a Book Entirely

858

How to Break Off the Dark Cloud of Darkness?

859

Compare and Contrast Two Days of Fasting

860

Pineapples, Grapes, and the Gift of Modern Refrigeration

861

The Incomprehensible Look of a Person of Prayer

862

Asking Lady Wisdom for Help

863

How the Fifth-Degree Blackbelt Doesn't Get Slimed

864

The Vitamin Boost Needed After Healing Prayer

865

Dropping Incendiary Bombs in a Friend Group

866

Irrational Behavior and the Necessary Healing

867

Praying Through the Pain of Unintentional Childhood Hurts

868

God Is Screaming, "I Love You!"

869

God Talks: Cheesy and Cheery and Life-Changing

870

Curves and Meanders in the Kingdom and in Nature

871

After Three Years of Waiting, It Only Took a Day

872

Sudden Onset Panic at a Party

873

The Answer to a Four-Year Prayer

874

Adopting a Feral Cat

875

Taking Action in Acts 1, Before the Holy Spirit Came

876

All That Is Good: Think About Such Things

877

Rest: Notes from a Confused Person Along the Journey

878

Entrepreneurship in the Face of Christian Resistance

879

Three Unexpected Stories from Corporate Worship

880

Five Ways to Resolve Conflict

881

Walking Out Uncertainty with Joy

882

When Fear Enters What Was Once a Safe Place

883

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

884

Praying Before Meals, and at Other Times, Too

885

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

886

Praying for No Pain in the Midst of Chronic Pain?

887

Throughout History, Orthodox Believers Have Held Three Views of Hell

888

The Willingness to Go Out on a Limb

889

A Few Thoughts on Growing in Discernment

890

A Grace to Forgive

891

A New Response to Miracles

892

The Offense of Superfluous Miracles

893

The Unexpectedly Large Ear of Corn …

894

A Testimony on How to Steward a Testimony

895

A Testimony of Miracles from a Place of Rest and Joy

896

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

897

A New Picture of "Become Like a Child"

898

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

899

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

900

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

901

A Reflection on Goals and Missed Goals, Numbers and Gratitude

902

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

903

Graphic Novels, Unexpected Intensity, and the Spirit of Death

904

Reflections on the Mental Aspect of Different Games

905

What the Fast Food Restaurant Taught Me About Accusations

906

We Get to Define the Culture We Want!

907

The Gift of a Good Cheer

908

The Desire for Clarity Before We Move Forward …

909

The Word Exuberance … in All Its Meanings

910

Miraculous Healing of Arthritis!

911

The Miraculous, Completely Unlikely, Change of Mind

912

A Story of Transformation

913

The Lord's Promise in the Rainbow

914

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

915

The Vital Need for a Lifting of Darkness

916

Celebrate the Celebration!

917

The Testimony of the Blown-Out Tire

918

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

919

In the Weeping Room with Jesus

920

Resting in the Lord

921

The Sweetness of Being with Jesus at All Times

922

Resting in the Spirit: Scriptures and Experience

923

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

924

The Unusual Winning Streak in Settlers of Catan

925

True Confessions of a Failed Fast-er

926

The Sudden Desire for Fire to Come Out of My Mouth

927

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

928

A Report on Different Processes of Discernment

929

What Is a Seer?

930

Sudden Onset Sickness … Two Weeks After the Sacred Assembly

931

Calling Out the Gifts in Others

932

The Sweet Provision of the Hidden Plate of Food

933

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

934

What Sinus Pressure Might Mean to a Prayer Warrior

935

The Glory of a City-Wide Corporate Prayer Meeting

936

Praying Over Pillars in the Opposite Spirit of Samson

937

Praying Over Generational Trauma with a Seer

938

One Hundred Years After a Lynching

939

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

940

The Unexpected Gift of a Gavel

941

A Quick Prayerwalking Tutorial

942

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

943

The Former Laundromat Transformed to a Thin Place

944

"O You of Little Faith"

945

Don't Miss What the Lord Is Doing

946

The Beauty of Cross-Pollination in Church

947

Let it Rain: A Precious Space for Encounter

948

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

949

The Day Unity Went the Wrong Direction

950

The Mystery of the Dizzy Moment

951

Why Hope Will Always Abide

952

In a Time of Financial Distress …

953

Faith and Business: A Journey of Learning and Trust

954

Transformed Lives and a Transformative Business

955

Dreams Take Time

956

The Point of a Team

957

A Temper Tantrum and a Personal Protest

958

The Importance of Aligning Your Dreams with God's Dreams

959

Paying Attention to the Little Whispers of the Holy Spirit

960

Refuting the Voice of the Accuser

961

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

962

The Freedom to Not Know Everything

963

An Uncertain and Slightly Scary First Exercise

964

A Powerful Demonstration of the Body of Christ, Working Together

965

Commiseration and Instruction in the Sometimes Perplexing Walk of Faith

966

Watching for the Little Gifts of God

967

A Small Deliverance in a Place Ripe for Healing

968

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

969

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

970

The God Who Says Enough … And Then Gives More

971

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

972

Thinking Through Reentry

973

Holding Out Hope When Long Deferred

974

Recognizing the Opposite of Fight or Flight

975

Use What's in Your Hand

976

God's Foreknowledge and Predestination (or Not)

977

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

978

A Prayer for Those Who Frequently Misplace Things

979

Various Support Options for Life

980

Pay Attention to Those Irrational Fears

981

When a Hard Person Comes to Live, Not Just Visit

982

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

983

When the Stream of Revelation Turns to a Trickle

984

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

985

Wrestling with the Spirit of Death

986

Responding to the Accusing Voice in the Head

987

A New Possibility for Fasting

988

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

989

The Challenge and Beauty of Soaking Prayer

990

A Variety of Options to Pray for the Needs Around You

991

Chit-Chat with Jesus and How to Stay Focused

992

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

993

An Insight into a Task I'd Been Avoiding

994

Nothing You Do for Christ Is Ever Lost or Wasted

995

Four of My Absolute Favorite Resources for All Thoughtful Believers

996

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

997

The Book of Genesis and the Gift of Rest

998

We Have This Treasure in Jars of Clay

999

A Short Teaching on Judgments

1000

When Time with the Lord Is a Biff

1001

The Importance and Universality of Business

1002

The Gift of Reconciliation … in Real Time

1003

Don't Get Sucked In to the Swirl

1004

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

1005

When Wakened in the Middle of the Night

1006

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

1007

The Day the Salon Owner Transformed into an Ambassador

1008

When a Simple Task for Others Offers Massive Resistance for You

1009

Remembering All the Phrases in the Lord's Prayer

1010

Stewarding Prophetic Visions

1011

Casting Curses on the Plane

1012

How to Pray Effectively

1013

When a Prayer Isn't Well Received: Processing Through

1014

Worship in the Wrong Spirit

1015

One Reward of the Fast: A Breakthrough Testimony