Have you seen the movie, “The War Room“? It opened this weekend (August 28). If you haven’t, go see it. This movie stirred me to pray. It strengthened my faith. The next morning I marched around my house praying out loud. (I can do that with an empty nest!) My faith strong; my resolve stronger. [tweetability]My faith was not in …
Pray hard when it’s hard to pray: The Circle Maker Giveaway
The hardest thing about praying hard is enduring unanswered prayers. If you don’t guard your heart, unresolved anger toward God can undermine your faith. Sometimes your only option is to trust because it is the last card in your hand, but it’s the wild card. . . .By definition, praying hard is praying when it’s hard to pray.” (excerpt from …
A Sneak Peek into my Ruth Bible Study: A 31-Day Journey to Hope and Promise
I’m doing something I’ve never done before. I’m finalizing edits for my first published book. The copy-edits are done and now I’m proofreading my manuscript again before it goes to the type-setter and then to the printing machines! And if all goes as planned, the Bible Study will be released sometime in October. It seems fitting that on a week when …
Why we don’t have to wear pouches on our foreheads: How Jesus Fulfilled the Shema (Final lesson)
In her book, Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus, Lois Tverberg tells of the story of Rabbi Eliezer Silver who, in 1945, led a search for thousands of Jewish children displaced from their families. They had been tucked away in monasteries, farms, and convents across Europe to escape Nazi genocide. Few records proved the children’s heritage. In one monastery, Silver, unable …
Is God Telling You to Let Something Go?
A few years ago I worked as a care assistant for an elderly neighbor. It was the one paying job on my daily eclectic list of things to do. It only took an hour or so of my day, but I felt a pressing in my spirit to stop working. There was a restlessness in me. The joy of the …