Prayer

I rarely dealt with or named my emotions—at least not the “negative” ones. They had to be killed, banished, ignored, and stuffed. I learned this from both Christian circles (like the counselor above) and my own fears. I didn’t want others to see my emotions.

The body of Christ is like an enormous rope team, making its way towards Zion’s heavenly peak, and prayer is the rope that binds us together.

As I share our plans, I’ve found two words to be incredibly helpful: “Lord willing.” Here are three reasons I think you should add them to your vocabulary, too.

How can the psalms become your faithful companion too?

It should help in our pursuit of a thankful heart to understand why gratitude is such a powerful corrective to anxiety.

Jesus has given us a direct line to the Father in prayer, yet many of us struggle to pick up the phone.

The cross flips guilt on its head and turns it from a hindrance to prayer into a motivator.

Hezekiah’s prayer of trust in the face of fear is a reminder for us to turn to the Lord with our own cares and fears.

To pray “Your kingdom come” is to express our longing for God’s perfect rule on earth.

Weighed down with heartache, unable to see hope or even move, we wonder where God is in our mess.

As we walk with our children on the first part of their path, let's fix our eyes on the One who walks with us: the living Lord Jesus.