I thought I started reading Walking with God, by John Eldredge, simply because it was included with a set of CDs I ordered. However, it was another of those times I was being led by Holy Spirit without knowing it. The CD messages are helpful, but He knew I really needed this book . . [...]
As the preparations for my first-ever Israel trip moved into high gear, so did the physical attack against me. At first, it made no sense to me, since I didn’t consider this a “mission” trip – simply a tour of the land. The more things came against me, though, the more excited I became in [...]
In the midst of crying out to the Lord that I wanted to experience His joy, He pointed out something in me that seemed totally unrelated to my lack of joy. Just as with His disciples when walking on this earth in flesh, Jesus managed to expose the root of the issue – and it [...]
Thanks to a book by Joy Dawson, Forever Ruined for the Ordinary, the Lord has been working in me about radical obedience to Him. When I say radical obedience, I’m not talking about obeying directions like God gave Old Testament prophets – having to go without clothes for three years, marrying a prostitute, etc. I’m [...]
Are there times that you pray, sincerely wanting God’s will in a situation but not being sure what that is? I find myself in this situation with seemingly mundane things, as well as matters of life and death. How can I pray in faith, believing I have what I have asked, if I don’t really [...]
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” Mark 1:3 KJV Last month, we considered the ministry of John the Baptist specifically in terms of praying about things farther in the future, rather than waiting for them to be upon us before we recognize [...]
After reading and taking to heart the February issue of Prayer Nuggets, I hope you have found a deeper certainty that what you are praying is making a difference. Maybe you’ve even told others that you really believe God will do whatever it is you have prayed because you know His Word is true, and [...]
When the Lord first made it clear that I was to make a concerted effort to pray for this area (Forsyth County, North Carolina,) I thought I was ready to pray. As I prepared for this assignment, though, the Lord used the following passage of Scripture to get me to the place I only thought [...]
Do you ever feel like there are so many things you need to pray about that you can never pray enough to cover them all, even though you pray frequently through your day, as well as during your “quiet time”? Almost every spare moment that you are not required to be thinking about what you’re [...]
In Mark 5: 22-24 and 35-43, we read the story of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, who publicly came to Jesus in need of a healing for his daughter, who was at the point of death. He didn’t come saying to himself or others, “I hope He can do this.” He came in faith, [...]
