Routine Prayers to Fervent Prayers
Fervent prayers come from knowing the heart of God and praying God’s will with confidence and strong faith in God’s character.
A Dangerous Prayer: Nehemiah
Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to a place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken.
Inside Out: Putting Anxiety in its Place
Inside Out: Joy penetrates the command center in Riley’s head, seizes the control panel, looks at Anxiety and declares, “Let her go.”
Unlearning Bad Prayer Mechanics
The Lord’s Prayer was not to be misunderstood as a magical formula to be recited word for word, but a pattern to follow.
God Uses Broken People (Part 7): Onesimus
One of the most overlooked books in the Bible is the story of a broken and incarcerated youth who didn’t realize his God-given potential until a mentor invested in his life.
God Uses Broken People (Part 6): Noah
Noah “became drunk,” and shameful things followed. In this we see that Noah was far from perfect. He was broken just like the rest of us. But God never defines him by his failure.
God Uses Broken People (Part 5): Mary Magdalene
We should learn from the past, but God never lets our past dictate our future. Jesus healed people whose lives were broken from the inside out, and Mary Magdalene was one of them.
God Uses Broken People (Part 4): Peter
God uses broken people. He’s already factored in their failures. Peter’s relationship with Jesus is textual proof of this.
God Uses Broken People (Part 3): Joseph
Kintsugi is a 500-year-old Japanese art with an interesting philosophy. In kintsugi, broken pottery is valued as treasure rather than trash.
God Uses Broken People (Part 2): Rahab
Rahab was typecast too. If Netflix was doing a docuseries on the “red light district” of Jericho, this Canaanite woman would’ve likely been cast as the main character.