Why is it so hard to know how God speaks to me? I’ve heard that question so often. It breaks my heart because I know the angst it...

Daniel prayed fervently, openly, daily, and specifically. He didn’t pray in protest or for show. But when he prayed, the heavens opened...

Too many times I start at the wrong beginning in planning for a New Year.  I think about what I want to accomplish, answer questions that...

If we want to follow God, we must be able to recognize His voice, His nudges, His warnings. But how do we do that? That is probably the...

Decisions. We make about 35,000 of them a day! Of course, not all are life changing. Many are just the mundane stuff of life. But what...

When the day was long, the crowds were overwhelming, the people demands unrelenting, Jesus refreshed himself by taking time to pray. He...

Prayer should be the spiritual rhythm that structures our days. We accomplish what God wants us to do in between prayer or during it. A...

Are we haphazard listeners to God? Do we practice listening only when it’s convenient or super important? Are we guilty of listening...

As I prayed for our daughter through countless physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges, I learned much about prayer. I learned the...

I have been asked this question more than any other question. Too many believe that conversation with an invisible God means a one-way conv

Nothing brings us to God more quickly than our questions. And we have them. They tumble out of hidden places in our hearts. They loom...

The biggest disconnect in our prayer and the most common reason we don’t experience change through prayer is because we talk more than we...

It was a Bible study on the story of David that opened a door for the most important lesson about prayer I think I have learned. I had...

Transformation is a change so deep and formative that what it brings is literally all new. New is God’s best work. He uses His unlimited...

How long can you go without speaking to someone you live with or someone you care about? Probably not very long. We find ways to talk...

Come with me to the edge of Jericho where Jesus had attracted a large crowd again. Most don’t see the furrowed brows of Jesus. He is...

The tension was beginning to build for Jesus. The Pharisees followed his every move, waiting to pounce in public. Jesus was becoming too...

When we pray the Lord’s Prayer, and I mean put our heart and mind in every word and phrase, when we obey the instructions in ways that...

If we don’t pray for God to lead us, how can we pray for Him to deliver us? Evil snakes its way through our lives, our family’s lives,...

Lead me not into temptation. Lead me is a simple prayer asking for God’s leadership. These two words cover a lot of unexplored...