Holy Spirit

Are Your Walls Up?

“Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down without walls.” Proverbs 25:28 A big snowstorm the night before had dropped lots of snow in our city—so much that the schools were closed for the day. But of course that didn’t slow down my 9-year-old son, and he and his […]

Butterfly Prayers and Prayer Boards

How many times have you said, “Sure, I’ll pray for you,” when someone shares a prayer request with you, but then you forget about it? Or perhaps you hear about a situation on the radio that you want to pray for, or you want to add a particular country to your prayer list. It’s easy […]

Take 5! Words to the Wise by Mary Kane

Rejoice! Pray! Give thanks! These are just a few things that God commands us to do in 1 Thessalonians. If you have five minutes, you have time to do this study! To do Words to the Wise, just click on the link!

Heavenly Airwaves

I was reading a Grace Livingston Hill book recently (old-fashioned fiction stories). In her book one of her characters is wondering about how prayer works. The character had recently come through a dangerous situation safely, and after a friend told her he had been praying for her, she was wondering if that friend’s prayers could […]

Prayer of Examen

As 2011 has kicked off, I’ve been evaluating my life and what I want to do for this year. I’d already been thinking about this for a few days when I was in church on January 2. My pastor Dave Rodriguez introduced a type of praying that was perfect for the mindset I was in. […]

Are We Expecting Too Little From Our Prayers?

Lately it seems that I am being challenged on my expectations for my prayers. To be more specific, I am praying, but am I really expecting God to work through my prayers? I’ve heard several teachings on authority in prayer, a theme that has been repeating itself at church, in prayer meeting and in my […]

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