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Praying to Trust You Today

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Some surrenders are harder than others. Like this one. I made myself vulnerable to you. Decided to trust you in something that’s always felt safer to control myself. Oh, I’m sure to others it looks as if I’ve handed this over to you. And in many ways I have. I’ve prayed, I’ve listened, I’ve discerned, I’ve acted. All in genuine faith. All with a desire to invite you into what is already divine. Kind of funny, I guess. But I’ve never been comfortable completely surrendering this sacred part of me. Yet, you knit me together, you know me better than […]

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an act of vulnerability

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Surrender is the word I’m praying through this year. To live more committed to this arms raised, palms out posture to life, there’s a searching of my soul and a seeking of my Father. I want to know what it is I need to surrender, what I might need to die to or give up in order to live more faithful to His purposes. I’m good at clinging tight to what I like. I actually think I have really good ideas, so what’s the harm in living them out, right? Well, let me tell you something….Africa was not my good idea. […]

Awaken Your Spirit

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Eight years ago I started fasting regularly as a way to make myself available to God. These fasting days and weeks have changed my life and relationship with the Lord as we’ve listened to each other, really listened. I am always humbled by God’s faithfulness to meet me in my hunger. For so long I thought the point of fasting was to replace eating with prayer. I had done one, two and three day fasts with this objective and didn’t experience anything that compelled me to pursue this as a spiritual discipline. It wasn’t until I endured my first week […]

when you don’t know what to pray

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Speak these words: May you be made known Then listen. Watch. Be available to whatever God reveals about him, about you, about whoever or whatever you’re praying for. This is the true spirit of prayer. Seeking God, and praying for him to be made known in all people, in all things. Prayer is not for speaking something into existence. It’s not for hoping things go your way. It’s not for spiritual language that makes you feel like you’ve done something. When we pray, we are communicating with our Creator in the love language of our souls. It doesn’t have to […]

Praying Grace Today {again}

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Oh that your grace might chase me. Into my selfishness. Into my pride. Into my control. Oh that your grace might cover me. My sin. My ugly parts. My insecurities. Oh that your grace might teach me. Of love. Of forgiveness. Of renewal. Oh that your grace might lead me. Into the pain of others. Into uncomfortable places. Into your perfect will. Oh that your grace might show me. Hope. Faithfulness. Affirmation. Oh that your grace might humble me. To listen. To learn. To sacrifice. Oh that your grace might reveal. My strengths. My courage. My gifts. Oh that your grace might help me. To be vulnerable. […]

38 Hallelujahs {from my 37th year}

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My God has been faithful to me this year, and he is deserving of my praise. In my moments of joy and in the broken parts that humble, may my story be lived as a hallelujah to God. Truths revealed in our marriage A story unfolding The name I’m learning to love A three year old boy full of life and ability Our new environment of grace A husband who values redeeming the land A nine year old girl who expanded my boundaries and taught me to love Going to some hard places with the Lord A son finding victory […]

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To Disarm {Myself}

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I’ve named 2013 A Year of Surrender. Choosing the ways of God, more than my own. Choosing less in the flesh, and more in the Spirit. Moving away from instinct, and toward discerned living. I want to learn how to surrender to love. For my husband, for my children, for those who have not. I want to learn how to submit to the needs of others. To a future that I cannot anticipate. To the hope that in all things God intends to make me more like him. Surrender is not something I’m good at. It’s not something my country […]

A Year of Surrender

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It’s difficult to anticipate a holy God. Because his ways are so different than our ways. We want higher, he wants humble. We want fast, he wants eternal. We want an easy destination, he wants a holy journey. We want to fix, he wants to redeem. We want perfection, he wants a genuine heart. We want for us what we think is right, he wants for us what he knows is good. My pray for this coming year is that I abandon more of my ways and embrace more of His. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, […]

Be Awkard

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There’s an uncomfortableness when initiating meaningful moments. Not sure why. But surely you know the feeling I’m talking about. The moment when you want to pray for someone, but you hesitate because it feels awkward. Or when you think it would be good to take a conversation to a deeper level, but you’re afraid others won’t join you. Or you gather as a small group and you hate to interrupt the social, and you’re not quite sure how to transition to the devotional. Maybe these moments are awkward because we wish they would initiate themselves, naturally occur without us trying. […]

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Reaping What We’ve Sown

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There’s a harvest to reap on this earth. And we are the laborers. Sowing seeds of love and grace. Praying for the Giver of Life to nourish and grow. Gathering believing hearts to be welcomed at the feast. We’re always sowing, whether we realize it or not. The question is What are we sowing? Are we planting seeds of judgment that turn people away. Are we planting seeds of bitterness that take root and choke out life? Are we planting seeds of division that hinder and block the Light? Or are we planting seeds of hope that offer promise to those […]

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