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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 […]

praying for you to be born {today}

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Death is not your story. It’s the reason you came near to us. The reality that birthed you as a savior to bring hope to this dark world. And we believe in this hope. We grasp for it in moments like these when the darkness is just too much to bear. Children? Really? Come on, Lord. Surely there was something you could have done! Free will. I get that. I love that about your creative design. It’s the greatest expression of genuine love ever witnessed. And yet, I know you as an intervening God. Active in this world. Colliding with […]

what I want to give my children

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More than anything else, I want to give my children truth….for Christmas….for all their days. Truth, in what they hear me say. Truth, in how we live out our story. Truth, that comes from knowing the One who created them. And when they argue, I want to give them this truth: Words soaked in love are always more powerful, always more fruitful. And when they feel misunderstood, I want to give them this truth: I want to understand…but when I don’t, be certain that Jesus does. He knows you completely, spirit and flesh. He understands the depths of your soul. […]

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How to Harvest Love

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To harvest is to gather. To recognize what is ripe and to collect and enjoy the fruits of a season. And then we feast. We let the sweet and savory crops satisfy us. And we give thanks for what’s been given. Oh that we would be a people who do this with love! That we would recognize this fruit of the Spirit that has grown and ripened in the season we’re living right now. That we would collect our experiences and memories of the love given and received. Of the seeds planted with grace, and the witness of love growing […]

God Has Elected His People

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Together with our disappointment, our hope, our rejoicing, our confusion, our faith and our fear, we start a new day. The sun has risen and the common language we can speak is love. And thankfulness. And praise. So let us come together after months of division and separate thinking, and celebrate the citizenship that unites our spirits, that transcends this earth. We are one! One body, one people, under the name of Christ and the residence of Heaven. If the world sees us as divided, they will not trust us. If the world witnesses our hate, they will not recognize […]

Praying for You to be Known Today

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In the way we communicate Truth. In the way we speak to strangers. In the way we live out love. In the way we talk about people. In the way we give of our resources. In the way we disagree. In the way we show hope. In the way we raise our children. In the way we remain faithful to our covenants. In the way we approach brokenness. In the way we seek and offer forgiveness. In the way we enter into injustice. In the way we respect the other. In the way we live and relate, I pray your […]

Praying for our Enemy Today

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It’s comforting to know you remember with us. Not just that day, but all the terrible broken moments in our history. You’ve witnessed and experienced with your children many 9-11 moments. Bloody battles. Invasions on foreign land. Heart wrenching deaths of innocent victims. Plots of an enemy. Oh how you must have cried out for us. For the lost lives. For the hurting mamas. For the children left without a daddy. For the husband who went home to no wife. You must have ached for the eyes that witnessed it all. For the men and women who ran into the […]

Praying for you to speak today

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Because I really believe you do. I’ve heard you. And I love the sound of your voice. The way it comes through other people. The way it rests in my mind as a clear and truthful thought. The way is rushes past me like the wind and raises goose bumps on my skin. The way it presses into my heart and I can’t decide if it hurts or feels wonderfully alive. This is how I’m hearing you now. Is it meant to feel like a burden? Cause it does. But not the heavy kind, not the kind that weighs me […]

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