I pray. God answers. I am helped. He is glorified. 

Self-sufficient people don’t pray. Why would they need to?

How does a person of faith demonstrate her trust in God?  By pouring out of her heart before God

Pour Out Your Heart  is not a magic formula that turns one into a prayer dependent person. 

What would you say if Jesus asked you this?

There is a fear that is healthy -  a humble awareness of what is exceedingly greater than us that captivates our hearts.

“A long view helps us see God’s gracious hand of providence weaving everything together for his glory and our good.” Susan Hunt

Sometimes, the heart is heavy with concern, the connection is personal and the pain is physically felt.

The kind of persecution that I experience is far different from those who have been martyred for their faith. Still I am called to daily...

Simeon believed it was essential to review Gospel Truth Daily and that such a review was a great help to our prayers.

Provisions is the last section in the journal - the section I add to at this time of the year - sometime between Christmas and before...

These promises are all stated from the first-person point of view - read aloud they are a personal affirmations of God's goodness to me.

Here are many of the promises of God that are direct quotes from God. It has been a balm to my soul to hear him speaking directly to me.

"The church is the kingdom community, existing in the already and the not yet, living out God's eternal purpse of cosmic unity, all for God'

The sovereignty of God and my responsibility to be an agent of change in the salvation of those I care for.

I've always struggled with self-pity. Even when so many things in my life are wonderful, it is easy to focus on what is not.

Hebrews 6:3-8 is hard to read when you are praying for someone who has often had the rain of God's grace fall on them yet they have born

Monica, Saint Augustine's mother, followed him from country to country around the Mediterranean Sea weeping and praying for him.

Several years ago one of my grown children said something to this effect, "Why are you so angst about us experiencing pain?"

This is where I go when I see ugly, deeply entwined, sin in my heart and know I need to talk to God about it.