Grace and peace on this lovely Saturday morning Dear Hearts ❤️ As our world changes moment by moment I am reminded of my friends who are "out there" working to make us all safer: 🌺 {Bridget Allen, who posted "Hey guys keep me in prayer..gonna be drawing blood for ER patients out front of the… Continue reading ask, for them
Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 Praying for God's will to be done on earth is an effective – aggressive prayer. Often, as believers, we assume that somehow everything that happens is God's will. But that is NOT true. Lives destroyed by acts of terror, mass killings, families… Continue reading Thy will be done
LISTEN I believe we can all learn to listen to God if we are equipped with the right tools. The first tool is a regular time and place. Select a slot on your schedule and a corner of your world, and claim it for your “time with God.” Take enough time to say what you… Continue reading key #4 to effective prayer
Forgive Yourself and Others Do you ever feel your prayers never reach the throne room of God? If you feel that's happening when you pray I suggest you examine your storehouse of pain and rejection. Have you internalized all of the little and large hurts instead of giving them to God? Did you stuff everything… Continue reading key #3 to effective prayer
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If… Continue reading key #2 to Effective Prayer
CHANGE YOUR MINDSET Praying effectively means you must change your mindset. Negativity stops the blessings of Heaven in your life. It opens a door for the enemy to come and entangle you with guilt and shame. The thoughts and things we put before us are what we focus on and therefore what we become. If… Continue reading key #1 to Effective Prayer
Anxiety is a meteor storm of "what If's" Effective prayer eliminates the "yeah, but's" and "what if's" that torment the life of a Child of God. Our Abba, Father invites us to bring ALL of them to Him in prayer. Philippians 4: 4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all… Continue reading anxiety is
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