Tag: Prayer

"I dressed up as a homeless man and sat outside our church. What I witnessed blew me away..."

"Prayer works" and two other phrases that give Christians a bad name...

Why do we have no problem praying for God to heal a child’s cancer, but feel odd asking Him to fix our stuffy nose? Do we assume He’s too busy to deal with the little stuff, or are we limiting what He’s capable of and what He cares about?

"When we’re so busy, when is there time to pray? My answer may surprise you: Always. 

They have one unchanging tradition...

I prayed, “Lord, is this something I need to do? Honestly, I’d rather have your healing over money.”

"I prayed on my knees for 33 years... Even if you shut your eyes while praying, make sure they are metaphorically wide open. Because my prayers didn't "work!"

So as the girls expressed the same desire as me for sunshine, I called them over to pray about it with me. As we looked out the window at the gray sky and down at my phone at an even gloomier forecast we prayed...