Category: Prayer

Yes, You Can Wait For God’s Promises. Really.

Don’t you just hate waiting? Who wants to wait to see the conflict resolved, or wait until you can afford a new car when you need one now or wait to have God’s promises fulfilled in your life? You’re part of the fast-food generation, and you want instant gratification. Don’t

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10 Ways to Nurture Your Spirit With Prayer This Christmas

Let’s face it—the hustle and bustle of Christmas can easily distract you from needed prayer. Scary—because prayer connects you to the Holy Spirit who gives life (see John 6:63). No Spirit connection = little life. Your spirit becomes weak and hollow. Once a week prayer at church isn’t enough. You

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What to Do When Attacked by Demons. Really.

Dang, I hate it when I wake up in the middle of the night with my insides all shaking from some load of fear that just landed under my pillow and seeped up into my emotions. Totally disturbing. Happened again last night. I rebuked a spirit of fear, thought about

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How to Resist Demonic Attacks

Drum roll, please. The last of our six kids moved out yesterday. Yep, Tom and I haven’t had the house truly to ourselves for 38 years. Which means I’m knee deep in reorganizing drawers and such. Which also means I am re-posting a September 2010 popular post originally titled Don’t

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Deep Peace Celtic Benediction

When my soul seems cluttered, I reflect on this ancient Celtic benediction. It appears on a small refrigerator magnet I picked up some years ago on the island of Iona, Scotland. It remains a soul treasure. One to muse on during my morning walk. (Not the magnet. The prayer. But

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Celtic Christianity and The Three That Seek My Heart

Celtic Christianity prayers remind my mind and heart that I’m loved. Lavishly loved. Beyond my ability to really, really grasp It kind of love. A Celtic prayer uses the simple things of life to hold me in that love. Like this prayer from the Carmina Gadelica—just the title, The Three

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Celtic Christianity and Secret Prayer

One of the things that draws me to Celtic Christianity is the practice of prayer as part of everything I do, even secret prayer—sometimes called closet prayer. Celtic Christians weaved prayer throughout their day, and often those prayers were hidden from others. Unseen and unknown, secret prayer is like trail blazing.

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Pray For Your Kids. Really.

You should pray for your kids. Really. Especially if you know Jesus. My mother’s prayers and my Aunt Mary Jane’s prayers paved the way for me to know God. I know this because they told me so. Those prayers brought me into assurance of God’s will and grew me up spiritually

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Celtic Christianity and My Soul’s Healer

Celtic Christianity is known for it’s raw, earthy prayers. “My Soul’s Healer” speaks for those depressed, tired, and struggling with life. Yet, it resonates with an understanding of the God who heals the soul. My Soul’s Healer My soul’s Healer, Keep me at even, Keep me at morning, Keep me

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