The Divine Dance
Prayer is strikingly intimate. As soon as you take a specific answer to prayer and try to figure out what caused it, you lose God. We simply cannot see the…
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A Moment of Incarnation
Prayer is a moment of incarnation — God with us. God involved in the details of my life. Another author of an otherwise excellent book on prayer said that prayer…
Everything to Gain
What do I lose when I have a praying life? Control. Independence. What do I gain? Friendship with God. A quiet heart. The living work of God in the hearts…
Not in Control
If you are going to enter this divine dance we call prayer, you have to surrender your desire to be in control, to figure out how prayer works. — Paul…
Like Children
Majesty and humility are such an odd fit. This is one reason we struggle with prayer. We just don’t think God could be concerned with the puny details of our…
Looking for Jesus
Cynicism looks in the wrong direction. It looks for the cracks in Christianity instead of looking for the presence of Jesus. It is an orientation of the heart. The sixth…
The Generosity of Thanksgiving
Cynicism looks reality in the face, calls it phony, and prides itself on its insight as it pulls back. Thanksgiving looks reality in the face and rejoices at God’s care.…
Gratitude
Nothing undercuts cynicism more than a spirit of thankfulness. You begin to realize that your whole life is a gift. — Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life
Fighting Cynicism
As soon as I begin simply asking for help, I have become like a little child again. I’ve stopped becoming cynical. Oddly enough, my prayer is answered almost immediately because…
Shifting from Worry to Watching
When you stop trying to control your life and instead allow your anxieties and problems to bring you to God in prayer, you shift from worry to watching. You watch…