Search Me and Know My Heart
The rarest prayer is the one that invites inspection rather than defending the ground.
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Why Is God Silent When You Need Him Most?
The silence came during the worst thing that ever happened to you. Psalm 22, the cross and the four hundred years before…
Does God Care About My Finances? He Knows the Number
You have carried the number alone, sure it was too small to bring to God. Scripture says nothing in your life is…
Will My Child Return to God? What Scripture Says
The grief of a child who walked away from faith, the guilt underneath it, and what Scripture says about prayers that seem…
Why Is God Making Me Wait So Long? What Scripture Says
The wait is not God ignoring you, and the longing you carry is not the problem. What Scripture says to the person…
Say It Out Loud to Someone
James puts confession and healing in the same sentence, and both involve another person.
When You Do Not Know What to Pray
Not knowing what to say is named in Scripture as a condition God works inside, not around.
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- “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.”James 5:16
- “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.”Romans 8:26
- “Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:”Luke 18:1
- “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.”Matthew 7:7
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