Have you ever thought you were the only one who falls asleep while you pray? Well, let not your heart be troubled, my friend. When I surveyed my readers earlier this year the overwhelming majority of them said that one of the biggest challenges they faced in prayer was staying awake. Right up there with…
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why did God really send the flood?” I grew up hearing that God sent the flood because people had grown so wicked, that God had to destroy everything and start over. But, what level of “wicked” did they reach for God to do something so radical? In the New Testament…
I’ve been walking with the Lord for nearly 50 years, and I must admit that one of the spiritual disciplines I have found so hard to master is prayer. While it seems so simple at first, we find ourselves complicating it. The more complicated it becomes, the more we find ourselves avoiding it – and…
Do you find it hard to pray? Even mature Christians find it hard to pray, or to cultivate a consistent, disciplined prayer life. New Christians need prayer tips to help them get started, because prayer can seem so abstract, even illusive. We’re told to talk to God as we would talk to a friend, but…
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We all have – or have had – a toxic friend in our life. The friend who lives in constant drama or who is clingy and manipulative. After hanging out with them, we feel wrung out, discouraged, and drained of all emotional energy. But sometimes we have toxic friendships and we’re not even aware they…
