Browsing: Prayer

The first time I let my kids hear my quiet time prayers, it was largely an accident. We pray together regularly throughout our days when sick friends come to mind, when the medi-helicopter flies overhead, and when minor knee scrapes threaten to steal the joy from our days.  We pray together before meals and before bedtime.  But I’d never considered praying out loud during my personal morning devotional time. Mornings at our house begin with a casual breakfast and quiet activities in the living room.  I read my Bible and spend some time in silent prayer.  Caleb, our youngest, usually…

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It happens to all of us. We’ve all been there — or will be there.  – a time of desperation or longing when we cry out to God, “Fix this. Change this. Heal this.” And we hear nothing in response. What does it mean when God is silent in the face of our anguished pleas? When God Is Silent , does it mean He doesn’t care, or worse, He doesn’t even exist? Absolutely not. I’ve experienced the quiet echoes of prayers unanswered. When my mother lay in her hospital bed unconscious, doctors explained that her brain was dead and she’d never…

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I’m startled awake by the shrill blare of a child screaming.  I quietly nudge his bedroom door open and peer through the crack.  He sleeps soundly.  It must have been another dream.  I don’t know what he dreams about, but he awakens in fear at least once a week. The late-night wake-up call stirred my adrenaline into full force, and I lie wide awake, staring at the light fixture above the bed.  I decide to pray myself back to sleep, and I’ve found there’s no better way to drift into sleep than while talking to and listening to the One…

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