Think back over the past 24 hours or so. What emotions have been most prominent? Have you felt happy or joyful? Peaceful? Content? Secure? Or have you been angry? Anxious? Worried? Maybe you’ve felt frustrated. Or discouraged. Or afraid. More than likely, you’ve experienced multiple emotions…sometimes within just a few minutes. Often, our emotions fluctuate […]
I used to pray for “breakthroughs.” For God to do something big, something unmistakeable to change my circumstances. Do you pray that way? My breakthrough prayers usually sounded something like this: “O Lord, You see my situation! I really need You to come through! I need a breakthrough today!” If it’s not finances for you, […]
Very early in His ministry, Jesus was walking by one day and John said to two of his disciples, “Look, the Lamb of God!” So the two disciples start following Jesus. Jesus turns around and sees these two guys following Him and asks them, “What do you want?” I’m thinking that maybe these guys were […]
When we pray, we want to know God is listening. When we’re in a crisis, we want to know God sees and is going to help. When we have an unmet need, we want to know God is aware and is already working out the solution. We want to know we have His attention. That […]