The Bible is a love story between God and humanity, an intricate narrative about our evolving relationship across millennia. In the opening three chapters of Genesis, God creates humanity, after creating everything else. And in the final two chapters of Revelation, closing out the Bible in a glorious display of transforming power, God marries humanity, […]
Praying the Scriptures 2
The process of praying the Scriptures is time-honored, and consists of four necessary steps or stages. Note that these stages are more cyclical more than linear; you can and will find yourself going back and forth during a session of praying the Scriptures.
Isaiah 40: The Comfort of God
Praying the Scriptures1
Scripture is meant to be prayed as well as read. You can open yourself to the inspired words of God and let them address you; you can and must respond to Scripture, so as to enter into a kind of dialogue with God through the medium of the Bible. Such an activity has been going […]
Psalm 27: Do Not Fear
Prayer 3: Breath Prayer Conclusion
Today we complete our discussion on how to pray “breath prayers.” The word for “breath” in the Greek of the original New Testament is “pneuma,” which is also the word for “spirit.” This mode of prayer focuses on your breathing, specifically on your breathing in and breathing out. Attending to your breath makes it easier […]
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