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I recently got an email from a distraught friend, regarding a common issue for many people, including me. This person wrote: “I am a Christian; I really do believe in God. My problem is that I still have a lot of fear in my life. I fear for my own and my loved ones’ safety […]

Your image or understanding of God largely determines how you will approach God. And how you approach God, along with your expectations going in, significantly affect what happens or does not happen during and after an attempted prayer connection. The question is: how best to approach God? The answer is as simple as it is […]

We come to the final and ultimate stage of prayer in this life: contemplation. You are ready for contemplative prayer when your heart seeks to commune with God directly, when nothing and no one but God alone will satisfy you. Psalm 73:24-26 well expresses this life-changing realization: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And […]

Prayer establishes your personal, private relationship with God. It is the greatest love relationship you will ever have; it may begin here, but it will not end here. Amazingly, it is eternal. When you pray, the hidden God will be gazing on you from eternity, and seeing not only where you are, but where God […]

One of the most significant and often repeated questions is, “Why pray?” What is the purpose of prayer? What are you supposed to get out of it? Here are four goals of prayer: 1. Self-discovery: What do you seek? How strongly do you seek it? How long have you sought it? You can learn a […]

In one of the most dramatic, significant and yet intimate, tender moments of the Gospels, the resurrected Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit onto His gathered disciples: “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and […]