November 2017

Plant a Seed

Saying a prayer is like planting a seed.  We need to water it and weed around it.  Sometimes it can take awhile before it sprouts.  It sometimes takes patience to see an answer to a prayer.  We can keep the faith.  We can not make that seed grow, it will grow on its own if […]

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My Purple Pen

Sometimes I write my prayers.  I do this in my journal and when I do, I love to use my purple pen. I write all my thoughts and all my questions, just like I am praying.  Somehow when I am writing I get into this receptive state.  I think because writing is much slower than

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2 Second Prayers

2 Second Prayers can be as powerful as 5 minute prayers.  Sometimes we think we need to stop and kneel to really pray.   However there are experiences when we don’t have time to do that. I call it Praying in the Moment. So if something comes up and you could use God’s help – just

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Time your prayers…

Years ago when I took Eternal Warriors I set a goal to pray 5 minutes each morning.  I was interested and timed how long my prayers usually lasted. I was embarrassed that my prayers lasted 30 seconds to a minute at the most.  It was hard to pray longer because I couldn’t think of more

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What do you WANT?

I love this story in the New Testament. Jesus is leaving Jericho and a blind man asks for help.  Jesus stops and calls for him to be brought near and he asked him, “What do you want me to do?” It is probably pretty obvious to everyone that a blind man would want his sight

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