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Make Prayer Beautiful
I quit praying for eight years because the amount of resistance wore me down. But prayer is so transformative, I want you to be able to pray in health and power.
Episodes
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"Relationships Are Important to God …"
Yes, but … there might be some additional filters that might also be helpful.
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Mary's Unique Relationship with Jesus
We each have our own relationship with the Lord. (And, Lord, let us act always out of a healthy relationship with you.)
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Ignoring Instructions, Getting Past the Rational Hang-Ups, and Pressing in for More of God
Importunity, hunger, conference tips, and more.
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Wrestling Through the Way to Relate to the Lord
Beloved child, overly familiar … what does it look like to walk with God?
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Persistence, Part 2: A Second Testimony of Being Embarrassed into Persistence
As a human, this one gets to me.
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Persistence: A Testimony of Finding the Missing Pieces Through Dogged Perseverance
As a mom, this one gets to me.
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When Provision Doesn't Look the Way You Wish It Would
This story went straight to my heart. So helpful, to hear a story that did not work out as desired … but the Lord is still good.
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An Example of Listening to the Lord
I love different people's experiences of how they hear God! A practical story. I resonate with this one very much.
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One of the Most Delightful and Powerful Forms of Prayer
Worship matters! (And a bit about being a steward.)
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When the Instruction "Go Drill for Oil" Didn't Turn Out As Expected
A reminder that our job is obedience … and that God often is working with a totally different set of metrics than we are.
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What Three Great Days Can You Replicate?
An exercise that actually makes sense to me: not three unreachable days, but three possible days.
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Gifts Come Around Again; Opportunities Come Around Again
Not just once and done … the Lord gives gifts of doors opening again. (I feel this one more as a prophetic declaration.)
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The Roto-Rooter Reality of the First Week of an Extended Time of Prayer
Pushing through a black mood with worship. And listen to one of Cortney's sets here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgo7_482-f4
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Unexpectedly Bursting Into Loud Sobs for No Apparent Reason
Stirring from the Lord at the start of a fast.
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The USS Indianapolis and a Story of Hope
A story I haven't yet been able to tell without some tears.
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Celebrating the Half Birthday
A plug for claiming that extra half year … cake not required.
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Rotten Apples and Divine Appointments
Offset by 10 seconds, and we would have missed each other.
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Approach the Day with Faith
Which means: if you're dreading the day to come … stop it!
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Proclaim the Lord's Death Until He Comes
A testimony of the shocking power of taking communion. And a book to help facilitate more regular communion. https://happybooks.me/savor
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Chronic Pain: Do I Just Keep Asking for Healing?
Maybe, or maybe not: a few considerations.
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Putting Off Saul's Armor
Figuring out a way to process through the books I read that works for me.
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Developing Brain Highways
A plug for a life-changing program … or at least the book, Connection Mode. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1632996073
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Adventures of a Three-Day Fast
Dry heaves, deliverance, and daikon radish … and the Lord goes before!
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Experiments with One Day Complete Fasts
Grumpiness, starting at different times, ending early, males and females … some thoughts on going without food for a day.
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A Typo on the Back Cover, and Practicing Imperfect
A redemptive narrative in a place I had been fighting against shame.
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What Does It Mean to Be Praying "If It Be Your Will"
Some thoughts on this good question.
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Corporate Worship: Sometimes I'm Crying, and Sometimes I'm Laughing
Welcoming the joy of the Lord! And come to Monday night worship with Cortney! 7pm ET at…
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A Little Celebration of Confetti Joy
And although I was really feeling this episode, my brain kept blanking out. Patrick Mahomes plays, of course, for the Kansas City Chiefs. And Sydney…
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When We Offer Healing Prayer, Does the Lord Give Us Gifts, Too?
As the one who gives good and perfect gifts: yes! In a variety of ways.
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Offering Worship to Jesus
The all-or-nothing brain, music ministry, getting past perfection, and such gratitude for this season. Listen to a recording…
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Expanding the Fun to the Larger Family: Fifty More Observations from Mark 1:17
I hadn't exhausted the ideas! (About the most fun I've ever had driving to church!)
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Fifty Observations from Mark 1:17
A fun challenge to deeply investigate a single verse. (It's possible, but not fast!)
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The Surprise After-the-Fact Birthday Gift
Thinking of how the Lord delights in us.
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Determining the Next Faithful Move
Just because sometimes the Lord speaks clearly doesn’t mean that he always will. (Is this blindingly obvious to everyone else? Anyway … I now have the memo…
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Two More Reasons Why It Is Sometimes Easier to See the Dark Things Than the Things of Light
So much good insight! (Lord, bless our children, and us as we raise them!)
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Why Is It Easier Sometimes to See the Dark Things Than the Things of Light?
Dan McCollum explains one of the differences between the two kingdoms.
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The Need for People in the Practice of Prayer
Today, launching Growing Prayer: a community to talk through prayer-related things. https://makeprayerbeautiful.substack.com/p/come-join-us
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Waiting for the Kairos Moment
Grief over missed opportunities … but his mercies are new every morning. And: Substack link here: https://makeprayerbeautiful.substack.com/
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Speaking Words of Life and Receiving Words of Life
The Lord and the community he forms around us: so precious!
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Thinking About the Gift of Re-Vision
Praying for our July (or whenever we might be in transition) to be a fulfilling month of seeing anew.
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The Gift of Prayer in Our Children?
Different people of prayer think back over their childhood: where was God in those seasons?
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Does the New Testament Offer an Exhaustive List of the Gifts of the Spirit?
C. Peter Wagner believed there were at least two more, not mentioned explicitly in any New Testament list.
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The Gifts of God Are in the Minority …
Which means evangelists shouldn’t judge others for not being evangelists. Part One of a short series on the gifts of God.
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Interviews About Prayer Journeys
And the common prayer word no one wants to own. (I was surprised!)
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What Felt Like a Missed Opportunity Was Actually a Divine Set-Up
Like the Lord keeps saying: have patience!
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Looking for the Next Faithful Step in the Midst of Disappointment
With a prayer for clarity to see the next faithful step.
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Wrestling Through Praying Over a Space …
And how the Lord answered the desires of my heart.
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The Importance of Writing in Community
Early reflections from a week at a writer's workshop.
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Gratitude for Finding Ways to Be Myself in an Unusual Environment
Walking, worshiping, and writing: I got to be myself, in a place usually dedicated to sunbathing and shopping.
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A Prayer for Juneteenth
Because of a travel day, I can't host a live prayer call, but we can share asynchronous prayer together.
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When Less Happy Thoughts Are Part of Discernment
My preference would be to ignore everything negative or unpleasant, rather than pray through … but sometimes the call is to pray through.
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The Need for Deliverance During Bible Reading
When negative thoughts rose up as I read a story I liked: something needed to change!
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On Not Finishing What I Thought Was the Assignment
Stretching moments in the walk with the Lord.
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How to Navigate the Prodigal's Return?
Thinking about the parable in light of repentance for sin.
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A Testimony of Last Minute Help
In a hopeless real estate situation, the Lord swooped in.
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BONUS: Parenting Teens
Various ways to deal with exhaustion, and other questions.