Do you dread Mondays? After the weekend, starting your work or school week can be less than exciting, but if you start your week with a prayer dedicating the week to the Lord, you may be surprised how much better you feel about facing another week. The Basis of a...
Do you sometimes have trouble sleeping? Is it difficult to settle down after a stressful day? Modern life is busy and leaves us tense. What can you do to get rid of this tension so you can rest? Spend some time talking to God at the end of your day,...
Darla Noble I believe scripture clearly tells us that the most God-honored prayers are the prayers that come from our heart. This truth means that I’m not a fan of recited prayers, but I know that oftentimes people don’t feel they know how to talk to God or find themselves...
Maria In Luke 11, Jesus is teaching His disciples on how to pray. In this chapter, Jesus makes three illustrations on how to pray and what we can draw from it. Our Father: Reverence and submission to God The prayer in Luke 11:2-4 is a prayer most Christians are familiar...
Darla Noble You know what they say about breakfast—that it’s the most important meal of the day. But I’m here to tell you there’s something even more important than breakfast when it comes to getting your family’s day off to the best possible start. It’s prayer. We are God’s creation....
Darla Noble When our children are small we tuck them into bed and night and ‘say prayers’ together—prayers that go something like this… “Jesus, thank you for Daddy and Mommy (and any siblings), for my home, my nice comfy bed, my toys, and for all the other nice things you...
An active prayer life is vital to your spiritual well-being and yet modern life makes having an active prayer life difficult. We all struggle to make time for prayer in our overly busy lives, and long for our prayers to be effective and not dry and meaningless. Here are some...
Kim Thompson-Pinder You finally drag yourself to bed. You know that you should have gone to bed an hour earlier but you just couldn’t miss that TV show. You are so tired that you can barely keep your eyes open. You mumble something to God about being sorry and that...
Bas Boshuizen Praying can be difficult for anyone. Sometimes it’s hard to find the words, sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what to pray about, and sometimes it’s hard to pray at all. In those moments, where praying isn’t something that comes naturally, it’s good to know how to pray...
