God CAN

Answers to prayer are good news, even the ones that don’t quite match what we asked for. They are signs of the Father’s wise, loving involvement in our lives. Answers call for celebration (John 16:24), but that doesn’t mean we put a lid on prayer joy until they...

WHY keep asking

We really want the answer or desperately need it, so we keep praying. Those are valid reasons, but there must be more to why we keep asking the Lord for something. Persevering with a prayer point can become a tiring repeat of the same request and feel like a joyless...

Keep Asking

What a great way to start a letter. Praises for the Father’s lavished blessings, salvation through the Son, and for the gift of the Spirit. Then, Paul opens a window into his prayer life for the Ephesian church. The view shows the glory of God as the radiant...

The Desire Circle

The previous post, Well Done, was about the value God places on our desires. Following on from that, how important is the ‘desire circle’ in prayer? And can it guard our praying from becoming ‘head without heart’? I mentioned about Israel’s first temple: David didn’t...

Well Done

Prayer includes admiring God, appreciating what he has done, and asking for him to act in areas of need. Our wants and needs (or those of others) can serve as access ramps to praying God’s desires. Agreement with him is at the heart of our prayer authority. And when...

Living in the Safest Place

This is an add-on to the previous post on Inner Rest. We’re hemmed in by the One who is Alpha and Omega. He encircles us in love and guarantees his 24-7 protective care to all who trust him. Because we are hidden with Christ in God, we are living in the safest place...