Prayer

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4 Things We Don't Need to Do When We Pray

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May 31, 2023

Here are a few things we often think we should or shouldn’t be doing when we pray, but they actually matter less than we think.

Where Is God When Our Prayers Go “Unanswered”?

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May 10, 2023

We love stories of God working wonders in response to humble prayers–but what do we do when our prayers seemingly go “unanswered”, or God doesn’t quite respond in the way we had hoped He would?

Woman in free-fall position with broken glass underneath.

Trusting God When Things Are Falling Apart

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May 8, 2023

There was a challenging season of my life when I felt like everything was not going well. I was led on by someone whom I thought was a potential life partner, and the cultural pressures to get married made me anxious. On top of that, my PhD proposals had been rejected multiple times.

A child is praying in the middle of meadow

Learning to Pray Like a Child

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May 5, 2023

When I was young, I only thought of God as a genie who granted wishes. After learning that prayer is seeking God’s kingdom and righteousness, however, I started to feel like I couldn’t really tell God what was on my heart.

A man is releasing the rope and jumping into the water

We Should Trust God—But for What?

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May 4, 2023

"You cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone." So too with God. Yet I have often trusted Him for the wrong thing.

A man is slowly sipping his tea and ask God to wait for him to finish.

6 Signs We're Settling in Our Relationship with God

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Feb 28, 2023

We often tell ourselves and each other not to “settle” when it comes to our relationships, career, or the things we want in life. But what about when it comes to our relationship with God? Is that where we’ve decided that where we’re at now is “good enough”?

A Prayer for Turkey & Syria

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Feb 9, 2023

It’s been 3 days since the earthquake in Turkey & Syria. More than ten thousand have died, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes.

I Entered a New Year in Tears, But God Held Me Fast

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Jan 18, 2023

At the beginning of last year, I was facing anxiety on multiple fronts. While others were looking forward to the coming year with hope, I was starting mine with dread.