(adapted from a talk given at Mom2Mom Jan. 2016) [Bio: Lauris was raised the son of a bivocational pastor/school teacher in small towns of KS, #4 of 6 children. Rhonda was raised the youngest of 3 in San Diego, CA. After military service and a graduate degree in mathematics, Lauris moved to San Diego to…
“It is finished!” are the last words of Jesus on the cross while still in a body like ours. He had already prayed for His attackers/torturers (and all mankind, including you and me), “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” Jesus instructs us to pray the same way when He gave us…
Prayer: True to scripture and thus honoring to God, Motivated by love w/o condemnation, Freeing, uplifting, encouraging – not bondage and legalism, Receptive minds and hearts eager to do Your will. INTRODUCTION: This is THE one subject just about everyone finds interesting and quite possibly the area that we tend to protect…
Jesus is about to ‘be lifted up’ (for all to see – shame, the greatest unfairness/injustice, as though powerless – He who had ALL authority and power) for the sins of the whole world…and He knows it. He says, “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour?’”…
Luke 10:40-42(NIV) Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made….”Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed…” If these were preparations that “had to be made”, how was she to get in on the one needed thing? How was she…
Do you struggle with what to pray and feel like your prayers are not very effective? Suggestion…. “Pray through the Bible. Prayer was never meant to be a monologue; it was meant to be a dialogue. Think of Scripture as God’s part of the script; prayer is our part. Scripture is God’s way of initiating…
John 15:7 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish,…” Short answer, as you abide in Him and engraft His word, you can ask whatever He lays on your heart… But remember, God’s message to the world is that He loves us. John 3:16 He communicates His message…
“The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is to pray.” S.D. Gordon Too often we think of prayer as “the least I can do.” “Prayer for others is a form of giving, and praying for God’s best in our lives is part of giving ourselves to Him. As we form the habit…
II Cor. 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight Walking by faith is the constant, everyday challenge of my Christian life. Pain, loss, suffering, confusion, feeling poor and poorly, weakness, being overwhelmed, helplessness, etc., all remind me of who I am and how much I need Jesus. (John 15:5 … apart from Me,…
Wouldn’t it have been amazing to pray out loud with Jesus? How would you pray? What would you ask for? The disciples got to do that at certain times when they were within earshot. We get to do it all the time since the God-head actually lives in us. Maybe feeling a little inadequate and…