New folks have joined our journey, so let’s get you up to speed. We’re in this prayer coaching series in which we’re asking ourselves questions about our prayer life. We’re trying to understand four areas: our current situation, our ideal future, the obstacles in our way, and a plan to get there. Some people resist […]
Do you know what I haven’t been good at lately? Writing this blog series. I’m sorry about that. This started as a summer blog series, now it’s Fall. If you’re new to our blog, you have no idea this series is running like molasses. But if you’re not, you might have wondered what happened. I […]
The Bible says, “Be strong in the LORD and in his mighty power.” (Eph 6:10) If something’s worth doing, something else is going to jump in your way. Expect it. It’s rare that anything of value comes without a fight. You might say that salvation and grace come freely, but that’s not true. Do you […]
If you want to do God’s will, you’ve got to prioritize prayer. There are some things from God you can’t learn by reading them or listening to others; they come by personal experience alone, experiencing God like only you can. And the way to experience God like only you can is to pray with your […]
Psalm 84 says, “How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty.” So you may have dreams for different parts of your life—your dream marriage, your dream children, your dream friends, your dream job, your dream house, your dream body, your dream bank account, your dream retirement. We could go on. But let me ask […]
We’re in this series on taking a coach approach to prayer. Last week you answered some questions about your prayer life. This week I’m going to share something personal. Usually a coach doesn’t divulge much about his own life—the coach approach is all about the client. But the point is worth making, and the story […]
If you want to get more from your prayer life, you’ve got to work on your prayer life. It’s that simple. There’s no magic pill. A way to work on your prayer life is by taking a coach approach to prayer. That’s the premise of this summer blog series called “Coach Me To Pray.” Taking […]
How’s your prayer life? That’s a question not many of us like to answer because not many of us are happy with the answer. A few years ago we took a survey of peoples’ prayer lives and found that only 25% were satisfied with prayer, which meant 75% were not. I’m no math whiz, but […]
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenburg, Germany. This signaled the start of what became the Protestant Reformation, which restored the truth of salvation by faith in Christ Jesus alone. Before then, there was an emphasis on good works as an attempt to […]
Earlier this year, we bought a cabin on a creek. It’s just feet from the water. We’ve seen muskrats and osprey, frogs and turtles, geese and salamanders and crayfish. Every moment you look, the creek is different than it was. It carries leaves downstream and sometimes fallen branches, and the bubbles aren’t the same as […]