Grabbing Hold of God Moments by Jennifer Slattery (reprinted with permission) A while back, after one particularly crabby day, my daughter looked at me and said, “You forgot to pray today, didn’t you?” Standing in our kitchen, schooled by a child, I realized how much truth she packed in that statement. Amidst the hustle and… Continue reading GRABBING HOLD OF GOD MOMENTS
Category: Prayer
HOW DO I PRAY – PART 2
How Do I pray – Part 2 by Jessica Bowman Last month our guest speaker, Jessica, spoke in How to Pray – Part 1 repetitive babbling and unnecessary prayer language. This is a continuation of a four part series. Many thanks to Jessica for allowing me to repost. This week we’re going to continue to talk about vain prayers.… Continue reading HOW DO I PRAY – PART 2
A VISION
A Vision by Ramona Furst “How do you do it?” asked my darling civil engineering husband. “Get that pattern from the paper onto those tiny squares in the material? You haven’t been cross stitching for, well, twenty-five years or so. Pretty ambitious Amish pattern to use after such a long time away from it. How… Continue reading A VISION
CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS
Christmas Reflections reprinted from Inscribe OnLine I love the way we count the days until Christmas especially the Advent Sundays. This past week has been God our Hope. Isn’t that wonderful. We can hope because God gives us that HOPE in Jesus. As we put up our manger scene this year I thought about the… Continue reading CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS
THE SOUND OF GOD’S PEACE
The Sound of God’s Peace by Janice Keats One of my favourite childhood memories includes spending many nights traveling in my father’s pleasure boat, which was a longliner. Equipped with a sleeping capacity of six and all of the amenities that a family would need, we spent many nights anchored into the deep waters. On… Continue reading THE SOUND OF GOD’S PEACE
HOW TO PRAY – part I
Today we have the first in a series of posts on How to Pray from Jessica Bowman. She writes a delightful blog at Bohemian Bowmans. How to Pray – part I by Jessica Bowman I find it impossible to address how we should pray, without wanting to talk about all the ways we shouldn’t pray.… Continue reading HOW TO PRAY – part I
Inscribe Online
I wrote at Inscribe Online this week – Trust and Press On. – Please join me there. Click on the underlined words. Blessings, Jan
GET INTO THE HABIT
Get into the Habit Am I a pray-er? Really? I talk about it, read about it, and even write about it at Under the Cover of Prayer. But, the truth is I know I could do better. In my morning time devotionals I try to start with a prayer list. I am on the prayer… Continue reading GET INTO THE HABIT
GOD – ARE YOU THERE?
God – Are You There? by Jan Cox Do you find sometimes that you pray and pray and pray about something and nothing seems to happen? I have found that usually that happens because God has another plan. He has either a totally different plan or my timing is wrong and I must wait. Going… Continue reading GOD – ARE YOU THERE?
PRESS THROUGH
Press Through Artwork courtesy of Bill Osborne Read Matthew 14: 24-26. I attended my seventh Write! Canada Conference this past June. Each year I have come away inspired and ready to write for Him. This year the Conference theme read, “Change the World with Words”. Every year I feel and hear words and thoughts of… Continue reading PRESS THROUGH