Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray A lesson on active listening The other day I read a post about being an active listener and how important it can be. I have a head that never stops thinking except when I am asleep. And I’m not sure about that either… Continue reading Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray
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What’s It like in Poland?
What’s It Like in Poland? by Janis Cox – after a short holiday to Poland Janis muses over her trip and what God told her.
What’s Up, God?
What’s Up, God? by Janis Cox. “What’s Up, God? Where are You in this?” I am a work in progress with God’s Hand on me.
HOW CAN PRAYER CHANGE A LIFE?
How Can Prayer Change a Life? by Johanne Roberston Find out how prayer changed her life.
1 WAY GOD HEARS FROM US
Leave Your Calling Card – A Guest Post by Brenda Leyland (reprinted with permission) A SHORT TIME ago a fellow blogging friend emailed to tell me that I was the answer to a prayer she’d prayed that very morning! Interesting thing about it all, I thought I was just ‘minding my own business’. I had no… Continue reading 1 WAY GOD HEARS FROM US
THE 4 NOWS
Once again I became distracted in my early morning prayer times. I need to remember the 4 NOWS. Jan Cox
DO I WANT TO BE WEIRD?
Do I Want to Be Weird? “When I was given an assignment to “sit still for five minutes and listen to God” – I failed, miserably.” Jan recounts how she worked at finding the Mary in herself.
AWAKENING
Awakening by Jan Cox This week I have been in a fog, maybe even a funk. And yes the picture above is a blur. That is how I have felt. I have had breathing problems this month in Arizona. The pollen doesn’t like me. I am best when I am indoors, which is not pleasant… Continue reading AWAKENING
PEACE – CAN I FIND IT?
Peace – Can I Find it? by Jan Cox We had a major decision to make in the past few weeks. I prayed … and prayed. I read the Bible and prayed this Scripture: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And… Continue reading PEACE – CAN I FIND IT?
ADVENTURES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
Adventures of the Spiritual Life by Judith Lawrence (reprinted with permission June 22, 2011) “Recollection,” says Evelyn Underhill, “is the traditional term by which mystical writers define the voluntary concentration, a first collecting or gathering in of the attention of the self to its most hidden cell. That self is as yet unacquainted with the… Continue reading ADVENTURES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE