Category Prayer

There the Card Sits

So my previous post was about connecting with cards.  I have been thinking about what I wrote and I thought I would do a quick follow-up, perhaps as a reminder of all my imperfections. You see, I am really good at picking up a card and sending it to someone at a seemingly random time.  […]

God Bless Friends Who Pray

One of the most beautiful and precious gifts that I have in my life is having friends who pray. I have been blessed with some absolutely incredible friends.  They will go the second mile for me and my family.  They are there when we need them.  There is great strength in the relationships that we […]

An Abundance of Grace and Peace

“Grace and peace be yours in abundance.” 1 Peter 1:2 “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.”  2 Peter 1:2 I have recently been reading through 1 and 2 Peter.  I have just been captivated by Peter’s letters, mostly because of these opening comments. I […]

Ask for Prayer

“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.” Psalm 107:28 Cry out to the Lord.  Ask.  Seek.  Knock.  Pray.  Talk to God.  I am very passionate about the power of prayer.  I believe that prayer is a very intimate way to connect to God.  It is […]

Finding joy through prayer

“A battery can not give out what it does not have”, that is a phrase that my pastor frequently uses.  We have to recharge ourselves before we can go out to encourage others passionately.  For so long in my life I attempted to encourage others through my own limited reserves of energy and power.  Then […]