You’re carrying out your work for the Lord. You’re doing your best, working faithfully, believing… then one day you wake up and realize that you feel very distant from God. And it’s the same the next day, and the next day, and the next… Remember Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind Love”? If you could read my mind loveWhat a tale my thoughts would tellJust like an old time movie‘Bout a ghost from a wishing wellIn a castle dark or a fortress strongWith chains upon my feetYou know that ghost is meI don’t know where we went wrongBut the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back……

Happy New Year! Some people love New Year Resolutions and some people decidedly do not. If you make thoughtful and prayerful resolutions, then obey God as you work to embody them, good! But if your history is making a resolution then breaking it, each time you make a resolution you’ll have a little more negative history and and add a little more to your mental burden. BUT. If the resolution–if the CHANGE–is from the Lord, then approach it in a completely different way: God’s way! Ask Him for power, for light. Seek Him in the Bible and prayer every day. Listen for His voice. Remember that He does not act…

What if you knew a simple Christian prayer that could transform your experience with the Lord? This prayer doesn’t replace thanksgiving, confession, petition or intercession. It complements them by bringing you closer to the Lord and able to hear His voice more and more clearly. Why would you need that? ● Do you struggle with hearing the Lord? ● Do you read the Bible but you’re not sure what He’s saying to you? ● Do you check off your quiet time as another To-Do? ● Do you need to hear the Lord’s wisdom over a decision? ● Do you need to feel the Lord’s love in a circumstance? Then listen…