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Heart on Fire
Someone asked a question in another group yesterday: “What was one of the hardest things you have ever experienced, and God brought you through it?” I remembered this. It might encourage you. In 2001, I was going through three horrible things at the same time: separation, bankruptcy, and having to sell my dream home because I couldn’t keep up the payments. My son was just 5. I was SO MAD AT GOD. I had asked for the divorce because of some bad decisions on my husband’s part. I knew I was right to do it since the situation was untenable, but here I was–the family breadwinner–about to lose everything. One…
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Pictures in Imaging Prayer
I help women entrepreneurs hear the Holy Spirit in images and narratives. (Always subject to the Bible.) Sometimes their experiences speak directly to their businesses. With one woman, I saw the image for her. (This happens sometimes.) I described it: a mountaintop covered in wildflowers. She told me, “Just a second!” and ran off. She came back a few moments later holding a vision board. It was a mountain top filled with flowers. She had seen it that long ago and forgot about it until the Holy Spirit reminded her. She now knew she was entering a new creative season. Another time, I prayed with a woman who was a…
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What’s Imaging Prayer?
I teach imaging prayer in spiritual direction. But what is it? Imaging prayer is one of the two types of an old (as of the 4th century) Christian prayer called “The prayer of silence.” One type is contemplating the presence of the Lord without words or mental pictures. Imaging prayer is the 2nd type, where you allow the Holy Spirit to use your imagination to speak with you. You do NOT drive this prayer; you put it in the Holy Spirit’s hands. Imaging prayer only works with believers; since it depends on the Holy Spirit, it’s different from visualization. It also works for your life and your business; especially when…