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Breath Prayer for Believers
If you want to pray but struggle to slow your mind and feel God’s presence, here’s a very old prayer that will help: Christian breath prayer. By praying Scripture in a single breath, prayer becomes less about striving and more about resting in God. These are breath prayers: words from Scripture that fit into the space of a single breath. They are not verbal because you’re breathing while you’re praying. You pray the first short phrase while inhaling and finish the second phrase while exhaling. That’s it. Breath prayers do not replace the prayers that Jesus taught. You go right on praising God, confessing your sins, petitioning for yourself, interceding for others,…
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Being Rahab: When Surrendering Is Really Tough
Surrendering is tough, even when you're surrendering to God--especially when you're surrendering to God. Rahab knew. I know too.
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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…