Adventures in the Kingdom

Emotional blocks can turn into spiritual strongholds--but spiritual strongholds are huge opportunities for deep spiritual growth.

How many times has this happened? You feel scattered and distracted. You try to pray but nothing changes. You’ve entered overloaded, anxiety-provoking, crazy-making territory. It’s not surprising. When you’re anxious, your brain doesn’t know (or care) if you’re in real danger or not. It will still prioritize detecting threats over clear thinking, which leads to brain fog and the inability to concentrate. Everything not related to the immediate problem crashes and burns. Like focused prayer. But God is good, and there is a way. You can stay calm and centered and open to God’s leading even in the middle of the fire. It works just as surely as breathing because…