Heavenly Father, My heart grieves the loss of someone dearly loved. I’m in great pain, but I cannot forget to thank you for bringing this person into my life in the first place. The pain I feel is proportional to the joy this person brought to my life. Each day with them was a gift […]
Prayer
How to Pray When the Wicked Prosper: Wisdom from the Psalms
Editor’s Note: I wrote a book to help believers overcome obstacles in prayer! Learn more about When Prayer Is a Struggle or buy it on Amazon. Prayer is often hard, and suffering only makes it harder. Some suffering comes as we survey wicked people enjoying success. If you’re like me, it drives you crazy when you observe people advancing […]
The Costly Results of an Impaired Prayer Life
Editor’s Note: I wrote a book to help believers overcome obstacles in prayer! Learn more about When Prayer Is a Struggle or buy it on Amazon. Every Christian is called to pray. Every minister is called to pray. And yet many of us struggle to pray consistent and heartfelt prayers to the Lord. Norwegian preacher […]
5 Things Every Christian Leader Should Pray for Themselves Everyday
Christian leaders need to be people of prayer. Perhaps no verse more powerfully communicates this to me than John 15:5: I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (emphasis added) This verse […]
How to Meditate on Scripture: Learning from Luther’s Example
The first Psalm describes the man who meditates on Scripture as blessed, nourished, fruitful, prosperous, and enduring. Everyone wants those results. Truly attaining them is another thing. We must be people who meditate deeply on Scripture, drinking in deeply of its glorious truths and connecting them to our hearts so that our lives reflect the impact […]
