The Lord Says, "I Am, the mighty God, is here with you. You do not need to be afraid."I hear your prayers. I know your concerns. It's time to stop trembling in fear because of the storm surrounding you."My love for you is like an umbrella of protection. You are...
I found my mentor in a dark coliseum when a young woman sat on a stool, inside a bright spotlight. In a voice that sounded like a child singing, she said, "Hi, I'm Ann. I am one simple woman in the world. I have never shaken hands with the president. I cry. Sometimes...
Wouldn't it be wonderful if prayer were a way we could control God? Oh my, did I really put that thought into print?Maybe this isn't a godly idea, yet we've all been guilty of this unspoken notion when we've faced what seemed to be a major failure in prayer. We've...
Got a purpose?Ask God to show you something you could do if fear stepped out of your way.Queen Esther's ChallengeQueen Esther found herself facing such a challenge. She'd risen above her difficult childhood and won a kingdom-wide beauty pageant to accept the role of a...
I am like a prayer investigator. I had to become one, because I had a mountain to move.After a violent car crash put my 18-month-old baby into a coma, I needed to know what it would take to touch my daughter through the power of prayer. Since that fateful day, I've...
I want to be a woman of faith. But in the face of uncertainties, I cannot always fathom what God is doing.I pray for healing for one, and that one is healed. I pray for healing for another, and that one continues to suffer. How I wish God would let me in on the "why"...
An exciting prayer of faith started on Saturday morning after I'd driven 20 miles through a ferocious rainstorm from Longmont, Colorado, to Loveland to attend a meeting. It had been pouring for days, and the forecast called for even more rain. A friend at the meeting...
One morning, I'd spent time praying for several hurting people at church. As I prayed for my new friends, the Lord revealed their deeper wounds and secrets. I shared the insights God had given me as I prayed for them. I told them they could really trust God and his...
How would your life change if you were able to put power into your prayer life? What if you could pray for provision and see God provide or pray for healing and see God heal? What if you could pray for circumstances and see your circumstances change?These things are...
Do fireworks drip red rose pedals across the sky? Do purple butterflies dance to bright notes of joy?Sometimes, yes. Faith can yield staggering miracles. I know this is true because I've seen the cancer patient healed. I've seen lack met with a provision. I've even...
"Stop! You can't pray that!" a young woman ordered me.She had just expressed her extreme fear of snakes as we walked through a wooded area.I had responded by bowing my head and praying, "Dear Lord, please protect us from snakes. May they not harm us, bite us or be...
I was nervous. Something had happened that would make this, my first day of high school, different from all the other first days of high school at South Park High. For this would be the first day that my school would be officially integrated.The year was 1971, and it...
It's a new day, a fresh season. The air here in Colorado is sweet after days of rain. The grass is green, and the crab apple tree in my backyard is filled with fluffy pink blossoms.After a deep season of sorrow upon losing my precious daughter Laura, I am feeling a...
Is it possible to learn to hear God's voice when you pray?The answer is yes, and I have some ideas to help you apply a little Miracle Grow to your spiritual ears.My first question is this: What is your prayer life like? Do you just read off your "God, please" list?You...