A Prayer for Creativity
Simple Prayers Podcast
Creativity is evident in everyone but when you look inward, it’s easy to succumb to comparison and extinguish your creative spark because of fear or disbelief. Creativity takes courage. And sometimes courage shows up with a little encouragement. I’m wondering if you have ever had someone tell you that you are creative. I sure hope. I’d love to remind you and speak a blessing for creativity over you and your life. Because God is the ultimate Creator, we as his children have that same creative gene inside us because we are made in his image. Expressing creativity is much more than the...
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A Prayer to be Present
Simple Prayers Podcast
A couple years ago, I wrote a letter to Thanksgiving. Kind of an apology, kind of a letter of gratitude. Kinda both. I wrote it because every single year – Thanksgiving has to share crowded space with Christmas. And in my mind they each hold such valuable space in our calendar. My little love letter to Thanksgiving reminds me of the need to be present. To not be all caught up in the next thing and the next thing and the next thing – and find that we’re rushing past the achingly gorgeous gift of today. Because one beautiful day at a time, with all the small graces and gratitude, equals...
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Joy Journal & Simple Prayers
Simple Prayers Podcast
Thanks, God. You are good. I’ve been living this prayer in all kinds of different ways these days. Like first thing in the morning, coffee in hand,"Hi God. Thank you for this one beautiful life you’ve given me. You are good!" And I can pray with others at the table and agree that God is so good. But I’m also giving thanks in a new by using my words and doodles and sketches to thank God for his faithful love and care. Calling this my JOY Journal. And it’s something anyone can do. Basically just find a journal. I really love the . It's something you could easily do too. And...
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A Prayer with No Words
Simple Prayers Podcast
What do you pray when you don’t know what to pray? Especially when it’s a prayer for a person you love who is experiencing difficulty? What do you do when you run out of words and wonder if God is falling silent? One of the best promises I know is tucked in the Bible, reminding me God sees and hears me - and the person I love. In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 When you run out of words, know that the Spirit is interceding. And when you run...
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A Prayer for Courage in Uncertainty
Simple Prayers Podcast
Curiosity can change your life. It allows you to reframe your past, your present, your future. It leaves room for the realization that God does things his way – which doesn’t always coincide with our ways. But when we step away from our own way of seeing and believing … we just might experience his ways as higher, more amazing, awe inspiring. I ride a pony named Derby. He is an angel of a fella. A good citizen. Stable and reliable. One of my favorite things about him is that he responds to me in a curious way instead of a fearful or aggressive way. In today’s episode, I talk a...
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A Prayer Guide for the Fearful One
Simple Prayers Podcast
I’ve heard from so many of you. The worried mom in Texas, the anxious attorney in California, the fearful daughter in Florida. You are my people. I love you. You need to remember you’re not crazy. I understand. And you are not alone. God is right there with you. Hearing you, healing you. And He’s the one who is totally able to keep you from being an active fear-er all your life. Here are a few powerful verses I pray when I am afraid. Keep them close, take deep breaths, and remember you are not alone. God is home. Lord, through all the generations you have been our home! Psalm 90:1 God is...
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A Blessing for Teachers
Simple Prayers Podcast
Here we are at the start of a new school year. I see the school bus rolling down the road and I’m thinking back to teachers throughout my life— and the teachers my kids had growing up. I am so grateful for each and every one of them. Teachers hold such a special place in our lives and are in such an important position to develop tender hearts and minds. With the start of the school year kicking off, let’s bless the teachers that so willingly step into the classrooms everywhere. Let’s pray this again and again for our teachers. Let’s be the kind of people that makes muffins, delivers...
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A Prayer to Trust God in an Unsafe World
Simple Prayers Podcast
On Saturday, after dinner, Will and I were sitting in the family room. I was watching a movie and he was on his computer. He simply said, “Someone just tried to kill Trump.” What …? “Someone shot and hit Trump at an event.” I rushed to where he was sitting and in less than one minute was able to see Trump, hear the gun shots, see blood on his face, and watch secret service pounce onstage. Instantaneous coverage. On a worldwide stage, a gunman makes news. Rattling us all. I have a history witnessing gun violence and murder. For me it was in a classroom when a student – a 13 year old...
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Prayer to Slow Down
Simple Prayers Podcast
A couple of weeks back, my son and his two oldest sons (my precious grandsons :), came to visit. We enjoyed a rainy June morning following a small frog hop around our patio. Then we curled up on the couch watching a show the boys love. I loved listening to them gush about their favorite characters, trucks, and other things little boy things. As I moved at my grandson’s pace, I learned about their lives. Slowly. Joyfully. It made me remember that life doesn’t need to move so quickly. Especially when there is such glorious wonder in moving at the pace of children. If you have trouble with...
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A Prayer for Your Marriage
Simple Prayers Podcast
Will and I recently celebrated our 39th anniversary. We met when I was 16 years old, got married when I was 21, and two years into our marriage we started our family. We basically grew up together – and we’re growing still. Marriage is refining work! The word refine means to free something from impurities or unwanted material- another meaning behind it, is to improve or perfect something by pruning or polishing. These descriptions aren’t the most sunshine-y, but they do give us a great depiction of what refinement can look like in a marriage. Often, the most crucial and delicate of...
info_outlineI can't tell you how excited I am that Will III and my daughter-in-love, Amy, are close to expecting the newest addition to their family. We're on baby watch - ready to help whenever the time comes. There are two verses that we've prayed over all the grand babies in our family, and I couldn't think of a better time to share a prayer based on both for a new baby in your life. Whether you’re a grandmother, aunt, cousin or friend – new babies need our prayers.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. - Matthew 22:37
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth - 3 John 1:4
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