
Mountaintop Prayers
On the cross, Jesus prayed, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” There’s no reason we shouldn’t be just as honest in our prayers.
“Summer afternoon–summer afternoon, to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” That age-old...
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On the cross, Jesus prayed, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” There’s no reason we shouldn’t be just as honest in our prayers.
I’ve always wondered: What’s good about Good Friday? In prayer, I found the answer.

I need to hear God’s voice for direction on a daily basis. Praying keeps me in hearing distance of what God has to say.

I went through my mental list of people who needed prayer. As I concentrated on it, I stopped counting the miles.

We should pray for the people we can trust to know and respect our pet peeves

His acknowledgments made me stop and pray a thankful prayer for all the angels in my life.

We’ve been busy here at Guideposts: There’s our exciting new redesign, our inspiring new eBooks, and Rick Hamlin’s wonderful book about prayer…

A reminder from Jesus that you really can’t pray for yourself by yourself without somehow praying for others.

Where there is nothing else to do but pray, prayer is what usually takes charge of the situation.

Knowing from the Scripture that I had nothing to do with my own creation gives me a sense of gratitude.

“Every day I pray that my boy is protected,” my friend told me. “That day I saw protection in action. It sent a tingle down my spine.”

The key to praying big prayers is understanding and believing that God is able to answer our prayers.
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