Before We Go

Keeping a written record of how God is at work in our lives, as well as keeping a record of our prayers and God’s answers to those prayers, has great value to our Christian spiritual development. David and Karen Mains discuss the reality that “Christians who develop the discipline of prayer journaling will not only keep a record of their lives, but will discover the extraordinary ways God has interacted with them.”

David and Karen Mains discuss the great value that keeping a Prayer Journal has in developing an individual’s Personal Spiritual Formation: “Keeping a Prayer Journal is a time-honored path to spiritual maturity.”

David and Karen Mains wrestle with the idea that from time to time, as we seek God’s will for our lives, He gets our attention in a very direct way. When that happens, we should remember this principle: “Lord, when I sense You wanting to get my attention, just know that my response will be: ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’”

David and Karen Mains discuss the critically important message that Jesus shared many times throughout His earthly ministry. This discussion emphasizes: “Close followers of Jesus are aware that His ‘Go-to Message’ was about the Kingdom of God.”

David and Karen Mains discuss the breadth of hospitality and how God uses this gift in astonishing ways, urging us to: “Think of hospitality as a lifestyle we can practice no matter where we are.”

David and Karen Mains discuss the power of God expressed by followers of Jesus when they determine to extend hospitality to the people they encounter in their everyday lives. This is best expressed by this statement: “When Christians practice spiritual hospitality, they show the presence of Christ to the people they include in ways that don’t happen with other settings.”

David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the tales in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom trilogy series.

David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the stories in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom series.

David and Karen Mains discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the stories in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom series.

David and Karen Mains share an interview from the 1980s with Christian author, Roy Hession. Listening to such a Christian leader, who has now gone home to be with the Lord, enhances our desire for a great movement of God in our nation and in our world.