Prayers of REST

Do you feel trapped in shame?

One of the common themes in movies these days is "Just follow your heart!" 

But what happens when your heart lies to you? What happens when your heart keeps reminding you of all your failures, your mistakes, and your most embarrassing moments? What about when you are buried in shame?

If shame is a stronghold that is holding you captive, friend, today's prayer is for you.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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Do you struggle with doubt about your faith?

I don't know about you, but I find such comfort in the realistic portraits in scripture.

There's the one father who brings his son to Jesus to be healed, and he says, "Teacher if you can do anything, have mercy."  And Jesus's response is, "If I can? Everything is possible to the one who believes." Perhaps you find yourself in that space of doubt. "God, do you care? Can you do anything?" 

If that's where you are, today's prayer is for you.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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When you look at the world around you, do you feel fearful of the future?

My kids are quite young... they're 9, 7, and 5. Fear is kind of a big thing with them, whether it's being afraid of the dark or a new social interaction.

One of the things that I will say to them is this psalm set to song: "When I am afraid, I will trust in you." (Psalm 56:3)

We sing it together at bedtime or before a scary encounter and I wonder... Maybe sometimes as adults, we need that same reminder. And God wants to set us free from fear!

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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Do you ever feel desperate? Depressed?

A few weeks ago, I reached this point of desperation saying, "God, is this area of my life ever going to change? Am I ever going to see growth and maturity?" 

I've been praying about this for years, and maybe there's an area in your life where you feel that despair as well? 

If so, today's prayer is for you.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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We've all heard the adage pride comes before a fall...

And none of us really want to be prideful, but are we actively bringing our pride before the Lord? It's one of those insidious sins that is so sneaky that we don't even really know we're struggling with pride until we find ourselves in the middle of the fall.

And that's a painful place to be.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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"When I grow up, I'm never going to do that." Have you ever said those words?

Maybe it was about something that your mom or dad would say or do that you would find just so annoying as a child?  And here you are twenty, thirty, or forty years later and you're doing the exact same thing.

Oh, it's so frustrating! And sometimes it can be as silly as a verbal phrase that you repeat that your mom or dad used to say, or maybe it's something more serious, darker, a generational sin that you find repeating itself and its pattern in one generation after another.

If this is you, friend, I have some good news: Jesus can break the power of those generational sins in your life.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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Do you ever feel tempted?

You promise yourself, "This time, I am not gonna fall into that trap. This time I'm not going to sin." And yet time and time again, that trap just seems to snap shut. 

Oh, friend. God has given us divine power to demolish strongholds, and to overcome those temptation traps through the power of his spirit.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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Do you feel bored with the Bible? Do you lack enthusiasm in your faith? Do you feel like your love for Jesus has grown cold?

Friend, you are not alone. 

God wants to stir a fire in your heart for Him and help you overcome your spiritual apathy.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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Is there something in your life that you promised yourself that you would stop doing?

Or stop eating? Stop watching? Stop saying?

Do you keep finding yourself going back to those old patterns again and again even though you know it's destructive? You want to stop, but don't feel like you can...

Friend, you're not alone.

This fall on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are getting honest with God about our temptations and struggles so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us, we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives. Join us each week as we:

R - Recite God's Goodness
E - Express Your Neediness
S - Seek His Stillness
T - Trust His Faithfulness

If we want to break free from the sins and temptations holding us captive, it is so important that we pray proactively and repeatedly. That’s why my team created a special resource just for you!

If you want to continue bringing your struggles to Jesus throughout the week—even if you don't have your earbuds on hand!—get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get:

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge. Click here to purchase yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence...

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Do you feel defeated by your struggles and temptations?

Then join Jennifer Dukes Lee and me as we talk about how to get honest with God about our struggles so that we can break free from the spiritual strongholds in our lives.

You can get Jennifer's new guided Journal, Stuff I'd Only Tell God, here!

Not only is Jennifer a dear friend of mine, but she is also a bestselling author, thinker, and question-asker from Iowa. Her friends say they are scared to sit alone in a room with her because they end up telling her things they never intended to say. She is both proud of this fact and also a little annoyed at how nosy she can be. She put a bunch of her favorite questions into a journal called Stuff I’d Only Tell God. It’s like your own little confession booth. She’s also the author of Growing Slow and It’s All Under Control. Learn more at jenniferdukeslee.com.

Want help praying through the hard emotions that often accompany the struggles and temptations we face? Then get the Handling Hard Emotions Scripture Cards!

Each of these beautiful cards features a Scripture verse and a prayer that you can memorize, meditate on, and pray through. Included with this card set, you’ll get: 

• A curated collection of 20 powerful Bible verses that address our most common hard emotions
• Instant access to 20 Scriptural prayer-starters to help you springboard your own prayers and stay focused while you pray
• A 5-Day devotional that guides you deeper into God’s way of handling hard emotions in our daily life
• Convenient-sized cards that are easy to carry around and post around your house so you’re always prepared to pray
• A versatile digital copy that can be printed multiple times for personal use, in a printer-friendly format that minimizes ink use

I hope these cards remind you to turn your face toward Jesus no matter what hard emotion you’re facing each day. Print them out, cut them apart, and post them above your kitchen sink, next to the washing machine, or on the front of your fridge.  Click here to download yours today.

Fill your mind with God’s Word, and you will grow to become aware of His loving presence with you, surrounding you, and filling you with His own Spirit. Even on the hard days.

Until we meet again, may you find rest in God’s loving presence.

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