Teach Us To Pray

Praying toward a different kind of victory: surrender, kneeling, submitting, and waiting.

The subtle beauty of evil, and how to pray against it.

There is a temptation to not only define ourselves but what we do, but also to reduce God to what he does. How to pray so as to focus on who God is.

Bread, but not bread alone. How to pray about your primary tasks.

God adopts us as his children, and this changes everything.

Shred the resume, claim your identity.

What form of vocational uncertainty are you experiencing? Not in the right job? Overly stressed at work? Working too much? Whatever uncertainty you are experiencing at work, you can hear God say to you, "I love you, with you I am well pleased."

Although we often frame our faith as "following Jesus," the Bible also teaches that God "follows" us. God pursues us, chases us, even. We can claim that promise by praying verse 6 of Psalm 23.

Although we may not have enemies like David did (the trying-to-kill-us kind), there are many in our lives who have hurt us or who are hurting us, or who are standing against us. How do we pray in the midst of these enemies? What is God's response?

Belonging is the central orientation of a sheep to the shepherd and of our lives with God. No matter how far we have wandered, God goes after us, bringing us back, and invites us to offer belonging to others.

The primary tool shepherds use to lead their sheep is their voice. How does God use his voice to lead us? Where does God lead us to find "green pastures and still waters"? Turns out God often uses his voice to lead us into (not away from) difficulty and brokenness and injustice.