Have you ever sat in one of those insanely comfortable recliners? You know the ones I’m talking about. You pull the lever, sink back, and your entire body immediately enters a state of deep, irreversible hibernation. It feels amazing in the moment, right? But here’s the problem with being too comfortable—once you get that cozy, you don’t want to move. You don’t want to do anything. And if we aren’t careful, the exact same thing can happen to our spiritual lives. Here’s a phrase you might want to write down today: Comfort is the enemy of prayer. When we get…
Read More →I was looking over our prayer list yesterday, we have over 2,000 prayers that have been submitted and I’ll be honest with you—it can be heavy. We see names next to words like "cancer," "divorce," "financial crisis," or "addiction." When you look at that list, or even just turn on the news, it can feel like the whole world is shaking. It feels like the floor is moving underneath us, like trying to walk on a trampoline. It’s unstable. It’s scary. But I have some incredible news for you today. While everything in the world might be shaking, we have…
Read More →How many of you, when you are carrying groceries in from the car, absolutely refuse to make two trips? It doesn’t matter if you have thirty bags, a case of water, and a gallon of milk—you are grabbing it all at once. You walk into the kitchen with your fingers turning purple, totally out of breath, looking like a pack mule, just because you didn’t want to let anything go. I think a lot of us approach intercession the same way. As prayer warriors, we are the ones who lift up the needs of others. We carry the burdens of…
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