“May I hold her.” Steph had finished eating and pushed back her chair. Steph was visiting Taiwan to speak at one of the seminaries. Her arms opened to hold Miss K who was just four months old. As Steph held her, she commented on the memories of when Timmy was a baby. There at the lower level of the Royal Thai restaurant, I met Stephanie for the first time. Since that meeting, we have met at various times. The other year…
Intentional is an adjective that means “done on purpose; deliberate” according to the dictionary. Remember your English grammar, adjectives describe nouns. To be intentional needs a noun with it. What noun will you put with intentional? Today I am adding in love and discussing how we need to be intentional in love. Intentional requires thinking, planning, acting on some things and not acting on other things, starting, stopping, finishing, beginning, and numerous other things. Begin by being intentional in love….
Over the past few weeks, I have shared with you my prayer journal. I share that as an example. I hope that it will challenge and encourage you to create your own prayer journal. This is not a masterpiece but a working document that you can and should use daily. It is marked up and might have a few drops of coffee, and tears. I have decided that my journal will never be finished. It is something that I continue…
Some people might think petition and intercession shouldn’t be at the end of the prayer journal. They might think, “isn’t that what prayer is all about? Bringing your requests to God.” Why is this the last sections in the book? I will explain as I share my section for petition and intercession. When I put my prayer journal together, I knew that confession needed to come first. I wanted to make sure that as I begin my time of prayer, I…
Being thankful does not come naturally. My natural self finds it easier to complain, grumble, or just ignore things. As a child of God, you must learn to be thankful. Taking time regularly to sit and list the things that you are thankful for is a good exercise. In your prayer journal have a section for thanksgiving. Why Include a Thanksgiving Section in your Prayer Journal? Learning to be thankful requires discipline. It requires that you take the time to think…