God wants us to rely on Him at all times: every time we receive bad news, every time things look uncertain, and every time we’re this close to a meltdown. This is how trusting Him becomes a holy instinct, our automatic response to adversity and hardships.
Why do we persist in tightly holding onto everything that upsets us, makes us edgy, or stirs up anxious feelings in our hearts? Could it be that relinquishing is so tough for us because we struggle to completely trust God?
I remember so well praying for a baby called Craig. I had been asked to visit a woman in the Brompton Hospital. Vivienne had three children and was pregnant with a fourth. Her third child, who was eighteen months old.
One of the most powerful ways we can pray is with others. In the very beginning, when it was just Adam walking with God in the cool of the day, even then, God recognized that it was not good for man to be alone, that we were created for community and relationship. So often in […]