by Lysa TerKeurst | Apr 16, 2024 | Featured, Life Advice, Wisdom
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16b (NIV)
I have to admit I’m sometimes scared to pray boldly.
It’s not at all that I don’t believe God can do anything. I absolutely do. I’m a “wild about Jesus” kind of girl. Wild in my willingness. Wild in my obedience. Wild in my adventures with God.
So, my hesitation isn’t rooted in any kind of doubt about God.
It’s more rooted in a doubt about myself and my ability to absolutely discern the will of God. The reality is sometimes God chooses not to do things. And if His will is no, while I am boldly praying for a yes, it makes me feel out of step with God.
Can you relate?
I so desperately want to stay in the will of God that I find myself praying with clauses sometimes. Like, “God please heal my friend but if it’s Your will to take her, I will trust You.” I wonder why I don’t just boldly pray, “God, please heal my friend.” And then stand confidently that my prayers were not in vain no matter what the outcome.
The reality is, praying boldly boots me out of a stale place of religious habit into authentic connection with God Himself.
Prayer opens my spiritual eyes to see things I can’t see on my own. And I am convinced prayer matters. Prayers are “powerful and effective” if prayed from the position of a righteous heart, like James 5:16 says.
So, prayer does make a difference – a life-changing, mind-blowing, earth-rattling difference. We don’t need to know how. We don’t need to know when. We just need to kneel confidently and know that our simple, short prayers extend far wide and far high and far deep.
In case you’ve been wrestling through some unanswered prayers recently, lean in here: Keep pressing into God. Keep praying. Don’t pull away. He isn’t ignoring you; He is listening. He loves you too much to answer your prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way.
Letting that truth slosh over into my soul, snuffs out the flickers of hesitation. It bends my stiff knees. And it ignites a fresh, bold wildfire within me. Not bold as in bossy and demanding. But bold as in I love Jesus with all my heart, so I want to show up and try again. Pray again. Ask again.
Look at these words from Jesus:
“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your father knows what you need before you ask him,” (Matthew 6:6-8, NIV).
Friend, what do you need to pray boldly about today? Don’t listen to fear – go ahead and ask. And ask again. Not so that we can cause God to move, rather so that we can position our souls to be able to see Jesus move in any which way He pleases.
Dear Lord, I believe that You are the giver of life and Lord over all things. Thank You for providing me with exactly what I need, even though it isn’t always what I may want. I trust that You have my best interest in mind today. I need You Lord. Show me Your way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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by Grace Novak | Jan 11, 2024 | Life Advice
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Dear those beloved by God (every one of you!),
“WAKE-UP O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!” Ephesians 5:14.
I am taking a dual enrollment online class with Hillsdale college. I have been loving it. The only issue I have with this class is that it’s at ten AM Michigan time. In Michigan, this is great. In Arizona, this means that I have to wake up at 6 or 6:30 to get to class on time. Ultimately, I’ve grown to enjoy the peaceful morning solitude!
Last Monday, I set my alarm for 6:15 because I wanted to review class readings before the Zoom call. My alarm rang me out of a deep and pleasant slumber, and I turned the noise off. Instead of rolling out of bed and getting ready for the day, I thought, “just a few more minutes….” and drifted back off into dreamland.
Who’s been there? I fell completely back asleep. Somehow, by the grace of God I guess or maybe because my subconscious is stronger than I realized, I jolted upright in a panic at literally 6:56. Before, I always thought that I needed at least 30 minutes to get ready for the day, but on Monday I learned that I can do it in 4 minutes when pressured. Somehow, I made it to class on time, but it was WAYYYYY closer of a call than I would have liked!
Now I know this story is not a big deal on any level. So why am I telling you this? Because of how relevant it is.
We live in a culture of gray area. Truth is subjective. Gender is subjective. Sexuality is subjective. Life is subjective. Literally everything is subjective. What even is truth? Matt Walsh’s “What is a Woman?” film became super popular last year because it’s strikingly relevant. How insane is it that you even have to ask “what is a woman?” While it can sometimes seem like this era of subjectivity is true in all areas of life, let me be the first to tell you that it is NOT. Unlike our world where the gray area is becoming the popular place to be, Scripture is extraordinarily black and white. There is NO MIDDLE GROUND.
I’ve always loved reading magazines. Sometimes they come with a little test in them that is supposed to tell you about your personality or something. They’re silly and fun. Every once in a while, there will be a list of opposite things where you’re supposed to circle the one that is “more you.” For example, it’ll say “peanut butter vs. jelly” or “coffee vs. tea” or “spring vs. fall” with all these cute little illustrations. Then I’ll go through and circle “peanut butter,” “tea,” and “fall.” It’s actually pretty entertaining 🙂 This little checklist also works with the opposites that Scripture highlights. I’ll list them out. The Bible makes it clear that we can only be one of the two (NOT BOTH), so which one are we?
ARE YOU….
LIGHT or DARKNESS John 3:19-22; John 8:12
WISE or FOOLISH Ephesians 5:15-17; Proverbs 14:15-25
OF GOD or OF THE WORLD Romans 12:2; 1 John 2:15-17
RIGHTEOUS or WICKED Psalm 36:16; Psalm 37:13-22
SAVED or CONDEMNED Mark 16:16; John 3:18
AWAKE or ASLEEP Ephesians 5:14; Luke 21:36; Romans 13:11
In the Gospels, Jesus begins to call His followers. He meets people and simply says, “follow me.” Some do, and some don’t. It’s very black and white. Quite simple. Yet there are a few who echo the gray area that is so common today. In Luke 9:59-62, we see two examples.
These two men aren’t evil. They are genuinely trying to serve God. They are like so many Christians today who want to follow God, but don’t give Him their all. Occasionally Scripture is more vague and left up to our interpretation, but this is not one of those instances. Jesus is extremely clear when He tells those men that it’s all or nothing. There is no room for “partial Christianity.” Jesus makes it quite definitive; it’s all or nothing. Which will we pick?
In many places of Scripture, Jesus points out those who are “awake” and those who are “asleep.” Those who are awake are those who know the truth. Their eyes are opened and they jump out of slumber to follow Christ. Those who are asleep are those who don’t. They are stuck in dreamland, and don’t get up to follow Christ. Which one are you? Are you awake and committed to all-in Christianity or are you still asleep? I am going to go through some examples below, which one are you? Which one is your family member? Your friend? I’ll be asking myself the same things.
So many of us are drifting back to sleep. Christianity doesn’t seem pressing, so we say “just a few more minutes….” and drift back into the slumbering shadows. Maybe we were following Him, but we’ve gotten distracted by all these other things along the way.
Some of us just can’t decide what to do. We wake up a little, but then don’t get out of bed. This is something my little brother will do sometimes. My mom will wake him up, but instead of getting out of bed, he’ll just lay there for a few minutes awake, but too tired to work up the motivation to get out of bed. Have you been awakened to the truth but are hesitant to jump out of bed and dive fully into true Christianity?
Some of us are just out cold, dreaming good dreams. We have zero motivation to ever wake up because our dreamland is so nice and perfect. Who needs to get out of bed and into real Christianity when we’re enjoying sweet dreams? Who needs Christianity when our lives are “perfect” without Christ. One day though, we will be awakened and it will be a shocking dose of end times reality.
Some of us are living a nightmare right now. We cannot imagine how it could get any worse. You know how nightmares can be crazy. The plot is building and building and maybe something’s chasing you or you’re drowning or you’re falling, and then right as you’re about to get to the worst part in your nightmare, you jolt upright. You wake up in a sheer panic, heart racing. This is reality for some of us. God doesn’t create evil, but sometimes He allows us to live in these nightmares because nothing else will wake us up. He loves us too much to let us stay asleep.
Then there are those of us who do what I do with my alarm clock. We set like five staggering alarms ten minutes apart to wake up. It goes off, we wake up, then we fall back asleep until the next one and continuously repeat the cycle. How many times are we going to wake up to the truth and then later reject it and go back to the darkness. This is the “children of Israel” way of life. They followed God, and then they didn’t, and then they did again, and then they didn’t.
Maybe you’re completely up and out of bed, just trying to shake other people to wake up! You are totally committed to Christianity, and spending your life trying to get others to see the truth before it’s too late. This is so important, and can also be exhausting at times, but so so fulfilling. You’ve found that the real world can be both harder and easier in ways than dreamland, but you live with an undying hope that is unique to those who are awake.
You are not going to live this life forever. I hate to be so blunt and gloomy, but it’s true. You are either going to die or Jesus will come. When that happens, you will finally wake up for good. What will Jesus find when you meet Him? Will He find you asleep in darkness or awake in truth? I urge you to really think about this. You are either one or the other. You’re all in, or you’re all out. This is an eternity decision. There is NOTHING more important than it. NOTHING. This is THE most important decision you will ever make. So many people think that hell is a punishment and heaven is a reward. This is not true. Heaven and hell are a choice. An educated choice. Just like Jesus gave those men a choice back in Luke chapter 9, He gives you this choice today. Are you going to follow Him or turn back? Are you choosing God or the world? Are you in or out? Are you choosing heaven or hell?
With love and hope,
Grace
P.S.
Life is not all gloom and doom! Yes this is a huge decision, but it comes with good news! When you wake up, your world will change forever.
Dreaming is good, living is better!
Think about when you watch a good movie. Maybe it’s a nice romance or an inspiring true story. Either way, it speaks to a little piece of your heart. Then think about the difference you feel when you actually experience that for yourself! It’s an astronomical difference! When you get the chance to live your own romance or to be a hero in real life, it is amazing. Watching a movie can’t capture even a quarter of the real life feeling. This is what it’s like when you wake up.
When you decide to follow Jesus totally, (when you go all in) your life will get better in an incomparable way. Things will still be hard, but there is this indescribable richness and depth and hope and love and joy and peace. It’s hard to explain. How does the person who’s lived the romance or adventure explain the feeling to someone who’s only seen the movie? How do those who have woken up explain the feeling to those who are still asleep?
If you are awake, let’s help try to wake others up. Let’s live the Great Commission and show them what they’re missing!
If you’re still asleep, trust me, you should wake up and dive into this new life. Go all in. It’s the best thing you’ll ever do.
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by Meghan Ryan | Dec 19, 2023 | Life Advice
The idea of contentment gets thrown around a lot in Christian circles. If I’m honest, sometimes I get squirmy with the word contentment. Maybe it’s because when I was single, well-meaning people liked to tell me, “You’ll meet someone once you’re truly content.” Or maybe it’s because, single or not, this contentment thing has always felt like an impossible game to win.
At times I’ve assumed, If I want something, I won’t get it. But if I don’t want something, then I will get it. I feel like I have to try to manipulate my contentment. If I don’t want it or if I’m truly content, maybe then God will give it to me.
Whether I’m longing for a new season, an exciting change, or something deeper, I try to make myself not want it because I’ve come to believe that’s what contentment is all about.
Maybe you’ve been in a similar situation. You’ve tried to make yourself not want something you deeply desire because you think not wanting it will lead to contentment with what you currently have. But I think we’ve missed something important: Desire and contentment are not mutually exclusive.
Longing for something doesn’t mean never finding rest for your soul.
If I were to define contentment, I’d say: Contentment is an inward trust that God is both good and in control of my life, even when I wish my outward circumstances were different.
In Philippians 4, Paul tells us he learned the secret of contentment, and it’s a little unexpected: “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:12-13).
Desire and contentment are not mutually exclusive.
But how we act on our desires is important. Here are a few questions to ask yourself today to see if you are letting your desires dictate your contentment:
Are you letting your desires lead you to sin? (James 1:4)
Are you letting your desires hinder your relationships? (Colossians 3:5)
Are you letting your desires move you closer to God or further away from Him? (Galatians 5:16)
What’s the secret then? To deny our needs and wants? No, Paul didn’t fake his contentment. Nor did he find it because his circumstances were perfect. The contentment he found only came from Christ, not his own strength.
Even this sounds a little elusive. How do we find contentment in Christ?
I don’t know about you, but I love to think I can do things in my own strength. But I’m not as strong as I think I am. Try as I might, I can’t muster up my own contentment.
Contentment means living in God’s fullness, which means contentment is possible because it’s independent of our circumstances.
If you’re like me and wrestle with this, the Bible offers us practical ways to be content in our wanting. We can:
Fix our thoughts on godly things. (Philippians 4:8)
Remember what God has already done. (Psalm 103:1)
Talk to God; ask for what we want and seek His will in prayer. (Matthew 7:7-12)
Contentment means living in God’s fullness, which means contentment is possible because it’s independent of our circumstances.
We love verses like Ephesians 3:20: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”
Immeasurably more than all I can ask or imagine? Sign me up! I’d be super content with that. But the “immeasurably more” isn’t found in my life looking the way I want it to.
God’s fullness looks like verses 14-19:
“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
God cares more about our internal being than our external circumstances. Note what Paul calls the fullness of God: strength in your inner being, Christ dwelling in you, rooted and established in love, to grasp the love of Christ, to know his love.
God’s fullness does not change. He is “the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).
But this doesn’t mean we won’t still have desires. You can be content in Christ and still want something to be different.
Even when we finally get that one big thing we desired for so long, it won’t be long before we want something else.
In fact, I don’t know if we can truly be without desire and totally content this side of heaven. As long as we are alive, we are waiting for Jesus to come make all things new. Our longing for something more isn’t going to go away. But we can trust the Holy Spirit to help us experience contentment, regardless of our circumstances.
You can be content being single and still desire to be married.
You can be content in your job and still desire another one.
You can be content with a newborn and still desire to sleep more.
You can be content in whatever season you are in and still desire for something to be different.
Your longing for more is a good, eternal desire. Those desires move us to lean on the strength that comes from Christ. Who gives us everything we need to live fully right in the middle of our wanting today.
Meghan Ryan is an author and hype girl for people getting out of their comfort zones so they don’t miss the best part of life. A Florida beach girl born and raised, she currently lives in Nashville, TN and works as the Promotional Copy Writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries. Her passion is for helping people find and live out their God-given callings. She’s worked in ministry on college campuses and internationally. When she’s not surrounded by friends, you can usually find her reading a book, doing something outdoors or teaching a Pure Barre class. Her first book releases in 2024 and you can connect with her on Instagram @meghanmryan and at alwaysmeghan.com.
by Kia Stephens | Jun 15, 2023 | Healing, Life Advice
When it comes to father wounds, the actions and deeds of a father can attach themselves to the soul of a woman for her entire lifetime. They have the potential to suck the lifeblood out of her completely, leaving her just a shell of the woman she was intended to be. Periodically, the wounds haunt her like a recurring nightmare, or without warning they set off reactions in her brain and she may find herself blindsided by raw emotions: anger, depression, and grief.
While sitting in a therapy session, this very thing transpired. Not in me—in my counselor. We were separated by a large wooden desk that served as a reminder of the invisible client-counselor boundaries governing our relationship.
Monthly, I paid her so I could pour out my woes like water from a broken faucet. And no matter how devastating my personal accounts were, there was always an emotional barricade—and that desk—between us. She never showed feelings on either end of the continuum, which was fine; I was paying her not to.
On this particular visit I was tackling the subject of my father wounds. “I want to go out on a daddy-daughter date,” I said. “I want to be daddy’s little girl. How can God do that?” At the conclusion of my rant, I watched in amazement as my Christian counselor morphed into a daddy-wounded peer right before my eyes. My words must have triggered an undisclosed place in her heart, because she bulldozed right through the emotional and professional blockades she had erected. Her eyes filled with tears, her cheeks flushed, and she sniffled.
Before I knew it, she was engaged in a full-blown ugly cry, dabbing and wiping her face like it was her session and not mine. What in the world is happening? I thought but didn’t say. Here I was, staring at all of her accolades and accomplishments affixed to the wall, distinguishing her as someone certified to help me overcome my father wounds, and yet she was still dealing with some of her own. I almost got up and bypassed the wooden desk so I could hand her some Kleenex and attempt to console her. I opted not to, committed to the client-counselor boundaries that separated us.
Her response was a reminder: father wounds are absolutely unscrupulous, reducing all of us to little girls still nursing our pain in the bodies of grown women. Here she was, a professional woman and an accomplished author, fixed up and covered up but still wounded. She had an emotional hemorrhage that, to a certain degree, had been kept hidden, but that day my words outed her wounds in grand fashion.
Inadvertently, we return to the age at which we were wounded. Romanced by sorrow and wooed by our ache, we’re tempted to stay there. “Don’t leave,” our sadness says. “I need you,” our pain beckons. And like the lure of a really bad codependent relationship, we find ourselves stuck, addicted to our wounds. I’ve been here more times than I’d like to admit, and I have plenty of T-shirts to prove it.
What about you? How old were you when the sting of what your daddy did left its imprint on our heart? Two? Six? Twelve? Seventeen? How old are you now as you’re grappling with your wounds? It’s crazy to think of ourselves as young girls trapped in the body of a woman, but that’s who we become when we’re wounded, complete with pigtails and frilly socks.
The word of God reminds us that we do not have to remain in this state, stuck and paralyzed at the age we were when we first incurred the wounds. In Psalm 147:3 it says, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Although this Scripture is specifically referring to the exiles of Israel, I believe these words are applicable to women with father wounds. In this verse God is reminding us that our pain is not beyond His tremendous power. He is the Great Physician, able to reach into our past and heal our soul.
The Scripture says “He heals,” meaning this healing is ongoing. It is not a onetime deal but rather a supernatural act that can occur over and over in the life of the brokenhearted. For as much and as long as we need healing, God’s compassionate care is available to us.
The Hebrew meaning for the word “brokenhearted” is defined as the inner man: encompassing the mind, will, and emotions. God is capable of healing our unseen places. He not only heals the soul of the broken, but He also binds up our wounds.
This is my favorite part of this Scripture because the word “wounds” is plural. This means it does not matter how many wounds we identify in our lives, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, God is able to heal them all. We do not have to morph into little girls. God makes it possible for us to not only heal but overcome everyone of our father wounds.
Kia Stephens is the founder of Entrusted Women, which she created to equip Christian women communicators of color. A contributing writer for iBelieve.com, Beloved Women, Proverbs 31 Ministries, and Crosswalk, she is a recurring speaker at She Speaks, the Beloved Women’s Conference, and the Entrusted Women’s Conference.
by Meghan Ryan | Jun 6, 2023 | Life Advice
If You Feel Behind, Read This…
It was a typical Tuesday-night get-together with three of my closest friends. Every week, we meet to we catch up on our weeks and sometimes vent about work. Sometimes there’s a lot to share. Other times we talk about a passage of Scripture or a book we are reading together. It’s one of my favorite times of the week. However, a lot had changed in the last few weeks since we had to the chance to all be together. One friend had a baby, and another got married; the third friend was sharing about an exciting new job opportunity.
While I held my friend’s baby, in a beautiful new home she owned, and listened to all the news I was genuinely so thrilled to hear, I felt myself start to panic.
I had nothing new to share.
Not one thing. Nothing noteworthy happened in the weeks since we had all seen each other. I didn’t even have the prospect of a husband, baby or promotion coming. All I could think about was the milestone 30th birthday that was fast approaching and how we were all going to start a new decade of our lives in very. different. places.
The lie looped on repeat in my head: I’m behind.
It was paralyzing because I couldn’t fix it. It was just my reality. We were physically sitting in the same room, but I couldn’t feel any further away from them than I did in that moment. More than feeling behind; I worried I was going to get left behind.
From that moment on, I’d never “catch up” to where they were. And that made me feel both sad, and scared. Sad, because they all were living things I desperately wanted and was unsure if I would ever get. Scared, because if they kept moving forward, would they leave me behind?
Do you ever feel like I do, like everyone is moving on without you? Like everyone is graduating to a new phase of life, and you’re stuck where you are? Whether it’s watching another friend get married or have a baby, or finding out someone you know is buying a home, it’s easy to look around and wonder: Did I miss something?
In those moments, I often question myself. Was I not in the right city or at the right job? Did I miss what God was calling me to do? Why does it seem like things are happening for everyone else but me?
What do we do with those questions? We spend so much time looking at what everyone else has or is doing.
And I’m afraid we are missing out on the best parts of life because we are stuck wishing for someone else’s.
But what if there’s a better way to live? A way to stop feeling behind and like we are striving to catch up?
What if we learned to love the places we live without wishing for something bigger, better or that we were somewhere else?
What if we embraced the things we are good at, do for work and for fun instead of looking at what everyone online is doing?
What if we built real, authentic community with the people in front of us instead of feeling left out?
What if we found confidence in the race God marked for us instead of trying to chase another one?
It’s possible. More than that, I think it’s urgent. Because the enemy would love nothing more than to slow you down, sideline you or make you want to quit. But you have a part to play in building the kingdom of God, and it’s really hard to do that if you’re distracted by feeling behind.
Psalm 27:13 tells us where we can place our confidence when we feel behind: “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”
When I reflect on this verse, I know those questions I ask myself aren’t true. I can see glimpses of the goodness of God right now. I can see some of the ways He has been working out the details of my life along the way. And when I pause to reflect on this, I remember life is not about getting to the next destination or graduating to another life phase; it’s about being faithful with what’s in front of you and around you right now. (Hebrews 11:13)
If you’re feeling “behind” today, here are four ways I’ve found encouragement to combat those lies:
- Pray with honesty. We can still be honest about what we long for even when we learn to enjoy what we have now. Prayer has the power to change things, so don’t stop asking and believing for God to move. (1 Peter 5:7)
- Put down social media. When we stop looking at what everyone else has or what they are doing, we are better able to love the life that’s right in front of us. (James 3:16)
- Practice gratitude. Slowing down long enough to appreciate the gifts God has already given makes us feel less like we are missing out on something. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
- Change your perspective. There are things in my life today that I used to pray for, and that perspective changes how I live. There are also things in my life that other people are praying for. (Hebrews 12:2)
These things won’t help you get ahead or crack the code to getting what you want, but they can help you learn to love the life God has placed you in.
There are still many days when I’m frustrated by things that haven’t changed in my life. But when we look back and see evidence of God’s faithfulness then, we can have confidence He is still being faithful now.
The next time you experience the fear of being behind, remember: You are not behind.
God is writing a story that is unique to YOU. It may not be the story you want, and it may not be in the timing you want, but He is not leaving you behind. Over and over, the Bible shows us He has not forgotten us. Like Romans 8:28 says, whatever He is working out behind the scenes is for your good and His glory.
We can surrender our plans and put our trust in His capable hands. He is not going to leave us where we are, but rather, take us to where He wants us to be.
Meghan Ryan is an author and hype girl for people getting out of their comfort zones so they don’t miss the best part of life. A Florida beach girl born and raised, she currently lives in Charlotte, NC and works as the Promotional Copy Writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries. Her passion is for helping people find and live out their God-given callings. She’s worked in ministry on college campuses and internationally. When she’s not surrounded by friends, you can usually find her reading a book, doing something outdoors or teaching a Pure Barre class. Her first book releases in 2024 and you can connect with her on Instagram @meghanmryan and at alwaysmeghan.com.
