Do You Pray for God to “Break” You?
Someone was telling me about this a while back. Praying for God to break him. “What do you mean by that?” I asked. “And where is it in the Bible?” He was probably taken aback by my questions, and didn’t know the answer. He just prayed it...Bible Journaling Before Bible Journaling Was Cool
I’ve made references to my Bible journaling in a few of my posts through the years, primarily here and here and here. I even blogged about it for Desiring God. But recently I came across this story written in March of 2000., sixteen years ago. *** It was on the choir...Why Did David Lift His Eyes to the Hills? A New Perspective on an Old Question
Psalm 121:1 says in the King James, I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. But David’s help didn’t really come from the hills, of course. Verse 2 says: My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Because of that confusion,...Lessons From Blind Men and the Elephant in the Room
It’s an old story, turned into verse, which you can read here, from an old Indian legend. Nowadays it might be considered politically incorrect. But there’s a point to it. You may well be familiar with it. Six blind men begin feeling different parts of an elephant....Searching For the One Who is Worth Searching For
“How can I pray for you?” I asked that question of three different young women on the same evening. To my surprise, they all gave basically the same answer. “That my eyes would be opened.” “That my vision of Christ would be clearer.” “That I would see Jesus.” They...
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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