Beauty from ashes…does it really happen? I never really understood the devastation of California wildfires until my friend’s brother and family lost their home to this run-a-way destructive force.  One minute they had a home, business, and community, and in the next it all went up in smoke. Only ashes remained. I wondered what I …

Are you looking for a prayer for a good work day? The workday can be stressful. There are definitely days I wake up and wish I could hit the snooze button because I dread what’s to come at work. The last year has made it really hard to make every day a good work day. …

It’s so easy to trust God when things are going smoothly in our lives, isn’t it, friend? Yet I sure have a lot to learn when it comes to walking in faith when the road ahead looks dark. You too? Jesus said we’d have trouble in this world (John 16:33) and while life sure has …

To answer the question what does it mean to take every thought captive? we need to consider more than the five little words tucked toward the end of a passage on spiritual warfare.  “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are …

It’s Advent season! Many are getting ready to celebrate Advent in order to embrace the real meaning of this season. While there are many books and websites on advent, there isn’t much to be found on simple Advent prayers.  Many beautiful prayers and liturgies can be located in books and articles on this revered ritual. …

Is the Lord calling you to step out in faith, but fear is holding you back? Do you desire learn how to be bold and to profess boldly your faith to others, only to find yourself tongue-tied and fumbling for the right words?  Let’s face it. The world gives us plenty of reasons to keep our …

I can tell you with absolute certainty that there is literally nothing cooler than learning how to hear God’s voice- feeling like God is speaking directly to you. It’s what I long for every time I open the scriptures, that intimate connection and communication that marks healthy relationships. That’s what being a Christian entails, a …

I have a friend that wakes up each day and proclaims, “Thank you, Jesus, for waking me up!” I love that! Is her life free of troubles? No. She is dealing with hard issues going on in her life that could get her down. Instead, she chooses to rise up and praise the name of …

Being single again for 10 years, I have had plenty of opportunities to pray. I have poured out my heart to God over circumstances that seemed overwhelming, impossible, and heartbreaking. I have struggled with feelings that threatened to sink my emotional ship in a sea that rose to tsunami proportions. At times I have wondered …

  Jessie Synan is a Ph.D. student in Bible Exposition who helps other women find their prayer focus in a distracting world. She went from her ADHD interfering with her prayer life to finding her own unique rhythms for prayer and encouraging other women to do the same. She is the founder of Pray With …