Prayer Word

Barry C. Black is the spiritual "leader of leaders" for the US Senate, shepherding those on the front lines of the decisions that shape our culture. Now Chaplain Black shows all of us how to thrive in the midst of today's turbulence and confusion by following eight principles that Jesus gave his disciples prior to sending them into a dangerous world. These teachings are as relevant today as when Jesus first spoke them 2,000 years ago.

Three months into her pregnancy with her first child, Hilary Yancey received a phone call that changed everything. As she learned the diagnosis - cleft lip and palate, a missing right eye, possible breathing complications - Hilary began to pray in earnest. Even in the midst of these findings, she prayed that God would heal her son. God could do a miracle unlike anything she had seen. Only when Hilary held her baby, Jack, in her arms for the first time did she realize God had given her something drastically different than what she had demanded.

In this raw, and at times cringeworthy devotional, Judy Lamborn reveals how transparency and vulnerability will lead to a richer, more intimate relationship with your heavenly father. She shares her heart with the hope that you would use her example as a catalyst propelling you into a new realm of intimacy with the Lord.

Naturally speaking words are powerful. Words can produce emotions; thoughts; words produces pictures; words are the tools of communication; in fact we cannot exist without words. Words are what Adam used to name animals and the Bible says whatever he called every living creature that was its name. Enters God. Hebrews Chapter 11 verse two tells us that: By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.