Tag: prayer
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Lecherio’s Prayer (Sex v. God)
Um, uh, hi, God, this is Lecherio. This is kind of weird. I know that’s mostly Ernest’s thing, but maybe that’s the whole point, is that I, uh, I guess I need to learn to start talking to you from this vantage point.
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2025-08-27 SAM: How To Raise (Son A 4/8)
“I want to be born / Into a life / That is fully devoted to You / But my inmost parts / Are beyond my understanding…
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Identificational Prayer: The Cross That Destroys Strongholds
I’ve learned that identificational prayer — standing in humility, identifying with those we pray for — is the most powerful prayer there is. / James says “the prayer of a righteous person has great power” (James 5:16), and in Christ, that righteousness is ours by grace, not by performance. /…
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The Last Prayer: Bonhoeffer’s Alternative Ending (Skit)
This story imagines a moment when Bonhoeffer, caught between faith, action, and despair, made a choice to confront evil, not with weapons, but with truth. The goal is not to second-guess his choices, but honor his real-life legacy by grappling with the questions he faced: What does it mean to…
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8/20 Epic Poem: Whole-Heart Ask
If we want God / To take our part / We first have to give / Him our whole heart…
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6/12 Limerick: Self-Answering Prayer
Q: If humans had taglines, what would yours be? A: Incarnating the peace I’ve been seeking for Others
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Dream: Cyborg 911
I realize they are terrorists / One of them is enhanced / Bionic / I jump on him / Pinning him to the floor
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5/19 Limerick: Lasting Stand
When things do not go as I planned / It’s tempting to make a “last stand” / But stands that are lasting / Must pivot through fasting / To make sure I stick to God’s hand
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RUPA Spiritual Impact Model: How to redeem those we love
Lately I’ve been wrestling with a series of questions around: – parenting – evangelism – discipleship – inner healing I wonder if the acronym RUPA might address all of them: – Relationships – Understanding – Prayer – Authority
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Honoring Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson is truly one of God’s greatest gifts to the 21st century church. But to be honest, sometimes he drives me crazy.
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Prayer Bears
The primary job of prayer Is that love we bear We may think we care Yet we rarely dare To give more than our share
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Whole-y Pray-ers
[aka Hegelian Prayer: Asking for God’s synthesis, not just our thesis] God wants whole-y pray-ers
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Dream: Chocolate Shop Fail
I am in a cavernous store, the size of COSTCO. It is basically a tourist trap. Actually part of a series. In a resort. In the mountains. This one is a candy store. Each day they take us to a different one. I wasn’t interested so I wandered off.
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Prayer: The Right of Intercession
When there is nothing constructive leftTo learn, think through, or repentI must do the work of an intercessorAnd trust God for what happens next
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Effective Righteous Prayer
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. There are many types of prayer, for many reasons and occasions. This is my current preferred practice for “prevailing”…
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DBJ Family Edition (John 13)
A simplified version of DBJ-LOVE-5 we used with our parents and kids.
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RSVP with God: Outcome-Driven Quiet Times
RSVP stands for the four steps I have been using to help my spirit align with God’s purposes for my life: Rejoice: Meditate on yesterday’s emotional highs and lows until you find a way to rejoice in them Shalom: Repeat until you can rest in God’s peace. Over time your…
Radically Happy 