Interceding for the Abused Children Among Us
I was snuggled deep in the covers when my eyes popped open and I heard the still, small voice of the Lord whisper to my heart. "It’s time to pray for the hurting children."
The Joseph Plan
Have you ever bruised your heart by tripping on a relationship? Maybe your best friend stopped speaking to you, your boss spewed his bad attitude all over your work, or the kids tried to wake you to ‘woke,’ and because you said, ‘no,’ in love, you must deal with the fallout. These things shouldn’t happen, not when you have God’s Holy Spirit inside of you, right?
Shine The Light
Today the world is steeped in darkness, filled with stumbling blocks of sin, trouble, and confusion. In times like these, we need to make sure we become like living flashlights, meaning that the light of God's presence is shining in and through us. Romans 12:11 can be summed up this way: Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord.
Turning the Tables on Holiday Strife
Are you dreading holiday get-togethers because of conflict that you know might happen between relatives or friends? Pray this Prayer.
The Prayer that turns Pain to Joy and Difficulties to Peace
Linda Evans Shepherd I was furious. “They want to do what? Take another MRI of Laura’s brain?! No! I won’t allow it.” Nurse Sharon was patient with me. “You don’t…
Rise Above Your Emotions
Linda Evans Shepherd Is it possible to rise above circumstances you can’t change? It is when you serve a God Whose Kingdom is not subject to the cares of this…
The Power of Pin It Prayers
by Linda Evans Shepherd in Leading Hearts magazine I love to send prayers into my multiple social media accounts so that my friends can pray along with me. My prayers…
Is This the Worst of Times?
IF THE EARTH WERE HIT WITH A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC, WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?
You know these answers by heart: sickness, death, losing a loved one, job loss, not being able to pay bills or rent, having to work from home while homeschooling kids, or horrors — not being able to buy toilet paper!
All of this sounds pretty drastic, and yet, suddenly, very familiar. Yes, these are hard, unexpected times, and we never saw it coming.
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Time to Send Up a Panic Prayer?
by Linda Evans Shepherd in Leading Hearts Magazine
Considering that the world is in the panic of a pandemic, I’m want to share a prayer initially intended for a book called Praying Through Your Every Emotion, soon to release from Baker Revell. This book will be a dictionary of emotions complete with a mini-Bible study and accompanied by a paraphrased prayer to correspond with each of the 64 emotions I cover inside the book.
Here’s one I can share with you now, a prayer about the emotion ‘PANIC.’
(more…)Uncertain Outcomes
In other words, it would be nice if God would share His insights about all that concerns me and those I love. I’d love to see His bullet points about how these difficulties will eventually turn out, but like everyone else, God keeps me in the dark.