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Talking about yourself might also ...
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“Really? My mom had Alzheimer’s disease too.” “I get depressed sometimes too. Last year I ...
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Your intent might be to further invite the person to be open, and in some relationships these comments might actually do that. But they can also change the topic from what is on the other person’s heart to what was on your own. So if you do offer your own analogous...
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Pray One certain way to be persona...
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That is evidence that someone is on our hearts. Prayer joins together our knowledge of others, our love for them, and our...
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always listening for what is most important. You are listening for her affections, her emotions.
Be personal—that is, move toward people, know others, be moved by those things that are important. Pray for and with people—the best care identifies the needs in our lives that can be met only in Jesus Christ. Those are our most important and deepest needs.
You don’t have to know all the answers. Humility and love want to know more, so you ask for more. You ask what has been helpful and unhelpful. You consider how to pray. Then there is always more help available in the larger body of Christ, so we seek help together.
God is moved by his people; we too want to be moved by the pleasures and hardships of those we love. As we think about the fact that God is moved by us, we hope to be even more responsive to others. How might these realities affect how you pray?
The movement from knowing others to praying with them face-to-face can be hard. Why might that be? How do you hope to grow in praying with others?
1. Hardships are unique. No two forms of suffering are identical. 2. Hardships share something in common. They are painful and can leave us feeling at the end of ourselves. This is the reason why one psalm can speak to so many different troubles.
The Wilderness Story The exodus narrative began with God’s compassion and deliverance:
“The people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning” (Ex. 2:23–24).
The Lord then showed his mighty power over Egypt, and...
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the wilderness journey became longer and more difficult than ...
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The wilderness is hard, and we respond wi...
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The wilderness is, indeed, a place of destitution a...
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The wilderness feels as though all is lost and you can’t ...
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We grieve with those who grieve, we move closer to them, and we pray that they would be strengthened.
More is happening in the wilderness than hardships.
This desert is where water comes from rocks and manna appears every morning.
It is also where the Lord tests and trains his royal children so they can see what is actually in their hearts and can ascend with maturity and wisdom to the royal courts (Deut. 8:1–3; James 1:2–5).
