answering the call to restful living; with joy
Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and your year is off to a great start. Towards the end of December, I mentioned that I was feeling very overwhelmed. I had made a lot of major decisions in the Fall about the kind of life I want to live, but I had …
Let’s chat about vision boards; visualizing our dreams by getting them out of our head and putting them on paper, and setting goals to accomplish them. Have you heard about the “One Little Word” trend? It’s where, instead of making a New Year’s resolution that you forget about by the time February rolls around, you …
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What does gratitude have to do with prayer?
We know from Philippians 4 that thanksgiving is a part of prayer and gratitude is the posture with which we are to present our requests to Him. Sometimes, doing that is enough as, in the process of giving thanks, we remember that He’s given us all we need. Practicing gratitude helps us to see his constant presence and faithful love, and that gives us confidence in prayer.
As our pastor put it in a recent sermon on Psalm 17: “an honest cry for help comes from a heart that has wondrously seen the steadfast love of our saviour”
We can be genuine in prayer, with complete openheartedness, because we know Him and we know who we are in relation to Him. Practicing gratitude aids in that knowing. I’ve really enjoyed writing a running list this year; how do you practice gratitude?
”I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. Wondrously show your steadfast love… I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.“
[Psalm 17:6-7, 15]
”Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life...“ [Psalm 23:6]
These are pages from my Joy Journal from last week. I used the printable set “Not Once” by @kristina.proffitt for @illustratedfaith #printprayshop which reminds us that He is always with us.
🎶 All My Days ~ Ellie Holcomb
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