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The God Who is Merciful by Sarah Ivill
When you think about prayer what comes to mind? Has prayer been a struggle for you or are you eager to pray each day? Do you wonder if your prayers really matter or do you believe that God uses your prayers to accomplish His plans and purposes? Are you eager to grow in your prayer life or are you content to remain where you are? Prayer is a gift from God. Therefore, believers should delight in talking to God the Father through the Son by the power of the Spirit. It's good, then, that the Bible teaches us how to pray. Some chapters in the Bible record for us the prayers of God's people. Daniel 9 is one of them. Through Daniel's prayer we especially learn that God is merciful to those who confess their sins and seek Him.
The Dark Night of the Soul: Where to Run When Your World Falls Apart by Shane Idleman
The phrase, "The Dark Night of the Soul," has been around for over 500 years. It represents a deep season of suffering and confusion when we feel abandoned by God, but the ultimate purpose of the 'dark night' is to deepen our spiritual union with Him. Theologian R.C. Sproul, in an article, wrote that this darkness is something that "the greatest of Christians have suffered from time to time. It was the malady that provoked David to soak his pillow with tears. It was the malady that earned for Jeremiah the sobriquet, 'The Weeping Prophet'." He clarifies, "This is no ordinary fit of depression, but it is a depression that is linked to a crisis of faith, a crisis that comes when one senses the absence of God or gives rise to a feeling of abandonment by Him."
The Safety You're Building is Temporary by Pablo Giacopelli
There is a kind of safety most of us have been chasing our entire lives without ever naming it. It is the safety of the arranged world. The safety of a healthy bank account, a stable relationship, a secure job, a locked front door, a clear diagnosis, and a peaceful country. The safety that comes when the circumstances around you finally line up in a way that lets your nervous system exhale. We spend decades trying to build this kind of safety. We work hard. We plan carefully. We mitigate risk. We accumulate enough of the right things so that the outside world will finally give us permission to feel okay inside.
