We’ve all experienced small-scale deaths, disappointments, and disorientation. Yet, no matter what comes, we can ask God to grow us in this privilege of praying in the Holy Spirit.

We must ask God to give us a heart that is willing to kneel down and weep with those who are weeping.

Our time in prayer gives us the incredible gift of humbly gazing on God’s power, victory, and glory already present in each of our days.

God isn’t asking you to be strong enough to handle everything. He’s asking you to trust that he’s near even in the mess.

Remember the prayers he has answered on your behalf. Remember the mountains he has moved. Remember the cross of Calvary.

In this excerpt, pastor and author Jeremy Linneman shows readers the difference between “approaching God as merely a strong and powerful and compassionate God and approaching him first and foremost as our Father.”

When we read our Bibles each day and no angels dance on the page, when we pray and the walls of a prison do not shake, and when we speak and revival does not break out, that’s okay.

How do we get the kind of love our churches truly need? David McLemore helps answer this question by taking us to Paul’s experience with the church at Philippi.