Some scriptures on mothers:

Ephesians 6:1-2 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 

Matthew 12:48-50- He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Isaiah 40:11- He tends his flock like a shepherd:
    He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
    he gently leads those that have young.

Psalm 139:13-14- For you formed my inward parts;
    you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.

Proverbs 23:25- May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!

Titus 2:3-4- Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,​

  PRAYER:

We celebrate mothers today Lord! We're thankful, reflective and wanting our mothers to know we honor them.  Help us love them deeply; and wherever there may be strain, lead us to forgive our mothers and love them as directed by you. 

We want our mothers to know you and ask that you bless them with a fresh revelation from the Spirit.  May they receive holy promise, and be led with your life and power.  God we praise you for your perfect design for them to carry new life, deliver, and nurture.  May each mother know that you see them, love them, want to bless them.

May we freshly express to our human mothers and spiritual mothers that they are honored for their countless selfless sacrifices, their tender mercies, their protective love, their longing to do the best that they can with what they know.  Bless them with your presence God.  Reveal yourself to them in their deepest area of need.  Let them know you see their tears, understand their worries, connect with their longings for their families, and celebrate their victories. 

Lift her face to look at you and be transformed by your love and light. 

Pause and agree.  "Yes LORD, transform _______ (insert mother's name) by your love and light."

Direct her thoughts to reflect on what is good, holy, and pure. 

Help each mother hold on to hope in the midst of storms.  To believe nothing shall be impossible with you God.  Encourage their hearts that you hear their cries for their families.  

Help her cast her cares on you Jesus, to be anxious for nothing but in everything with prayers and persistence to submit her requests to you and then trust.  Help her let go for the peace of God that transcends all understanding to guard her heart and mind in Christ Jesus.

Strengthen her with power that comes from the Spirit for every need. 

By faith we bless mothers with gifts from on high, for every good and perfect gift comes from above from the Father of Heavenly lights, in whom there is no shadow of turning.  We acknowledge Jesus that you have designed mothers to be like a glue that holds the family together.  Help them in the daily battle to keep things running smoothly, and to be sustained in the chaos!  Encourage her to gather her family for family time, to represent your will and ways to her children and/or  grandchildren, to have opportunity to renew herself in body, mind, and spirit.  Let her be a beautiful expression of your mercies and power and love and truth to the children under her care.  Let her greatest longing as a mom be one of a spiritual mother, intent to instill godly values and promise into the children under her wings. 

Sustain and heal families with your power.  Keep moms' hearts soft and pliable, open and receptive to your work, will, and Spirit.  Let them not become weary in doing good, for they shall reap a harvest in due time.  Teach them to cling to you in these days, reminding them that they are your child first and foremost, and they need to be held like a child by you, sustained and helped by you to be the mom they long to be. 

Thank you Jesus; for the beauty and transformative work of motherhood.  Bless this one as they rise in your graces.  Let others notice the beauty that becomes evident after spending this time in your presence.  Amen.

Do you know a mom that needs this blessing?  Will you please forward this to them?  Multiply this prayer to mothers!  Today's podcast is a similar prayer exercise to listen in and follow along found here- ​https://www.spreaker.com/user/12247282/280-friend-fri-a-prayer-of-blessing-for-

Often I have conversations with people about upset and disappointment.  And what is always evident is that we as humans skew naturally to the disappointment... to dwell upon it, and then carry it as our form of meditation.  We rehearse and rehearse, too often without releasing it regularly on to the shoulders of our burden bearer. 

To check that, what are you ruminating on right now?  What have you spent much of your week rehearsing?  Positive or negative things?

The things that burden us are typically not trivial things, but heart centric things.  Maybe we are making mountains out of mole hills in certain circumstances; but more than likely, our upset can be traced to deeper issues related to betrayal of trust, unforgiveness, disappointment, pride, lies, hurt, etc. 

Here are some examples of what people have recently confessed to me, that is consuming them:  

- a teenager who told her mom that she is bi-sexual and a satanist
- a woman who is consumed with anxiety that her senior mother's life depends on her sustaining her mom
- an adult who is caught in the middle of lifelong friends who cannot resolve their philosophical differences, so now their friendship circle is broken
- an adult son who has so much conflict with his mother that he wants nothing to do with her, but is wrestling with that choice within and its causing great anxiety
- an adult who wonders why God allowed 3 different big disappointments within the last month
- an adult who is grieving a death of a loved one, while also discovering upsetting secrets of another loved one

We are carrying burdens, deep, heart centric burdens.  Instead of rehearsing them constantly, we need to give ourselves a break and just enjoy Jesus!  We rehearse too much!  We need to process in His presence.  But practice positioning in rest so He can speak peace to still the storm!  

Do not draw away from Him in trial, let it lead to personal transformation through His supply of resurrection power! That is not a platitude, it is a promise.  And it is discovered in His presence!

And BONUS...  it can be done without words!  You can do this by visualizing spiritual promises from the Bible.  No words needed, just a willingness to "see" the pictures Jesus paints in His word.

Jesus tells us to cast our care upon Him, 1 Peter 5:7.  What if you saw Him carrying what you are trying to carry right now?  

He understands.  See Jesus carrying it.  Ask the Holy Spirit to help you form images in your mind.  In inexplicable ways, the Holy Spirit will do supernatural lifting of burdens within as you release them to Jesus.  I hope you try the following exercise.

A VISUALIZATION EXERCISE:

Isaiah 61:1-3 has a handful of pictures for you to use in His presence without words.  Pick one from below, and then place yourself in a humble position in His presence.  Ask the Holy Spirit to help you as you begin.  "God I need help visualizing Jesus' promises, bring them to life within my mind's eye."

• The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord resting on you
• Jesus binding up your broken heart.
• Jesus releasing you from a prison of darkness
• Jesus comforting you in your mourning
• Jesus exchanging your ashes for a crown of beauty
• Jesus depositing within you the oil of joy instead of mourning
• Jesus lifting off a spirit of despair, clothing you with a garment of praise.

The unbelief in you might be tempted to say, "That's ridiculous, how will it help me to picture any of these?  As soon as I get up, my reality will be unchanged and the stress will remain."

Cast down that argument.  Hold your thoughts captive to the promises of Christ.  He says, "Look to me.  Do not doubt, only believe.  Set your eyes on things above, not on earthly things.  Ascend." 

Believe in the power of God! Believe in His spiritual promises! Be blessed in your time with God!  If you want to experience more visualization of scripture, please listen in every Tuesday to Peace Be Still Daily prayer download!  Listenership continues to grow!  Praise God!

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Today being Good Friday, we’ll look upon Jesus’ suffering, because the punishment that was upon him brings us peace, and by his wounds we are healed, Isaiah 53:5.

One of the most beautiful promises Jesus brings us is a promise to renew our mind, to calm, soothe, and still our emotions.  Jesus puts us back in our right mind.  It is a continual renewal of thoughts that he promises.  It is experienced through remaining with Him.  But everything is not always up and to the right as Christians.  We struggle.  It’s a clue indicating our critical need to deepen in relationship with Jesus.  In Western culture, anxiety was at epidemic proportions prior to the pandemic, so what now?  Of course, it has increased.  No need to quote statistics, we are living it out, we know anxiety has increased.

Does Jesus care?  Does He understand the anxiety that overwhelms?  Yes, he does and we find clues of his extreme mental and emotional distress when we read the accounts of Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane before he goes to the cross.  The book of Mark and Matthew inform us that Jesus admits to his disciples that his soul is overwhelmed to the point of death.  The book of Mark tells us that he fell to the ground and prayed.  He didn’t kneel and pray, he fell to the ground.  Both Mark and Matthew tell us he agonized for a long time in prayer, praying 3 different times, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”  The book of Luke reveals that he was sweating profusely in this agonizing time of prayer, and was so disturbed within, it triggered a rare physiological condition where he sweat blood.  The condition is called hematidrosis and is extremely rare, with only a handful of documented cases.  All who experienced it were victims of extreme mental and emotional trauma and terrifying violence.

Piece all those Gospel clues together.  Jesus falls to the ground, a sign of physical weakness from overwhelming internal turmoil.  He agonizes in prayer 3 different times through the night.  He is not getting a good night’s sleep before going to the cross.  He is running on no sleep.  And though an angel comes to strengthen him, Luke records that after, he was still in anguish, Luke 22:44.  Jesus kept praying, and doing so even more earnestly.  In this state, he was sweating profusely, his sweat mixed with drops of blood, the drops falling to the ground. 

When you piece the Gospel accounts together, can you see how clear it is that Jesus was experiencing mental and emotional distress at a level no one else ever will?  Your worst panic attack?  Your soul crushing depression?  Jesus knows.  He went there.  He bore the burden.  He experienced it all.  He carried the weight of it all upon Himself and took all human brokenness, all sin, all shame, all sickness to the cross. 

In the midst of this distress, Jesus gives his disciples a prayer challenge, “Could you not keep watch for one hour?"  He was worried for them, urging his disciples to watch and pray so they would not fall into temptation.  The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.  He knew the spiritual traps coming to test Peter.  He had just told Simon Peter after the Passover meal, "Satan has asked to sift you like wheat", Luke 22:31.

Peter's saving grace was that Jesus prayed for Peter's faith not to fail, Luke 22:32. Praise God today that He is your continual intercessor...

Hebrews 7:25- "Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."

Are you sleeping?  Tell God, confess your weaknesses.  Wait in the mercy of His presence.  Call on help from the Holy Spirit if you do not know what to pray, Romans 8:26-27.

Peter and the other disciples slept despite the warnings.  And the consequences are immediately obvious.  Peter responds in the flesh at the first temptation, acting violently, pulling his sword and cutting off the ear of the high priest’s servant who come to seize Jesus, Mark 14:47.  Jesus however responds in the Spirit, taking the man’s ear and putting it back on his head, fully restoring his ear, Luke 22:51. 

Flesh versus Spirit!  What a difference in terms of outcome, Romans 8:6!

Let the example of Jesus urging his disciples to watch and pray challenge you to take some quiet time.  Assess.  What is the state of your walk with Jesus today?   Are you prayed up?  Are you in the flesh or in the Spirit?  Take all anxiety and internal upset to Jesus to be strengthened by Him.  He understands your anxiety.  He's endured on your behalf.  He promises to comfort you.  Practice staying longer in His presence, resting under the covering of His precious blood shed on the cross.  Please visit our podcast page to find some inspiration to linger longer with God.  Amen.

It is never comfortable to see a leader in a moment of fear.  It is unnerving.  We want our leaders to have it together, to show strength and speak words that  inspire, calling us to face dangers with courage.  So then, what about Jesus, the greatest leader that there ever was, or ever will be?  What about his moments of soul crushing emotion he let show in the Garden of Gethsemane?

Mark 14:34-35- He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” He went on a little farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by.

Operative words... "He told them..."  

Jesus didn't hide; and most likely couldn't have hid, the extreme distress that had begun to consume him.  The King of kings bared his soul to those closest to Him.  His example and his experience in the Garden of Gethsemane is worth closer examination for our own mental and emotional health.

Does Jesus understand your roller coaster of emotions?  Does He really feel the depths of soul darkness and depression you feel?  Your belief can be found in how often you say, "God, do you see my distress?  Do you care?  Can't you see my suffering?"  

About 13 years ago, I happened upon a book by a Chief Medical Examiner (CME) named Dr. Frederick Zugibe.  Over the course of his lifetime as a forensic pathologist, he felt called to give Jesus an autopsy by reaching back through the centuries.  He saw forensic detail in the Gospel accounts that gave him enough credible evidence to report what Jesus suffered at each point of his walk to the cross; and then conclude how He died.  His forensic examination included all aspects of Jesus' physical suffering, including mental and emotional distress.  As a CME who performed over 10K autopsies over his career, in one of the most violent counties in NY, he felt confident that his assessment of Jesus' suffering was credibly grounded in first hand experience and research.

I admit when I read the book, I had to put it down many times.  It opened up for me a view into Christ's suffering that I never saw.  Reading what Jesus would have felt in all of his bodily systems, especially his mental and emotional state, was shocking and moving.  Where before I scanned over the 3 Gospel accounts that record Jesus saying his soul was overwhelmed to the point of death, now I stop and enter that moment with Him, understanding a little better, from a medical and human perspective, what was happening within Him.  I love Him more.

If you want to know Jesus better, I invite you to join in this Thursday night April 1st at 8PM EST for a forensic look into Jesus' suffering in the garden.  It will be about a 1 hour presentation with medical conclusions from Dr. Zugibe, as well as a few prayer prompts along the way.  You'll have moments of silence to reflect, talk to Him, and do what He did, confess your distress.   I greatly encourage you to look upon Jesus' mental and emotional suffering.  The deeper you connect with His pain, the less you will say, "God, do you care?"

"Watch and pray" with Jesus in to the Garden of Gethsemane!  Take a closer look at what he endured before anyone laid a hand on Him!  This event will be held live on Youtube, as well as on our Into the Waters Facebook page, and within our private FB group Peace Be Still.  

Here is the Youtube link or click on the picture below! Set a reminder for yourself!  

The first time God mentions prayer is in Genesis 20:7.

He tells a king named Abimelek that he should not attempt to get a woman named Sarah as a wife because she is already married. God reveals that the woman’s husband (Abraham) lied to him telling him that Sarah was his sister. In fact as we know, Sarah was in fact Abraham’s wife. So God tells Abimelek to return Sarah to Abraham; and that Abraham would PRAY for him, Genesis 20:7. Abraham PRAYS for Abimelek; and God then heals Abimelek and his household so they could have children again, Genesis 20:17.

What is truly wild about this first account of prayer is that God abundantly blesses Abraham in the middle of his sin!  And even more interesting is that it is a repeated sin!  See Genesis Chapter 12:10-20 which details the first time he lied about Sarah being his sister!

In the middle of being caught in his sin, Abimelek gives Abraham flocks and servants and land and money, Genesis 20:`14-16!!!  In Genesis 12:16, Pharaoh gives Abraham large amounts of flocks after he takes Sarah into his palace.  He keeps the gifts!  The gall!  And then gets away with it even after being found out.  No rebuke from God!  Abraham is treated with a great amount of favor that is radically unreasonable, especially since he started all the trouble by lying! 

Take a minute to wonder, why would God have a man who lied TWICE about the status of his wife (to save his own neck) pray for Abimelek? Early in chapter 20, you learn that Abraham told Abimelek that Sarah was his sister because he was afraid of being killed, thinking Abimelek would forcefully take Sarah from him by taking his life. In reasoning this way, he put Sarah in great danger, but God intervened and kept Abimelek from touching Sarah, Genesis 20:6.

You learn that Abraham’s fears and schemes for self-preservation drove him to do this. You could make a case for Abraham’s fears and justify the lie pretty easily. Abimelek was a Philistine king of a nation with war-like values.  Clearly Genesis 12 gives precedence that the rulers of these lands took woman as they so pleased.  They were cultures that loved self-pleasure, worshipped false gods, and could be violent to outsiders, . Therefore the fact that Abraham feared for his life was reasonable. But still, by lying, he put his wife’s life on the line to save his own neck. God could have punished Abraham for this, still saved Sarah and Abimelek, but that is not what he did. Instead God tells Abimelek that Abraham is a prophet who would pray and save his life. So here you see God calling Abraham out on his God given position as prophet whose prayers would save Abimelek’s life, Genesis 20:7. God also warns Abimelek that if he did not allow Abraham to pray for him, in his disobedience, he would die, Genesis 20:7.

By going through those details, you learn what prayer is… judging in a way that intervenes in order to save. This a key aspect of prayer... modeling God's character towards us, not treating us as our sins deserve.  This is the biblical definition of the Hebrew word palal. This essentially means mercy, judging with mercy in order to save. Mercy must always be part of prayer.

God in his mercy saved us.  Jesus is our ultimate intercessor continually interceding on our behalf.

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.- Hebrews 7:25

God developed that lesson in Abraham by saving him from his own stupid mistake. He would have realized the hand of God intervening on his behalf because Abimelek came to him and told him that God appeared to him in his dream and told him about Abraham’s lie, Genesis 20:8-10. And then when Abraham would have probably expected to die on the spot, instead Abimelek makes Abraham exceptionally wealthy in a sudden outpouring of gifts!

God saved his neck and then blessed him in abundance!  This is the heart of God!

What would your response be if you were caught in a lie by someone who was pre-disposed to violent ways? Wouldn’t you be afraid? But instead, God blesses Abraham through the man pre-disposed to violence… Abimelek! That is some incentive to pray! And this is a key to prayer. God’s mercy incentivizes you to pray! I imagine Abraham’s prayers being fervent and lively for Abimelek based upon God treating him with such unreasonable mercy!

So what is a prayer? It is a request asking God to intervene with acts of mercy in order to save.

Therefore, if you ever want someone to pray effectively for you, ask them if they have experienced God’s mercy in these ways? Was their life saved by Jesus? Have they experienced him intervening on their behalf saving them from stupid decisions, self-preserving ways? Has God supplied their needs and blessed them in unexpected and sudden ways? If you find that type of person, you have found a treasure. They will pray for you in a way that judges you with mercy, intervening in order to save. This is what true prayer is.

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This is the 10th exercise released over the last 10 days for the Advent season!  Find the interactive prayer exercises on the podcast tab or click above to find the podcast on Apple podcasts!  Below is  the content of today's Peace Be Still episode if you prefer to read it to engage.  Blessings!  
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Hello Gina from Into the Waters, welcome to Peace Be Still and this Advent season!  It’s Friend Friday, a time to experience the presence and person of Jesus Christ, Immanuel, with us is God.  Isaiah 7:14 says the LORD himself will give you a sign:  The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.  Let’s call upon His Name today.

Yesterday’s episode shared in the prayer portion that Isaiah wrote those prophetic words 700 years before Jesus was born.  We see those words reappear in Matthew 1.  An angel of the LORD appears to Joseph telling him not to be afraid, but to take Mary as his wife, because the child within her is from the Holy Spirit; he should be named Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.  And then it says that "all of these supernatural events took place to fulfill what the LORD has said through the prophet Isaiah:  The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means “God with us.”

Jesus, God with us, fulfilled that prophecy as he ministered on the earth, and continues to fulfill that prophecy for you today.  God is with you.  Deuteronomy 31:6 is a promise from Jesus in the Old Testament- Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Remember Jesus is timeless, eternal, that Old Testament prophecy is from Jesus himself.  We get a glimpse of His eternity and coming from the prophecy in Micah 5:2-
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me
    one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” 

Jesus, a leader coming from ancient times,? Yes.  NKJV says "Whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” The Amplified version clarifies his goings forth saying- His goings forth (appearances) are from long ago, From ancient days.”

The prophet declared God himself was coming!  And yet Jesus has always been with His people, from the creation of physical time and space, Jesus has been with us!

So today, let’s proclaim His presence with us.  Just position to repeat, affirm, and invite His presence with an open and receptive spirit.

Jesus, you are with me.

I carry your Spirit within me.

Nothing can separate me from your love.

Immanuel, you are with me.

You will never leave me or forsake me.

No one can snatch me out of your hand.

You are with me in the storm.

You speak to the wind and the waves within.

“Peace Be Still.”

You are with me in my fear.

I am not to be terrified or afraid. 

You go with me. 

You promise to guide me.

Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

Save me from guiding myself.

I need your wisdom.

By your Spirit, whisper wisdom.

Now wait quietly in His presence.

Silence…..

Help me obey your counsel.

Help me surrender to your whispers.

You go before me.

I am not alone.

Jesus, you are with me.

Immanuel... with me is God.

Amen.
 

Hello! Happy Monday! Or not. There is a ton of heaviness and angst many are carrying right now due to the world's current state of affairs.

In early March, just five days before everything got shut down in my state of New York, I was at a Christian women's conference. Jennie Allen was the last speaker, and she had us do a listening prayer exercise. We were to ask God a question, what is a key for my faith this year? What came to me was "trust". At that time I was in a good place in terms of trusting God, so I wondered what that meant. And very shortly I was about find out. I would definitely need to deepen in trust.

We are each experiencing our own levels of anxiety and upset and upheaval since the pandemic changed our lives. Some have experienced loss in terms of a job, a family member, perspective on life. We are a nation in turmoil.. Our daily lives scrambled. One day we hear "x", the next day it is changed to "y". What should have been settled on November 3rd is not done, or is it? Conflict, divide, only seems to be intensifying already fragile connections and relationships. Are we facing another shut down? Depends who you ask! Truly our foundations are being shaken. We are forced to examine if our faith is built on solid rock or sand, Matthew 7:24-29 .

God IS calling us to deeper levels of trust. Trust in His Sovereignty. Trust in His Word to feed our soul and satisfy every need. Trust in the day-to-day and let go. Trust and freshly discover He provides for our soul’s every need!
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"Who of you can add a single hour to your life?" Matthew 6:27

Jesus is calling us to live hour-by- hour, moment-by-moment, not to forecast. We must let go of false notion that we have control over anything. "Trust ME."

We are in a wilderness experience as the body of Christ. We are walking in territory that requires clinging to Jesus.

So how are you doing with that? Is His WORD feeding your soul so that you get up from His presence satisfied? King David's wilderness words of "When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

Psalm 63 reveals King David was up through the night. Not ruminating on certain doom, but meditating on the faithfulness of God. He was clinging to the LORD. His soul following closely behind Him. He envisioned following behind God. His Good Shepherd in front of him. God's right hand of power upholding him.

Into the Waters resources offer you ways to cling to God. To visualize His hand holding yours. To rest beneath the shadow of His wings, offering interactive exercises to reflect on the faithfulness of God. We've had online prayer and meditation sessions; and the testimonies that come out are always irrefutable of His presence and comfort and power touching participants! We have a Monday-Friday daily podcast that is growing in daily listens, and producing similar praise of God's presence and power. People say they weep in His presence. They are connecting with Him, being fed and nurtured in the secret place with Him. So I invite you to listen to the podcast for the first time, or again as we launch a new format that starts today!

This week we are introducing the podcast in theme format with repeatable spiritual disciplines to practice on the same day every day of the week. Here is how it will break out:

• Mellow Monday- Breath prayer and silence
• Tranquil Tuesday- Visualizing images from scripture
• Worship Wednesday- Prayer exercises exclusively for worship
• Thoughtfulness Thursday- Listening to and repeating scripture for mind renewal
• Friend Friday- Experiencing the presence and person of Christ

Enthusiastic feedback comes in for times when the podcast includes a prayer over the one listening. That aspect will continue to be included in various sessions. But on a day-to-day release, the themes and disciplines will repeat so you can practice and build your prayer relationship with God. Oh how He longs for this time with you!

Today's podcast is a breath prayer of "Lord Jesus, have mercy on me." You'll hear a brief background on breath prayer and then be led into the exercise. Gentle instrumentals end the session so that you can practice on your own and end in your own timing. You can find Peace Be Still Daily Prayer Podcast on all major podcast providers. Try it out! Would love to hear your feedback after!

And finally, this ministry is a by faith ministry. We rely on one-time offerings and monthly donors. No pressure, but know that your donation will go to expanding reach, expanding offerings, and pressing in to our mission to help people linger longer with God in prayer, to draw near and know Christ! See our donate page for secure link if you want to support our prayer mission. Blessings!