In 1930 a man by the name of Frank Laubach made a monumental decision. He decided to begin a prayer experiment to discover if he could be in touch with God all the time, what Paul the apostle would call, “prayer without ceasing.” His goal was to bring God to mind one second for every minute. Praying at home, praying when he was out, blessing those he walked by. A practice, for the most part, accomplished and one in which changed his life and, more importantly, changed his rel

Years ago I was a part of a teaching team for a Women’s Ministry. At this particular time, we were doing a series on spiritual disciplines. My week was prayer and fasting. Prayer - YAH!!  Fasting - UGH!! And what made it worse was that God very clearly asked me - okay, he told me - to fast in order to teach on it. FOR SEVEN DAYS!!! Oh boy, did I fight him on this, but eventually, of course, he won. But I wasn’t happy. For the first three days I argued and complained the entir

John Wesley is best known as the founder of the Methodist Church. But, equally, if not more  important, he and his brother, Charles, helped launch the Great Spiritual Awakening in the mid-1800s. John started a House of Prayer called the Foundry where miracles unlimited were released, including his brother’s prolific hymn writing. John was also a man of prayer. He would get up at 4:00 am in the morning to intercede for four hours before starting his day. Later in life, he woul