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What Is Life Like without Your God-Connection?

By claireann.smith@surrenderinprayer.comPosted on October 23, 2016October 23, 2016Posted in God in Everyday lifeTagged experience God, get close to God, relationship with God

Clarence looked at the green leaf as it sailed past him, blown by the wind. In some ways he felt like that leaf—at the mercy of the wind. The wind in his life were the people and circumstances to which he responded in an ad hoc way. He had no compass. He felt directionless, unable[…]

3 Simple Ways to Encounter God in Everyday Life

By claireann.smith@surrenderinprayer.comPosted on February 28, 2016February 28, 2016Posted in General, Going Deeper in PrayerTagged experience God, God everyday

And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known. by C. Austin Miles That chorus that’s well-known to some reads as if the poet, C. Austin Miles, was encountering God in everyday life. It has that[…]

When you pray, are you afraid to look?

By claireann.smith@surrenderinprayer.comPosted on March 29, 2015March 29, 2015Posted in Prayer and GodTagged experience God, surrendered prayer, when you pray

Look at what, you may ask? What is it I may be afraid to look at while I pray? Yes. On the surface it may seem like a strange question. However, it’s not only look at, but also look to. Are you afraid to look to God when you pray? On the surface you may[…]

When You Pray, What Type of Child Are You?

By claireann.smith@surrenderinprayer.comPosted on March 15, 2015Posted in Going Deeper in PrayerTagged child, experience God, like Jesus, surrendered prayer, when you pray

What type of child are you when you pray? That’s assuming, of course, that you see God as your parent. After all, it was Jesus who said that when you pray you should say, “Our Father.” Yes. God is the loving parent, while still being the omnipotent one. So, what type of child are you? Can[…]