When we pray, we expect God to show up and answer. He always does — but not always in the way we expect, or on the timeline we want. In the passage below, Naaman, a military commander, arrives with a very specific idea of how God should heal him. When Elisha’s instructions don’t match that picture, Naaman walks away angry. It’s worth asking: Do we sometimes put limits on God by expecting Him to answer in a particular way? 2 Kings 5:10-12 — “Elisha sent out a servant to meet him with this message: ‘Go to the River Jordan and immerse yourself seven times. Your skin will be healed and you’ll be as good as new.’ Naaman lost his temper. He spun around saying, ‘I thought he’d personally come out and meet me, call on the name of God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and get rid of

Today’s general prayers were mostly silent. We took to heart King Solomon’s instructions and spent five minutes in complete silence and stillness, simply sitting with our lord and savior. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Don’t shoot off your mouth, or speak before you think. Don’t be too quick to tell God what you think he wants to hear. God’s in charge, not you—the less you speak, the better. MSG I have really come to appreciate the ancient prayers. Some of the prayers that I practice have been prayed for millenia. Repetitively echoing the voices of spiritual fathers and mothers that lived generations ago is beautiful and full of mystery. So is sitting in silence in God’s presence. That is what we did today. We invested the first five minutes of our call simply being with God – no questions, petitions or praises. If it has been a while – or you have never

Today’s prayers were simple and powerful. We prayed for you to continually seek excellence in your work and to ask for God’s help when you don’t know what to do. Prov. 22:29 Observe people who are good at their work—     skilled workers are always in demand and admired;     they don’t take a backseat to anyone. MSG James 1:5 If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. MSG We prayed for God to: We love praying for you and feel privileged to be on your team.

This week over half of the world will either celebrate Pentecost or Eid al-Adha. Both Muslims and Christians are recognizing and remembering miraculous events during the week. God’s provision is the focus of millions of people this week!  We prayed from Genesis 22:1-19. My synopsis of the story is this: God asked Abraham to radically trust Him by sacrificing his son; God rescued Abraham’s son from a sacrificial death by providing a ram; then God pronounced a blessing on all nations through Abraham’s descendants because Abraham trusted God with what he loved the most: his son. We prayed: Thank you for keeping us current with your challenges and celebrations. It is our privilege to pray with you for your work. Praying and trusting, The prayer team and Dayn P.S. Below is the passage from Genesis with my highlights. Can you imagine the conversation between Abraham and Sarah, his wife, before

2 Chronicles 1:1-13. The books of the Bible titled 1 and 2 Chronicles are effectively history books that detail the lives of the leaders of Israel for several generations. This passage outlines how Solomon started his reign as king. One of our prayers is that all of us in leadership follow his lead in how we order our approach to leading. Solomon commenced his kingship by: The training that I received in school and in the marketplace had a different order: I regularly asked God to bless the plans that I made. Goal setting, working with excellence and aggressively executing plans are what good organizations do. Solomon’s example of looking to Heaven first and aligning with God’s purposes before getting busy with work is the mark of a great organization. We prayed: Praying in the right order, The prayer team and Dayn

When our team gathers to pray for you and your company, we are fully awake to what God is doing and fully alive to what He is asking us to do. I love the feeling of being fully alive and participating in something that God has invited me to do with Him. We are praying for you to experience the abundance of doing business with God. In the second century, St. Irenaeus of Lyons wrote, “The glory of God is man fully alive; and the life of man is the vision of God.”  In our prayers today, we combined his quote with John 10:10 (emphasis added) “A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.” MSG  Thank you for letting us pray for you. We prayed for: P.S. What