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“For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation.” → Psalm 149:4
What delights the Lord as He looks at you?
Dad, I’m not sure how to look through Your eyes and see myself. I can’t bring myself (to what appears to me as an arrogant state) to express how [...]

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”→ Ezekiel 36:26
Are you interested in overcoming your selfishness and putting your life in order? How might the Lord want to help you?
A heart of [...]

Look back on the last two weeks. What has been happening in your life? What plans for prayer have you for the next two weeks?
Dad, I’ve never planned out prayer or thought in advance of what I would pray about. As a matter of confession, I have often clumsily fell into praying without thought. [...]

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” → Matthew 11:29-30
Spend your prayer time preparing for confession, reconciliation.
God, sometimes I meet You and want to say so much [...]

“For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.” → Matthew 18:20
Do you share with others your faith in Jesus? Your hopes for yourself? Should you? Could you?
Lord, a little known fact about me is that I went to school years ago to study Apologetics (defending and/or giving proof [...]

Reflect. Who are you? What do you want to be? What do you want to have?
Father, I am who I’ve always been. The question is… who is that? Who is the man in the mirror beneath the facade and skin and petty attempts at misdirection?
The truth is I don’t know how to define [...]

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened Which of you fathers, if your son [...]

“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” → Luke 11:13
In your own words, ask for the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, I know you’ve already sealed me with [...]

What do you think the devil wants you to do about prayer? What does Mary want?
Dad, I imagine the devil wouldn’t want us speaking at all. And I we do, it is only for me to toss obligatory pleasantries and wish lists Your way. He wouldn’t want me to know Your voice [...]

“I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.” → John 16:20
Think on this: What makes you happy? What makes you sad?
Dad, this is difficult to think on - let alone write out loud. One thing makes [...]

“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, [...]

“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.” → Matthew 5:23-24.
The right attitude to have in doing this retreat is [...]

How much time will you spend in prayer daily?
Dear Lord, I honestly haven’t thought about time in regards to this new habit I’m trying to acquire. I simply want to get into the habit first. I know that You desire my heart and that is indicative of the time and resources I [...]

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” → Mark 11:24
What is it you want from these days of prayer? Look at Mark 11:24 and do it.
Dear Lord, I long for a more “real” relationship with You. I long for my connection [...]