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The heart of it all

By Dave Henning / May 8, 2016

“Invite Jesus right into the heart of it all, right there, in the moment.”- John Eldredge Before discussing prayer for guidance, understanding, and revelation, John Eldredge has a short chapter (Chapter 10- “Pray Now”) on the need to pray right there in the moment.  Despite our good intentions when we tell someone we will pray […]

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It takes a whole heart

By Dave Henning / May 7, 2016

“The entire man must pray.  The whole man- life, heart, temper, mind, are all in it . . . it takes a whole heart to do effectual praying.”- E. M. Bounds (1835-1913) The conclusion of Chapter 8 of Moving Mountains serves as an introduction to Chapter 9 (“Daily Prayer”).  Author John Eldredge begins the conclusion […]

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The act of consecration

By Dave Henning / May 6, 2016

“The act of consecration is . . . the first step before God’s protection and provision can flow.”- John Eldredge John Eldredge begins Chapter 8 (Consecration- Bringing Things Under the Rule of Jesus”) of Moving Mountains by describing  a scene from the movie We Were Soldiers.  Sixty men spill out of eight Bell “Huey” helicopters […]

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I chose you- Jesus

By Dave Henning / May 5, 2016

“You did not choose me, but I chose you.”- John 15:16 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.”- John 6:44 “You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,” said the Lion.- C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair In Chapter 7 (“Removing One […]

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Proclaiming, invoking, and enforcing

By Dave Henning / May 4, 2016

“The Prayer of Intervention involves a flow of ‘proclaiming, invoking, and enforcing.’ “- John Eldredge John Eldredge concludes Chapter 6 of Moving Mountains by emphasizing that the believers praying for Peter’s release from  prison were  “proclaiming the truth, invoking the kingdom, enforcing the kingdom.”- just as Jesus had taught them to do.  Yet, when Peter […]

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The Prayer of Intervention

By Dave Henning / May 3, 2016

In Chapter 6 (“The Prayer of Intervention”) of Moving Mountains, John Eldredge references Acts 12- James Killed and Peter Imprisoned.  After King Herod Agrippa had the apostle James (the brother of John) put to death by the sword, King Herod had Peter imprisoned- intending to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.  Acts […]

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What does love look like?

By Dave Henning / May 2, 2016

“What does love look like?  It has the hands to help others.  It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy.  It has eyes to see misery and want.  It has ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men.  That is what love looks like.”- St. Augustine “May the favor of the […]

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Rule and reign

By Dave Henning / May 1, 2016

“God . . . is growing us up; we too must learn to rule and reign.”- John Eldredge John Eldredge concludes Chapter 5 of Moving Mountains by reminding us that Jesus, the Lord of angel armies, is now in the throes of bringing His enemies under His feet- along with angelic and human forces.  For […]

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Our present life

By Dave Henning / April 30, 2016

“Our present life feels like a real fight as if there was something pretty wild in the universe which we needed to redeem.”-William James In Chapter 5 (“Bold Authority”) of Moving Mountains, John Eldredge comments on words that get tacked onto the end of many prayers, yet seem to lack little of their original punch-“In […]

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I have called you friends

By Dave Henning / April 29, 2016

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.  You are my friends, if you do what I command.  I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business.  Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father […]

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The Spirit of sonship

By Dave Henning / April 28, 2016

“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.  And by him we cry,’Abba, Father.’ “- Romans 8:15 John Eldredge continues Chapter 4 of Moving Mountains with the assertion that nothing reveals your true beliefs like how you pray.  John adds that […]

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Effective prayer

By Dave Henning / April 27, 2016

“Effective prayer is far more a partnership with God than it is begging him to do something.”- John Eldredge “Taking five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves (emphasis added).”- Mark 6:41 “So they took away the stone [from Lazarus’ tomb].  Then Jesus looked up and […]

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