http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/07/20/praying-for-america/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/07/20/praying-for-america/#comment-107 lessonsfromgod Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:22:28 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=632#comment-107 Amazing insight honey! Amazing insight honey!

]]> http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/07/20/praying-for-america/#comment-104 Ben Watts Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:21:08 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=632#comment-104 Right on, Laura. "We need to stop trying to stitch people up with our fancy ministries and start healing them from our own brokenness." When I read that, I thought "that's what John meant when he wrote that we've overcome by the word of our testimony!" Thanks for sharing this thought. It takes some courage to reveal our own weaknesses, but God is strong when we're weak. Right on, Laura. “We need to stop trying to stitch people up with our fancy ministries and start healing them from our own brokenness.” When I read that, I thought “that’s what John meant when he wrote that we’ve overcome by the word of our testimony!” Thanks for sharing this thought. It takes some courage to reveal our own weaknesses, but God is strong when we’re weak.

]]> http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/07/20/praying-for-america/#comment-100 Laura Logan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:40:36 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=632#comment-100 Great content, & so true about our idea of our Daddy in heaven not being able to meet our needs if our earthly fathers don't even know what those needs are. All I can say for America is to pray for the hearts of her people. The issues, no matter how deep, stem from wounds in our hearts. We can't patch an oozing heart, no matter how hard we try, because the bandaid won't stick. We need to stop trying to stitch people up with our fancy ministries and start healing them from our own brokenness. Until we dig deep into their wounds, their fears, their hatred, their sense of abandonment, and remove them from their hearts, we can't replace them with God's love and goodness. They won't stick. We need to show them our own patchwork quilts of healing and testimony. Then we can see change. People will start acting from their hearts, and NOT their HURTS. Great content, & so true about our idea of our Daddy in heaven not being able to meet our needs if our earthly fathers don’t even know what those needs are. All I can say for America is to pray for the hearts of her people. The issues, no matter how deep, stem from wounds in our hearts. We can’t patch an oozing heart, no matter how hard we try, because the bandaid won’t stick. We need to stop trying to stitch people up with our fancy ministries and start healing them from our own brokenness. Until we dig deep into their wounds, their fears, their hatred, their sense of abandonment, and remove them from their hearts, we can’t replace them with God’s love and goodness. They won’t stick. We need to show them our own patchwork quilts of healing and testimony. Then we can see change. People will start acting from their hearts, and NOT their HURTS.

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