🕯️🙏 LAY IT DOWN (Week 2 – Going Deeper in Prayer)

Welcome back to Week 2 of Going Deeper in Prayer!

This week, we are moving into one of the most challenging parts of the Lord’s Prayer: “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10

It is easy to pray “Your will be done” when God’s will looks a lot like ours. But what happens when we have prayed for the healing, the relationship, the child, the open door, or the answer we desperately want…and God’s plan looks different from the one we had hoped for?

Join me for Week 2’s video, I’m sharing personally about what this has looked like in my own life and what I am still learning about trusting God when the story does not unfold the way I imagined. So grab your Bible and your journal, light your candle, and let’s go deeper together!

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Sometimes the hardest thing we lay down
is not the problem itself…
It’s the ending we already wrote in our minds.

This week, we are going to look more closely at what it means to seek God’s kingdom, surrender our own plans, and trust Him with the outcome.

Week 2 – Challenge

Keep your candle going and add to it – soft music every day in your home. Choose worship, classical or another form of peaceful music that helps you focus on the Lord.

My candle and soft music literally change the atmosphere of my home. While the rest of my home may be messy, my candle keeps on burning and my soft music keeps on playing. Morning, noon and night they serve me. My candle serves me with a flickering warm light, a pleasant scent, and a reminder to turn to God as my source of strength and help. My music serves me with a soothing sound. They don’t make messes, they don’t need managed, they just simply bless me and my family. I hope it blesses you too.

Here is this week’s Bible Reading Plan

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This Week’s Verses of the Day:

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Let’s begin! It’s time to slow down and catch up with God. Light your candle, give thanks to the Lord, then open God’s Word and drink deeply from the living well.

Keep walking with the King,

Did you miss last week’s video? Here it is below:

I’m so glad you are joining us!
You can use any notebook you have
or if you want the journal, it is available
exclusively on Amazon.

If you want it right away – the Digital/Downloadable version
is available on Etsy at a lower price –> find my Etsy Store here.

The study guide includes: 4 weeks of Scripture readings, devotionals, reflection questions, prayer, journaling space, and weekly Making Your Home a Haven challenges.

We’ll be walking through the Lord’s Prayer with these four themes:\
Week 1 – Look Up
Week 2 – Lay It Down
Week 3 – Come and Receive
Week 4 -Go Deeper

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🕯️ 📖 Look Up (Week 1 – Going Deeper in Prayer)

{Cue the Confetti!!!}

It’s time to begin the 17th Annual
Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study!

Welcome to Going Deeper in Prayer – a 4 Week Journey through the Lord’s Prayer.
This week, we begin with the theme LOOK UP . Before Jesus teaches us what to ask for, He teaches us who we are praying to:
“Our Father in heaven…”

This is not about praying harder but rather about going deeper as we go line by line through the Lord’s Prayer.

Join me for Week 1’s video as we discuss what “Going Deeper in Prayer” means, how easy it is to begin with the problem instead of the Father, and why remembering who God is can change the way we pray – then pull out your journals and begin!

{If you are reading this in an email or feed – click here to view the video}

( If you don’t have a copy of the study guide yet: the Paperback version of GOING DEEPER IN PRAYER can be found on Amazon. If you want it right away – the Digital/Downloadable version is available on Etsy at a lower price –> find my Etsy Store here.

Week 1 – Look Up

As we begin to slow down this week, may we experience a sort of reset – where our minds are reset on the things above rather than the things of this earth. And may our times of prayer lead to peace in His presence and strength as we look up to our Heavenly Father, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

So let’s get started! I invite you to commit to giving the Lord 15 minutes a day to follow through on the scripture readings, prayers and challenges in this study. God’s Word is alive and active! He will transform you as you turn to his son Jesus, the one who laid his life down for you on the cross, so you can lay your life down and find rest in Him.

Week 1 – Challenge

Go buy an extra-large candle and light your candle every day in your home. Each time the glimmer of the candle catches your eye, slow down, pray and give thanks.

I will be starting mine in the morning but you can start yours at dinner time or whenever is convenient for you. I will be placing mine in the kitchen – the main hub of my home.

Let’s make our homes feel like a warm hug and a sweet haven all month long!

When we do not take the time to tend to our own souls – we have nothing left to give to others.