Prayers of REST

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Do you ever feel like when summer comes your rhythms and routines change?  For example, the way that I like to read my Bible and pray during the school year just doesn't fit with my kids being off school during the summer. And even if you don't have kids at home, summertime can introduce a completely different dynamic in your schedule! That’s why we are spending these summer months prayi...

Welcome to the Prayers of REST Podcast! For today's episode,  I've brought my friend Judy Dunagan on to help us wrap up our season on the Armor of God. Judy Dunagan is an acquisitions editor for women's books and Bible studies at Moody Publishers. She has a heart for discipleship and making God's Word and prayer come alive in everyday life. She is the author of the book The Lou...

Do you ever skip to the end of a book to find out what happens? There are times when I'm reading a novel and there's a battle scene that is just so intense, or there's a season for the protagonist that is just so hopeless, that part of me wants to skip forward to the end just make sure everyone’s going to be okay! And I wonder sometimes if we wish we had the end of our story… In the...

When it comes to spiritual warfare, I'll be the first to admit there's a lot I don't know… I feel like an absolute kindergartner when it comes to these things, but I can read Scripture and recognize that there are realities at work that I might not understand. One of those spiritual realities is that there are strongholds in this world. There are strong towers set up by the enemy th...

As a child, whenever I heard people talking about the Armor of God in church, usually there was this sketch of a Roman soldier that had the helmet and the belt and the shoes… And typically the Armor of God ended with the Sword of the Spirit. But when we look at Ephesians 6, there is one very important weapon that we cannot afford to overlook, and yet I think it is the one that we disregard most of...

If we are told to put on the Armor of God in our stand against Satan, it would stand to reason that Jesus Christ Himself did that when He went against Satan in the wilderness in His 40 days of testing… Nowhere is this more clear than in the way that Jesus responds to those three temptations. Did you notice that every time Jesus is tempted, He responds to Satan with scripture? The only offensive we...

When I was a child, I used to spend so much time looking out a window daydreaming. I mean, my mind would just run away from me! As a child, it was fine, but the problem comes when, as adults, we still do not reign in our thoughts. This is where part of this spiritual war is fought. Our fears, worries, fantasies, and feelings will try to take over, but we are not left without defense. God has given...

When the enemy shoots his fiery arrows, will you be ready? You know how in movies that portray ancient battles, there would be archers that shoot flaming arrows over the city they're trying to capture? The soldiers on the inside of the city are so busy trying to put out fires that they're distracted from the enemy line that is advancing and trying to barge through the gate. Well, it was...

It's no secret that we live in an anxious age. We're offered so many solutions to the restlessness and the anxiety in our minds. You could scroll social media, you could chill and watch a show, or you could do something else that just numbs the mind. But none of those things truly brings a lasting sense of peace… True peace is found only in Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. This is why...

There's a strange tension in spiritual warfare… Jesus Christ has already won the victory, but we're also called to participate in the battle. We cannot be passive and nowhere else do we see this more than when we are called to put on the breastplate of righteousness. This spring on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are praying through the Armor of God as we rest in the victory of Christ. Jo...

Do you know what the devil's favorite weapon is? Think about it for a moment. Can you picture it? It might surprise you. I'm firmly convinced that the devil's favorite weapon is lies. Think back to the Garden of Eden. That's how he got Eve… He deceived her with a lie, a half-truth. And think about how he tempted Jesus in the wilderness… It was by taking scripture and twisting i...

Have you ever had that terrible dream where you're in a public place in your underwear? I have, and it's terrifying because none of us in our right mind would wake up and forget to put clothes on. But every day we do that spiritually. We forget to put on our spiritual clothing. We forget to put on the Armor of God. Every day we are stepping out into the world unprepared, unclothed to eng...

A quick scan of today's newspaper headlines shows that so many people are doing things that are contrary to the will of God and it's easy to become angry with them…. It's easy to think that they’re the enemy, but Scripture says otherwise. We have a real enemy, but do you know who he is? Do you know how to defeat him? This spring on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are praying through...

Do you feel like there's a war being waged around you? I mean, not just politically in different parts of our global world, but spiritually around us? A battle is being waged for the souls of this generation… There is a real war, and we are called to engage in it. This spring on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are praying through the Armor of God as we rest in the victory of Christ. Join us ea...

How is praying through the Armor of God restful? What does it mean to go to battle in prayer from a posture of rest? Listen in to this conversation between Asheritah and her friend Kindra Stanton to find out! This spring on the Prayers of REST Podcast we are praying through the Armor of God as we rest in the victory of Christ. Join us each week as we: R - Recite God's Goodness E - Express You...

We're giving you the BEST of Prayers of REST this New Year! Our team is hard at work recording our new season of the Prayers of REST podcast, so in the meantime, we're bringing you some of our very best episodes from the past two years, the ones that listeners have loved the most since we started. We'd love to hear which of these episodes is YOUR favorite! Simply tag @asheritah when...

We're giving you the BEST of Prayers of REST this New Year! Our team is hard at work recording our new season of the Prayers of REST podcast, so in the meantime, we're bringing you some of our very best episodes from the past two years, the ones that listeners have loved the most since we started. We'd love to hear which of these episodes is YOUR favorite! Simply tag @asheritah when...