“Learned desperation is at the heart of a praying life.” — Paul E. Miller Desperation Copy Share Image
“be truth-focused. The truth is that I need to love the other person.” — Paul E. Miller Love Copy Share Image
“All of Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Gospels can be summarized with one word: ask.” — Paul E. Miller Christianity Copy Share Image
“The kingdom comes when Jesus becomes king of your life. But it has to be your life.” — Paul E. Miller Kingdom Copy Share Image
“Learning to pray doesn't offer us a less busy life; it offersus aless busy heart.” — Paul E. Miller Busy life Copy Share Image
“There's not a lot of drama in helpfulness, but it is the fabric of love.” — Paul E. Miller Helpfulness Copy Share Image
“Prayer is a moment of incarnation - God with us. God involved in the details of my life.” — Paul E. Miller Incarnation Copy Share Image
“Anxiety is unable to relax in the face of chaos; continuous prayer clings to the Father in the face of chaos.” — Paul E. Miller Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Learning to pray doesn’t offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart. In the midst of outer… — Paul E. Miller Busy life Copy Share Image
“Cynicism and defeated weariness have this in common: They both question the active goodness of God on our behalf.” — Paul E. Miller Cynicism Copy Share Image
“We have an allergic reaction to dependency, but this is the state of the heart most necessary for a praying life. A… — Paul E. Miller Dependency Copy Share Image
“The criteria for coming to Jesus is weariness. Come overwhelmed with life. Come with your wandering mind. Come messy.” — Paul E. Miller Life Copy Share Image
“If you wait, your heavenly Father will pick you up, carry you out into the night, and make your life sparkle. He… — Paul E. Miller God Copy Share Image
“We don't know how bad we are until we try to be good. Nothing exposes our selfishness and spiritual pwerlessness like prayer.” — Paul E. Miller Prayer Copy Share Image
“In order to pray like a child, you might need to unlearn the nonpersonal, nonreal praying that you've been taught.” — Paul E. Miller Children Copy Share Image
“Self-will and prayer are both ways of getting things done. At the center of self-will is me, carving a world in my… — Paul E. Miller Getting things done Copy Share Image
“If you are not praying, then you are quietly confident that time, money, and talent are all you need in life. You'll… — Paul E. Miller Life Copy Share Image
“Why is hesed love so important? Because life is moody. Feelings come and go. Pressures rise and fall. Passions ebb and flow.… — Paul E. Miller Ebb and flow Copy Share Image
“God takes everyone he loves through a desert. It is his cure for our wandering hearts, restlessly searching for a new Eden...… — Paul E. Miller Best gift Copy Share Image
“One of the subtlest hindrances to prayer is probably the most pervasive. In the broader culture and in our churches, we prize… — Paul E. Miller Life Copy Share Image
“When I begin praying Christ into someone’s life, God often permits suffering in that person’s life. If Satan’s basic game plan is… — Paul E. Miller Game plan Copy Share Image
“As we wait and pray, God weaves his story and creates a wonder. Instead of drifting between comedy (denial) and tragedy (reality),… — Paul E. Miller God Copy Share Image
“God is a person, and his universe reflects his personhood. The closer something is to the character of God, the more it… — Paul E. Miller Beauty Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when we say "God is silent," what's really going on is that he hasn't told the story the way we wanted… — Paul E. Miller Copy Share Image
“Everything you do is connected to who you are as a person and, in turn, creates the person you are becoming. Everything… — Paul E. Miller Covenant Copy Share Image
“Sometimes hesed is translated “steadfast love.” It combines commitment with sacrifice. Hesed is one-way love. Love without an exit strategy. When you… — Paul E. Miller Love Copy Share Image
“To be cynical is to be distant. While offering a false intimacy of being "in the know," cynicism actually destroys intimacy. It… — Paul E. Miller Cynical Copy Share Image
“Prayer is asking God to incarnate, to get dirty in your life. Yes, the eternal God scrubs floors. For sure we know… — Paul E. Miller Asking god Copy Share Image
“Cynicism creates a numbness toward life. Cynicism begins with a wry assurance that everyone has an angle. Behind every silver lining is… — Paul E. Miller Bright side Copy Share Image
“Remember the point of Christinianity isn't to learn a lot of truths so you don't need God anymore. We don't learn God… — Paul E. Miller Copy Share Image
“When confronted with suffering that won't go away or with even a minor problem, we instinctively focus on what is missing,...not on… — Paul E. Miller God Copy Share Image
“... while our world is reluctant to call something evil, it has also grown cynical about the possibility of unselfish love. The… — Paul E. Miller Evil Copy Share Image
“If God is sovereign, then he is in control of all the details of my life. If he is loving, then he… — Paul E. Miller God Copy Share Image
“Our “in tune with my feelings” era believes that to be true to myself, to be authentic, means I need to act… — Paul E. Miller Authentic Copy Share Image
“I am starting to see there is a difference between “saying prayers” and honest praying. Both can sound the same on the… — Paul E. Miller Help others Copy Share Image
“According to Jesus, acknowledging our neediness opens the door to genuine and lasting happiness. Religions usually talk about what a person has… — Paul E. Miller Copy Share Image
“Because we can do life without God, praying seems nice but unnecessary. Money can do what prayer does, and it is quicker… — Paul E. Miller Life Copy Share Image
“...Jesus opens his arms to his needy children and says, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will… — Paul E. Miller Children Copy Share Image
