“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
“Learning to pray doesn't offer us a less busy life; it offersus aless busy heart.” — Paul E. Miller Busy life 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 Acknowledging 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
“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
“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
“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
“All of Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Gospels can be summarized with one word: ask.” — Paul E. Miller Christianity 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
“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 Truth 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
“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 Fill in the blank 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“... 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
“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
