Rhythms of Grace

When You Can’t Fight the Good Fight…

Dear Praying Friends,

I listened to a song this morning that says that God will fight for me when I can’t fight for myself. But then I thought, “Am I supposed to be fighting for myself?” Scripture does tell us to “fight the good fight of faith.”(1 Timothy 6:12) But I have always felt that is not possible without the power of the Holy Spirit. So what do we do when we can’t fight? Well, I’ll tell you what I do…I pray again. I cry out to God again. I recognize again that He is my all in all and that I can’t really do this thing called faith without Him. As I have been pondering all of this today, I did a search on “weakness.” One of my favorite “findings” is from the Apostle Paul: “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10.

Let’s keep praying in the power of the Holy Spirit…

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BRING BEAUTY FOR ASHES!

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Sunday, October 5, 2025: Another good scripture about God fighting for us: Exodus 14:14

Prayer Pointer: “Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.” — Corrie Ten Boom

Prayer Fuel: Lord, help us to fight the good fight of faith in the power of Your Holy Spirit. There is really no other way to fight. Help us when we become self-sufficient to become God-sufficient. You are the One Who supplies all our needs and we thank You! (add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BRING BEAUTY FOR ASHES!

Think/Journal/apply: In what ways can I show real trust in God as I go about my day? 

As You have time: A God Who Fights for Us

Worship Song for Today: Battles

For more prayer “fuel” for October, let’s pray for our churches:The Gospel Coalition:18 Things to Pray for Your Church

Help us get the word out for National Day of Prayer 2026! You can download the theme artwork seen above here. I encourage you to use it in your email signatures to help everyone prepare to pray with us on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

Make Just One Someone Happy…

Dear Praying Friends,

For several days now I’ve had the song “Make Someone Happy” running in my head. I think we’d all agree that our Nation and our world is a pretty turbulent place right now. I believe that we don’t have to engage with the anger and strife but that we as believers in Christ can be the ones who bring some happiness to someone. I encourage you to pray about it this month and to ask the Lord whose burden you can lighten. And I encourage you to pray with me:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BRING BEAUTY FOR ASHES!

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Wednesday,October 1, 2025: Nehemiah 8:10

Prayer Pointer: Do everything in love. Four words that capture the essence of following Christ—not just in grand gestures of faith, not just when people deserve it, and not even when it feels natural—but everything. -Our Daily Verse

Prayer Fuel: Lord, thank You for the good things You provide in our lives. Help us share some joy with others through acts of generosity and love. Show us someone that we can make happy today. (add your own prayers here)SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BRING BEAUTY FOR ASHES!

Think/Journal/apply: Consider sending a kind text, or better yet, a hand written card to someone who may need a little encouragement today.

As You have time: Happiness a devo by Billy Graham

Worship Song for Today: Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God

For more prayer “fuel” for October, let’s pray for our churches:The Gospel Coalition:18 Things to Pray for Your Church

Help us get the word out for National Day of Prayer 2026! You can download the theme artwork seen above here. I encourage you to use it in your email signatures to help everyone prepare to pray with us on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

Love Never Fails… Part 2

Dear Praying Friends,

It’s been some days now since I wrote a blog post. I don’t think the Lord is saying “done” but He has given me some space and time to rest and grieve at the passing of my mom.

I think most of you know that my mom passed just days before I headed to Washington DC earlier this month. I knew I had some important things to do there and that I would have to delay my grieving process until I returned.

I would appreciate your prayers for our family as we will celebrate Mom’s life on October 18 in our “home place” in western PA.

This past weekend, I led a group in a community prayer walk of the University of Wyoming. It was a powerful event with the theme “Love Never Fails.” Before we set out, we sang together the precious children’s song “Jesus Loves Me.” When I went onto the campus I imagined many there joining our “choir” and singing “Jesus Loves Me” alongside us. I knew that this was God’s heart and I began to pray for that.

He continues to remind me that “Love Never Fails.” He doesn’t want us to rejoice at the demise of the wicked, He wants us to weep over their lost souls. He reminds me constantly that I am to pray for my enemies and exhort you to do the same.

As we finish September let’s keep praying:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAMS!

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Friday,September 26, 2025: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Repeating this from my last post:

Prayer Pointer: 

Prayer Fuel: Lord, as the world seems more and more confusing for us, help us to look to You for Your direction. Fill us with Your love for others and help us to pray for our enemies, too. That is hard, Lord, and so we rely on Your strength, courage and wisdom in our relationships with others. Keep reminding us that Your love is the greatest weapon. (add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAM

Think/Journal/apply: Ask the Lord to bring to mind someone who is hard for you to love. Ask Him to show you them through His eyes.

As You have time: Love Never Fails

Worship Song for Today: This song ministers deeply to me…I hope is speaks to you, too. Love Never Fails

For more prayer “fuel” for September, let’s pray for our schools: I Can Pray for My School calendar

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

Love Never Fails…

Dear Praying Friends,

I am home from WDC and it has been a bit of re-entry as I process all the Lord showed me there. I know that many were praying for me as I went to pray with our US Congressmen. I was feeling overwhelmed the morning of the day that I was to see them but I knew that the Lord was telling me to go in faith. He answered in more than abundant ways and I am still walking in the “glory cloud” from those prayer meetings.

Someone commented that is was “amazing” that they allowed me to come. I asked the Lord about it and heard Him say, “Love never fails.” He has been reminding me over and over again to “build bridges and tear down walls.” We are to love what God loves. God loves people. That doesn’t mean we are to compromise on His truth when we see things that clearly grieve Him.

This has been a tough week in our Nation and He also has reminded me that disagreement can be the breeding ground for hatred. I exhort you to spend much time in prayer as you see news and hear comments from others. I believe that we will still see another spiritual awakening in the USA but we have to trust God through the difficult days we are navigating. It is by the help and guidance of His Holy Spirit that we stand. Let’s keep asking Him to show us His dreams

As we continue through September let’s keep praying:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAMS!

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Sunday,September 14, 2025: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Prayer Pointer: 

Prayer Fuel: Lord, as the world seems more and more confusing for us, help us to look to You for Your direction. Fill us with Your love for others and help us to pray for our enemies, too. That is hard, Lord, and so we rely on Your strength, courage and wisdom in our relationships with others. Keep reminding us that Your love is the greatest weapon. (add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAM

Think/Journal/apply: Ask the Lord to bring to mind someone who is hard for you to love. Ask Him to show you them through His eyes.

As You have time: Love Never Fails

Worship Song for Today: This song ministers deeply to me…I hope is speaks to you, too. Love Never Fails

For more prayer “fuel” for September, let’s pray for our schools: I Can Pray for My School calendar

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

Walking Through the Valley

Dear Praying Friends,

I am grateful for the many messages I have received regarding my mom’s passing into glory this week. The Lord has been answering your prayers by putting His arms around me with His comfort and care. There is nothing like these. And even though I know there will be more tears ahead, I am grateful that Jesus answered my prayer and took mom with Him to heaven.

I had mentioned in my previous post that I am heading into Washington DC for 6 days of prayer. At the time of this writing, that is tomorrow morning, September 4, that I will be leaving home and heading to Denver to fly out. I have a friend accompanying me and I am grateful.

As I have prayed about this, I know that my mom would want me to go to WDC. She has always been my biggest cheerleader and she always told me that I could do anything that God wanted me to do. I know that her wise counsel over the years has sustained me as a woman in ministry. It has been a tough road but I continue to walk forward.

Please pray with me as I continue to dream God’s dreams for the rest of my life here. I believe that new missions are out ahead and I’m waiting upon the Lord for His marching orders. I’m praying for all of you to dream His dreams, too.

As we continue through September let’s keep praying:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAMS!

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Wednesday,September 3, 2025: Psalm 24:4

Prayer Pointer: 

Prayer Fuel: Lord, help each of us in the valleys because those can be the hardest and most confusing places for us. Thank You for loving us in our weakness and carrying us in our heartbreak. You understand all about who we are because You were one of us. Thank You for humbling Yourself to come and live among us. (add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAMS!

Think/Journal/apply: What valley am I facing right now? Talk to God about it and ask for His help.

As You have time: Walking Through the Valley

Worship Song for Today: Stand in Your Love

For more prayer “fuel” for September, let’s pray for our schools: I Can Pray for My School calendar

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

Going into the Battlefield…

Dear Praying Friends,

Ever feel like you are heading into a battlefield? As I write this today, that’s how I feel. Yesterday as I had my pastor pray for me he told me that I was heading into a battlefield.

I would appreciate your prayers for me as I head to Washington, DC, September 4-10, 2025 to speak to the Nation about God’s Dreams and to pray with our US Congressmen from Wyoming. Yes, I feel I am headed into a “battlefield” because of the chaos in our Nation right now. BUT…I feel that God has me “armored up” and ready. Today, after some intense days of prayer and some sleepless nights, I am receiving “breakthrough”.

I want to thank you all for your prayers for me as I “soldier on.” I read this on Bible Hub and it resonates today:

“The support and encouragement of fellow believers are vital in sustaining morale and fostering resilience.“

I feel like I’m taking so many “with” me as I go to WDC because so many are praying.

As we begin a new month, let’s switch things up in prayer:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAMS!

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Monday, September 1, 2025: John 16:33

Prayer Pointer: 

Prayer Fuel: Lord, help each of us in the battles we are facing in this cold, hard world. Help us to hold tightly to You as we “soldier on”, seeking to do Your perfect will. Let each brother and sister know that they are here “for such a time as this.” Help us to be faithful!(add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO DREAM YOUR DREAMS!

Think/Journal/apply: Have I put on the armor of God by relying on His strength and not my own?

As You have time: Fighting the Battles in Your Mind–Rick Warren

Worship Song for Today: Battle Belongs

For more prayer “fuel” for September, let’s pray for our schools: I Can Pray for My School calendar

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

A Change in the Air?

Dear Praying Friends,

I normally don’t post anything on the blog on weekends, but feel that I should write today. (8/30) For a long time, I have tried to post daily (or almost daily) with scriptures and prayer prompts. This past week has been more challenging and I have not posted as much. With that I have wondered if there is a change in the air. I have written because it is an outlet for me before the Lord. As I pour words out, it helps me to process what God is doing and saying to me.

I shared about a breakthrough in prayer earlier this week and I’m still rejoicing in the answer. But with the breakthrough of persevering prayer usually comes weariness and I do feel weary.

In a prayer group this week, I shared the words of Dick Eastman in his book, Love On Its Knees:

“Intercession is fighting. It is engaging in battle. “

Whenever we pray “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is Heaven” we are engaging in a “light and darkness” battle. Now please understand that we already know the outcome and as a precious pastor friend once reminded me, “We’ve read the end of the Book and we win!”

But in all of this, it doesn’t change the fact that we are still in a battle until He returns to make everything right. With that battle comes different “seasons”. I think we’d all agree that the world and our Nation are very different than they were 10 years ago.

The one thing that we can count on in this world is that change will come. Is there change in the air now? I have wondered about it this week and I will continue to pray and ask the Lord to guide me in regards to this prayer blog and also the plans He has for me.

I hope that you will keep praying even when the battles seem endless and even hopeless.

At the end of August 2025 I still pray and I invite you to join me:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BE UNSHAKABLE. (based on Psalm 62:6)

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Saturday, August 30, 2025: Daniel 12:21

Prayer Pointer: In every season, God is still God. ~Marcus Lamb

Prayer Fuel: Lord, is there a change in the air? Give me and my brothers and sisters Your wisdom and understanding as we navigate these difficult times. If there is a change coming, help us to move in Your Spirit’s power to embrace the changes that You desire to bring to Your Church. You have said that You will have a Bride without spot and wrinkle and we know that we are in a sanctifying journey with You. Help us to submit to God and to resist satan. Thank You that nothing separates us from Your love. (Ephesians 5:26-27) I pray in Your Name and I stand in Your Name..(add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BE UNSHAKABLE. (based on Psalm 62:6)

Think/Journal/ply: What struggles in my life feel overwhelming right now? 

As You have time: “God may call you to a new season, but he wants you to know: you’ll never face the future without his help.” ~Listen to Max Lucado’s message When Seasons Change here.

Worship Song for Today: Seasons

For more prayer “fuel” for your summer months: Summer “Pray and Play” prayer calendar

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

The Blessing of BREAKTHROUGH!

Dear Praying Friends,

I am so excited to share a breakthrough in prayer! For a few weeks now, I have been praying for favor with a government official. I reached out more than once and got no response. But the Holy Spirit would not relent and encouraged me to keep praying and asking. Today (Tuesday, 8/26) the answer came in with a resounding YES!

I share this to encourage you. If you feel that God wants to do something in your life but the answer seems delayed, keep asking Him about it. If the burden to ask does not lift, I believe it is because He wants to bring a breakthrough. Ask with a humble and sincere heart and wait on the Lord. I watched Him move this way and I was shouting for joy when the answer came.

I pray on into August 2025 (nearing the end) and I invite you to join me:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BE UNSHAKABLE. (based on Psalm 62:6)

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Wednesday, August 27, 2025: Colossians 4:2 AMP

Prayer Pointer: We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible hindrances. – E.M. Bounds

Prayer Fuel: Lord, thank You for Your answers to our prayers. Help us know what we should be asking You for, what Your will is. And when things don’t seem to move forward, give us the courage to keep on asking until we see Your answer. Thank You for allowing us to participate in Your work on Earth. I pray in Your Name and I stand in Your Name..(add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BE UNSHAKABLE. (based on Psalm 62:6)

Think/Journal/Apply: In what ways are you courageous?

As You have time: Max Lucado: The Prayers of a Weary Soul

Worship Song for Today: Don’t Stop Praying

For more prayer “fuel” for your summer months: Summer “Pray and Play” prayer calendar

Praying, praying, praying…Gina

Just one thing today …

“What great need we have of God’s mercy lest the easy distractions of the world delude us into forsaking what we have so tentatively begun, lest we fail to persevere in our desire to answer God’s invitation to peace. We need to persevere in our desire to love the Lord and in our attempts to make some return to him for so many proofs of his love, especially his constant, persevering presence in our soul. This faithful lover never gives up on us. However long we live, we could never wish for a better friend than God, who even in this life grants us a far greater peace than we are able to desire.”

-Teresa of Avila

IS A TRUE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING COMING?

Dear Praying Friends,

Because I have been involved in prayer ministry for many years, I have read about the “spiritual awakenings” of the past. They have always intrigued me and I’ve wondered if I would be privileged to see another move of God like these in my lifetime.

An article on Bible Hub, tells me that there are Biblical foundations for the idea of spiritual awakening:

The concept of spiritual awakening is deeply rooted in Scripture, where it is often associated with the themes of revival, renewal, and repentance. Throughout the Bible, God calls His people to awaken from spiritual slumber and return to Him with wholehearted devotion.

I have always felt that I should pray and ask for revival. Lately, it feels like many more are feeling an urgency to pray. I believe that God hears and answers the earnest and sincere prayers of His people. I encourage you to read stories about how prayer made the difference. Are we nearing a true spiritual awakening in our country? I pray so!

For additional reading: AND GOD CAME: The Role of Prayer in Spiritual Awakening

I pray on into August 2025 (nearing the end) and I invite you to join me:

SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BE UNSHAKABLE. (based on Psalm 62:6)

Let’s keep praying for Nation and neighbor…

Monday, August 25, 2025: Ephesians 5:14

Prayer Pointer: Our high and privileged calling is to do the will of God in the power of God for the glory of God.” — J. I. Packer

Prayer Fuel: Lord, help us to keep on asking You for a revival of Your Church in the earth. Let a spiritual awakening begin in me and bring spiritual awakening to all my brothers and sisters all over the earth. Move mightily to bring in a great harvest of souls. I pray in Your Name and I stand in Your Name..(add your own prayers here) SHOW US YOUR GLORY, LORD! HELP US TO THRIVE IN 2025 AND HELP US TO BE UNSHAKABLE. (based on Psalm 62:6)

Think/Journal/Apply: What “mountains” am I facing that I need to entrust to God? 

As You have time: If you haven’t already, read: AND GOD CAME: The Role of Prayer in Spiritual Awakening

Worship Song for Today: Days of Elijah (an oldie but Great reminder)

For more prayer “fuel” for your summer months: Summer “Pray and Play” prayer calendar

Praying, praying, praying…Gina