When Praying Costs You
Sometimes surrender is easy. Sometimes we go kicking and screaming. But the question remains. When we pray for something, will we go?
Kelley grew up in church and almost missed knowing Jesus. Now she helps others experience His promises as a Bible teacher and event speaker through Kelley Latta Ministries. Her teaching blog, “Kelley’s Word on Wednesday,” will encourage you to live your faith and follow Jesus wholeheartedly. A mother of two grown sons and a daughter-in-love, Kelley joyfully shares her own faith adventure with her husband, Steve, in south-central Pennsylvania.
Sometimes surrender is easy. Sometimes we go kicking and screaming. But the question remains. When we pray for something, will we go?
For many, God’s love remains a theory. We’ve heard about it. We quote Scriptures about it. We may even try to will ourselves to believe in it. But John invites us to move beyond blind faith in God’s love. He challenges us to see it.
A longing stirs deep within my soul for more of Jesus. Perhaps, like me, something stirs within you, telling you that what you’ve been experiencing of God is somehow less than it could be for 2026.
Do you take God at His Word, no matter how crazy it sounds? Because that’s the only way you and I will ever witness miracles. And, it’s what Mary did.
God pours out a special anointing when His people come together in unity. When we bear the image of our Lord who is One and join our hearts in His purpose—Jesus can’t stay away. It’s time we humble ourselves and set aside our differences.
Most of us don’t live lives of radical faith. Instead, we carry our faith like a possession we like to talk about and we’re glad we have. But we don’t use it. Let’s change that!
If we want close proximity to God, we need gratitude. We find power in Christ’s presence. Help for our needs. In His throne room, we find grace. But we must approach His throne with the right heart.
Our enemy has convinced us to focus our desires on the blessings found in this world. As Christians, most of us say that we seek God. But if we’re honest, I think many of us have been tricked into settling for something less.
Time is running short, and the enemy is terrified of what he knows the church will become. So, he makes us fear one another to disrupt our connection. We can’t let him succeed.
When God leads you into a wilderness place where the enemy seems to have cornered you, that’s where He’s ready to give you victory.
