Is it possible that as we focus so intensely on what we want that we forget to Whom we are praying?

God-Focused Prayers Versus Self-Focused Prayers

Posted on March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 by Billy Reinhardt

Is it possible that as we focus so intensely on what we want that we forget to Whom we are praying?

Anxiety, Stress, Freaking Out, Prayer, and God

Posted on March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by Billy Reinhardt

My attempts to control my life (or anyone else’s life) is an attempt to BE God, which is quite stressful. Anytime I try to take on God’s attributes as if they were my own is always an attempt in taking on more stress in my life.

An Earnest Prayer to God to Speak and to Make Himself Known

Posted on February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 by Billy Reinhardt

Our vision of worship, our vision of the Christian life is too small. We need God to show up and speak convincingly to our wretched hearts.

How do we make sense of the fact that God seems deafeningly silent at times? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

How do we make sense of the silence and absence of God?

Posted on October 23, 2019March 9, 2020 by Billy Reinhardt

How do we make sense of the silence and absence of God?

When do you ever stop? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

“Ruthlessly Eliminate Hurry”=Spiritual Health

Posted on August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 by Billy Reinhardt

Pastor John Ortberg once asked author Dallas Willard what he needed to do to be “spiritually healthy,” and Willard replied, “You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life” (source). But what does it mean to “be in a hurry”? What does “being hurried” actually mean? I’m trying to evaluate whether “hurriedness” is a state of Read more about “Ruthlessly Eliminate Hurry”=Spiritual Health[…]

Do we really believe that God has Christians' good in mind whenever even the toughest afflictions may come into our lives? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

Charles Spurgeon: Help from his View of Affliction

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Billy Reinhardt

See a previous post I wrote on the value of biographies here Have you struggled with adversity in your life? Have you often wondered how to properly view the trials and struggles you’ve encountered? I know I have. What I want to share with you now is some of the thoughts from the life of Read more about Charles Spurgeon: Help from his View of Affliction[…]

What are your thoughts about the summer camp "spiritual high"? (images courtesy of pixabay.com)

Summer Camp, the “Spiritual High,” and the Ordinary Means of Grace

Posted on July 19, 2017August 22, 2017 by Billy Reinhardt

Over the past 9+ years since being in student ministry, I estimate that I’ve been involved with around 50 camps/student conferences/Dnows/mission trips, etc., and one common factor we see at the end of any weekend or week of these types is “the crash,” when returning home, from the dreaded “camp High.” Typically, for both students Read more about Summer Camp, the “Spiritual High,” and the Ordinary Means of Grace[…]

Will you look up, look out, and look in during tough times? (Image Courtesy of pixabay.com)

3 Actions to Take When You’re Going Through Hard Times

Posted on May 24, 2017July 2, 2017 by Billy Reinhardt

If you have found this blog encouraging or helpful, please subscribe in the upper right-hand part of the site (if on a laptop) or at the bottom of the site (if on a mobile device). Thank you! Here are my notes to a devotional that I gave recently at a meeting. I hope these points Read more about 3 Actions to Take When You’re Going Through Hard Times[…]