Field guide · Terrain · “He makes me lie down in green pastures… beside still waters”
Us with Godand Prayer
Forecast: still air, with a good chance of hearing something if you stay put.
Four tired ways to walk
Each has some truth in it. None of them is the whole story.
Under GodSheep that hide from the Shepherd
If I don’t say the right words, God won’t listen.
Over GodSheep that know the way
Find the right technique, and prayer gets results.
From GodSheep that follow the grass
Here’s my list, Lord. Please get back to me soon.
For GodSheep trying to be the sheepdog
Prayer is the strategy meeting before the real work starts.
Prayer is simply being with him, listening as much as asking.
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Ps 46:10). Mary sat at Jesus’ feet and listened, and he said she had chosen what is better (Luke 10:39–42). Jesus told us to go into a quiet room and talk with the Father who sees us there (Matt 6:6). Asking is welcome. So is silence, and so is staying a while after the words run out.
Where the Shepherd isHe is already praying for us. He always lives to intercede for those who come to God through him (Heb 7:25).
Sit for five minutes today without asking for anything. Say, “I’m here,” and listen.
Lord, what would you like to say to me?
Fellow travelers
People in Scripture who walked this ground before us.
- Hannah prayed so honestly that the priest thought she was drunk, and she went home no longer downcast (1 Sam 1:12–18).
- Elijah waited out the wind, the earthquake, and the fire, and then heard God in a gentle whisper (1 Kings 19:11–13).
Keep walking
- With God: Sheep that know his voicethe posture every entry points to
- Which Way Are You Walking?a short self-check
- The Field Guideevery entry, by terrain, weather and crossing