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    Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women
    Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women
    Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women
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    Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women

    By Patricia Wilson

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    The intimate relationship with God you've yearned for is well within your grasp—despite the chaos of juggling multiple roles, deadlines, and commitments in your stretched-to-the-max life. With Quiet Spaces, you can learn to calm your mind and listen for God's still, small voice in the midst of the tumult around you.

    Author and professional speaker Patricia Wilson knows what it's like to struggle with finding a few minutes for herself. Through Quiet Spaces she shows how even a few stray minutes can become a blessed opportunity for a focused encounter with God.

    Each brief prayer interlude featured in this book has 5 parts:

    1. Calming — a passage from the Psalms to calm the mind
    2. Centering — a practice to focus on God
    3. Praying — a prayer for a particular situation or occasion
    4. Listening — a passage from the Gospels with the words of Jesus
    5. Returning — a practice to anchor the prayer experience

    On hold for a phone call? Waiting for an appointment? In traffic? The quiet spaces are all around you! Capture those 5-minute breaks and use them to touch the hand of God.

    You can find time to pray and connect with God—let this unique devotional book help you discover how.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUpper Room Books
    Release dateApr 1, 2016
    ISBN9780835815628
    Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women
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    Patricia Wilson

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      Quiet Spaces - Patricia Wilson

      When You Feel Tired and Worn-Out

      Calming

      You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;

      the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

      PSALM 68:35

      Centering

      Take three deep breaths. Slowly fill your lungs, hold each breath, and exhale after each one. As you do so, imagine taking in strength and power. Picture them filling your entire body.

      Praying

      Dear God, here I am before you. I’m tired—so tired. I keep wondering what happened to my boundless enthusiasm for the life you’ve given me. Where did it go? When did I lose it?

      In place of my enthusiasm, I feel dried out. Deadened.

      I don’t feel like your victorious child, God. Why has this happened to me? How did I let this happen? Why did you let it happen?

      I know all the right things to say. I know that my strength lies in you, that without you I can do nothing. And yet, here I am, powerless, worn-out, and weak.

      Let me feel your strength, O God—

      the power of your Holy Spirit filling my weary body,

      the energy of your love flowing through me,

      the joy of your salvation bubbling up from my heart.

      Take my weariness, my fatigue, and my heaviness. Lift them from my spirit. Fill me with joy, enthusiasm, and zest for life and the tasks before me.

      Help me to see every new day as a perfect gift from you to be lived fully and powerfully, secure in the knowledge that you will provide me with the strength I need to do this.

      (Take three more deep breaths, imagining that each one is bringing in energy and strength.)

      Thank you, O God, for taking this weariness from me. Thank you for restoring my strength.

      Listening

      Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.

      MARK 6:31

      Returning

      Take three more deep breaths, hold them for a few seconds, and slowly release them. Repeat this exercise throughout the day, each time imagining the strength of Jesus Christ filling and sustaining you.

      When You Need to Feel God’s Presence

      Calming

      I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;

      turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.

      PSALM 17:6

      Centering

      Imagine sitting in your favorite chair, waiting quietly for a friend to join you. You hear footsteps behind you and feel excitement and anticipation. You don’t have to look up to know it is your friend.

      Praying

      Merciful and loving God, welcome to my quiet space. Thank you for coming when I called.

      I need you right now.

      I need to be with you.

      I need to feel your touch.

      I need to hear your voice.

      So many things are happening, and I feel overwhelmed. So many people want my time. I have so many demands to meet, so many promises to keep.

      I feel as if I’ve lost you in the midst of everything around me. And so, I sit quietly now and welcome your presence here with me.

      Speak to me, O God, in this brief space. Slow my anxious thoughts, still my pounding heart, calm my fears and doubts.

      Tell me that you love me and care for me.

      Remind me that I am your child and that I don’t have to be afraid or overwhelmed.

      God, let me feel your hand upon me, your love pouring over me, your comforting Holy Spirit all around me.

      Give me an awareness of your loving presence in this quiet space.

      Thank you, my Lord, that all I have to do is ask, and you are here. Thank you for always being with me, for always waiting for me to stop, pray, and listen.

      Thank you for your ever-present love.

      Keep me in your presence today, O Lord, no matter what befalls me.

      Listening

      The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.

      LUKE 17:20-21

      Returning

      Sit quietly in the awareness that God is with you. Feel yourself wrapped in God’s love and peace. Sense the Holy Spirit permeating your body and overflowing in a sense of joy. Thank God for being with you

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