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Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:07:30 +0000

[…] love and energy. For me, with a monkey mind which takes a while to settle, I spend an hour resting, “soaking” in God’s […]

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When the Word of God Can Save your Life | Dreaming Beneath the Spires — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:12:00 +0000

[…] Make space for him. I love soaking prayer, an agendaless resting in God’s presence. It takes a while to settle down, it can seem, in […]

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:54:47 +0000

Thanks Debra. I find it incredibly relaxing and rejuvenating. I am normally quite cerebral, always thinking, and so I really enjoy being with God in a place beyond words. I am conscious of his presence and his love, though nothing much is said.

By: Debra Seiling

Debra Seiling — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:43:11 +0000

Dear Anita,
I just read your blog on the Soaking Prayer.I have done something similar which I call “My Quiet Time with God,” but I don't do it on a regular basis-only when I'm trying to get specific direction from God on an issue. I need to be more mindful of doing this more often, with no agenda in mind. Thanks! Debbie Seiling
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By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:31:52 +0000

That's a nice way of putting it, Marcy!

By: prochaskas

prochaskas — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:26:41 +0000

Just seeing this now, but yeah — I used to call it “napping toward Jesus” — a sense of abandoning my defenses and vigilance, laying myself down in his shadow, aiming in his direction even though it feels like I have no power to get there — even so powerless, I can aim.

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:43:55 +0000

Thanks, Archer. I too started soaking prayer with a group, but it's now the main way I pray, other than prayer walking, which I also love!

By: Archer

Archer — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:01:53 +0000

Anita – What a post! I belong to a spiritual direction group, and this is how we practice praying together — in this 'soaking prayer' type of fashion. It has been transformative, but I haven't done it much at home when I am alone. Thanks for stirring God hunger in me today.

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:59:48 +0000

Thanks, Mollie. Blessings as you get over your season of burnout. I am exhausted too today but going to listen to Patricia Allum in London, which I hope will be refreshing–Patricia and the worship, I mean, not London!

By: Miss Mollie

Miss Mollie — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:36:51 +0000

I have done that and I need to do that more. Getting over a season of depression and burnout. I know I need time alone with God. I call it “Face time.” You have worded it wonderfully.