Posts by Barbara Ho

What do you do when life doesn’t make sense? Do you trust God even when life seems out of control, when it throws out unwanted punches? How do you pray during uncertain times? Do you even pray? What is your faith based on? Is it based on God or is it based on what you…

“Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. The LORD works out everything to its proper end.” Prov. 16:3,4 Do you pray for God to bless your plans or do you ask him to establish them? There’s a big difference between the two. When we ask God to bless our plans we say,…

Are you facing a difficult situation? Are you carrying a heavy burden? Remember this; no prayer request is impossible or even difficult for God. No concern is beyond what God can do. Jeremiah prayed, “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” (Jer. 32:17)…

Why do you pray? Think about that for a moment. What are you hoping to accomplish when you pray? What drives you to prayer? I read many people’s posts on Facebook encouraging their friends to pray more and that’s great. Prayer makes a difference. Anyone who knows me knows how important I believe prayer is.…

Does God answer prayer, or have you bought into the idea that somehow you have control over the answers to your prayers? This idea may sound a bit ridiculous but is it really? I’ve found this to be true in many people’s prayer lives. A wrongful understanding of prayer shifts the focus away from God and…

Have you lost hope in prayer? Have you lost hope in God? Are you struggling in believing him with unanswered requests and honestly want to give up? Have you stopped praying?   Who is this God you’re praying to, the one your prayers rise up to? Let me remind you of the one who hears…

Do you ever feel like praying for a particular victory is an endless battle? You pray for change only to experience the same thing again and again and again.   These unfulfilled prayers are often accompanied by thoughts of failure. Again I failed? This will never change. I will never change. Why bother trying? Why…

Do you tend to dance around an issue reminding God that he’s free to answer his way in his time; whenever and however? This might sound spiritual but is it? Many of us describe to the Lord all the problems and trouble that a particular prayer request brings, but never actually step out and ask…

Do you pray for things that are humanly impossible? Do you lift seemingly laughable situations up to God or do you place them on the beyond what even God is capable of doing pile? I have to admit something; I love to pray for impossible situations. I actually enjoy praying for things that appear to be…

It was 2:00 am, the morning of my conference in Ukraine. I couldn’t sleep; not because of the pain I was experiencing in my back, but because I was too excited about my conference and what would lie ahead that day. I had some thoughts and teachings I couldn’t wait to share with these ladies…

Consider with me the promises many of us make. We promise our employers to come to work, to be on time and put our best foot forward, as the saying goes. Some of us have promised to enter into a marriage relationship. We’ve promised to stay faithful to our spouse, for better or worse. Parents…

Scripture is filled with teachings about battles. In Ephesians 6 we’re encouraged to prepare for them. “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against…