Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:7, NIV
When you get upMorning
When you walk along the roadMidday
When you sit at homeEvening
When you lie downNight
Faith that is talked about all day long.
Conversations with the Father is a place to keep God's words close in ordinary life: at the table, on the way, at the end of the day and at the start of the next.
The verse does not ask for a special hour. It names four everyday moments and says to talk in each of them. This site follows that pattern. It gathers what the Father has been saying in Bible reading, in prayer, and in everyday experiences.
Conversations with the Father exists to help people have that conversation simply and often.
In Deuteronomy 6, God's people are told to keep his commands on their hearts, and then to talk about them at home, on the road, at night and in the morning. Faith was meant to be spoken in the middle of real life and handed on to the next generation the same way.
What you will find here
Conversations are gathered in three places. Bible Reading holds revelations that come from studying a scripture. Prayers holds rhema received while praying. Experiences holds what comes through conversations with children, working with others, and hearing others speak.
How to use it
Read slowly. Say something honest to God about what you read, then leave room to listen. That is the whole practice.
Notes from an ongoing conversation, gathered by where they came from: in the Word, in prayer, and in everyday life.
Bible Reading
Revelations that come while working to understand a scripture, and the verses that hit hard when I read them.
Ezekiel 33:32
Ezekiel's preaching was drawing crowds. People were telling each other to come hear him. The hallmark of a preaching producing results, or was it? God had to point the truth out to Ezekiel.
"Good" preachers should be careful not to measure the success of their preaching simply by the size of the crowds they attract or by how much people enjoy listening to them. A sermon can be eloquent, engaging, and widely appreciated, yet produce little or no change in the lives of those who hear it.
Although, as the saying goes, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating,” preaching the Word of God is more than a matter of taste or entertainment. It is medicine for the soul, and the evidence of its effectiveness should ultimately be seen in the transformation it produces - repentance, obedience, changed attitudes, and changed lives.
The measure of preaching should therefore not be merely how well the preacher speaks or how much people enjoy listening, but what happens in the lives of the people who hear the Word.
The goal is not simply to draw a crowd, but to see people transformed by the truth of God.
Ezekiel 37
Ezekiel 37:5–6From Bones to Bodies
The prophecy of the dry bones included the promise that they would receive breath and live. But notice the progression: the bones came together, and sinews and flesh covered them. They had been restored physically, but they were still dead.
This teaches us something important: sometimes, what God has promised does not appear in its fullness at the first stage. We may need to go again.
We should not assume that because God has spoken, everything must happen completely and immediately. God may fulfill His word through stages, and we need the faith and patience to continue until the work is complete.
Ezekiel 37:9Life Comes
The second prophecy goes further. Ezekiel is told to prophesy to the breath and call it from the four winds to come upon the slain.
This time, breath enters the bodies, and they come alive. What was once a collection of dry bones is now a living army.
But there is still another stage.
Ezekiel 37:12–14Coming Out of the Graves
The third prophecy goes even further. God promises to open the graves and bring His people out of them.
These people were now alive, but they were still buried. They had life, but they were hidden, covered, and unable to occupy the place God intended for them.
Then God promises:
“I will put my spirit in you, and you shall live.”
There is therefore a remarkable progression:
The bones came together and acquired flesh — but they were still dead.
Breath entered them, and they came alive — but they were still buried.
They came out of their graves, and God promised to put His Spirit in them.
This reminds us that restoration can happen in stages.
Something can look completely different from where it started and still not yet be where God intends it to be. The bones had become bodies, but they were not alive. They became alive, but they were still in the grave. And even after coming out of the grave, God had another dimension of His work: “I will put my Spirit in you.”
So when we see the first evidence of restoration, we should celebrate it—but we should not necessarily assume the work is finished.
God may be taking us from restoration, to life, to freedom, and ultimately to the fullness of His Spirit and purpose.
Prayers
Rhema that comes in the place of prayer: what the Father speaks while I am praying.
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Experiences
What he shows me through other people: conversations with my kids, working alongside others, and hearing others speak.
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