This week on Cultivating the Lovely, host MacKenzie Koppa chats with Chrystal Evans Hurst. Chrystal is a wife, mom and grandmother who ministers to women and writes in the margins whenever she can. Today’s episode is a conversation centered on prayer and Chrystal’s new book The 28-Day Prayer Journey. (Affiliate links are used in this content.)
- Chrystal talks about prayer in terms of prioritizing communication
- The goal of The 28-Day Prayer Journey as a way to build a habit and a relationship
- Taking time several times throughout the day to pray and talk with God
- Doing the thing you need to do in order to learn to love doing that
You learn to communicate with God by communicating with God.
Chrystal Evans Hurst
- The power of prayer to change how you interact with your family and friends
- How Chrystal decided what aspects of the practice of prayer to include in the book
- Dealing with disappointed hopes and unanswered prayers
- Choosing to believe even when you don’t understand God’s ways
- The effectiveness of journalling and writing down your prayers
- You have to do the work to build the relationship with God
- A typical day for Chrystal currently
Current Lovelies- Chrystal: listening to music and burning candles to set a warm atmosphere
Resources Mentioned- Books: The 28-Day Prayer Journey
Movies: Pretty Woman
Find Chrystal- You can find Chrystal on her website ChrystalEvansHurst.com. You can also follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.
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