CTLP Episode 179 - Persisting in Prayer with Chrystal Evans Hurst

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.

Find MacKenzie-

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

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