Jacqueline, Jenn, and Lisa continue our Open Doors podcast walk through Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love. In Chapter 6, they discuss the honest, sometimes uncomfortable journey that exists within the human condition caused by original sin and one’s own limitations. They talk about the temptation to discouragement, the “pit of desolation,” and how the Five Keys of Unbound help remove barriers that keep us from experiencing the Father’s love.

Jacqueline shares how God met her in a very dark season and later used that experience to help her accompany others in their dark place. Jenn reflects on Jesus’ tender encounter with the apostle Peter by the fire on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias and how the Lord approaches each of us with the same mercy.

The three explore St. Thérèse’s Little Way as an invitation to bow low, surrender, and embrace our littleness, as opposed to just “trying harder.”

Under Chapter 7, they discuss the beauty and stability of liturgical prayer, which the authors describe as “Heaven on Earth,” and how it can be a call to enter, respond, and participate.

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Release: March 2026
Music by Christian Harper
Production by Christian Harper

Personal Prayer Book Study Chapters 6 & 7: Poverty and Liturgical Prayer