Skip to content
Menu
    • Articles
      • Heavy topics with a light touch
        • Coming out: my sexual identity crisis
        • God is never late—but he sure is slow
        • It Is Well with My Soul: the rest of the stories
        • Top ten Bible verses Donald Trump may want to read
        • Top ten lists
        • What does the Bible really say?
        • What was Paul thinking when he wrote 1 Timothy 2:12?
        • What we haven’t learned from 9/11
      • My statement on Dr. Dennis E. Hensley
    • Books
      • 7 reasons God may not be answering prayers
      • Breaking habits before they break you
      • Changing lives for over 600 years!
        • #5: Forty days of imitating Christ
        • Exclusive interview with Thomas a Kempis
      • Communicate to Change Lives: book and seminars
      • Intimacy with Christ: Beyond Information and Involvement
      • Jesus: His life and lessons . . . on love
      • Jesus: His Life and Lessons Introduction
      • My book list
      • Revised section on ‘Unfulfilled Promises’
      • Study guide for God, I Don’t Understand
      • The Christmas story in chronological order
      • Why? Why? Why?
      • Writing with Banana Peels
      • Writing with Banana Peels: excerpt
    • Memes
      • A Very Twitter Christmas
      • Cartoon Backups
      • Cartoons from far, far away
      • Cartoons on love, marriage, sex . . .
      • Cartoons on parenthood
      • Cartoons on writing
      • Easter cartoons
      • Facebook cartoons
      • Hope and Ho! Ho! Ho!
      • Hope&Humor cartoons on Dad
      • My predictions for New Year . . .
      • Pro-life cartoons
    • Scripts
    • Events
    • Videos
      • Original music
    • Writer tools
      • ‘Crossing over’ with the cross
      • ‘I’m a giant killer!’
      • Are authors in their ‘write’ minds?
      • Atomic-powered titles
      • Best time to post on Facebook?
      • Communicate to Change Lives: Using Psychological Appeals
      • Confessions of an author/speaker
      • Don’t become a digital dinosaur
      • Don’t sabotage your writing/speaking career
      • Endear yourself to an editor
      • Freelancing offers freedom ‘real job’ can’t
      • From stage to page: turning messages into manuscripts
      • How to become a million-selling author
      • How to hook today’s Internet users
      • How to prepare a manuscript for publication
      • Inside look at publishing industry
      • Patron saint of freelance writers
      • Quips and quotations on writing
      • Self-publishers and piranhas
      • Seven habits of the purpose-driven writer
      • Seven questions to ask a prospective agent
      • So, you want to write a book?
      • Soaring with eagles, walking with emus
      • Taking Word to Worldwide Web
      • The Ten Creative Commandments
      • Three new ‘must haves’ for today’s writers
      • Writing effective book proposals
      • Your ‘write’ role

Tag: prayer

Jesus Dead to Life Miracle
Hope / Spirituality

#6: From bad to worse to . . . astonishing

Have you ever noticed that the harder you pray, the worse things get? It seems to be a biblical pattern! For instance, take the story of Jairus’ daughter. Here’s how …

Welcome

Welcome! I’m Jim Watkins and all you really need to know about me is that I’m an author, a speaker and a clinically depressed soul who, by God’s grace, writes encouraging and entertaining books, articles and online posts. Isn’t that just like him?!

Videos


Sit-down comedy from brand new book: If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done!


“I’m Jim. I have clinical depression.” An honest, hopeful look at depression

Free chapter of latest book

FREE CHAPTER OF PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE PROZAC
Please click here to sign up for my bi-weekly emailing with lots of encouragement and entertainment, plus I’ll send you a free chapter from Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac.  What a deal! (And I promise to never, ever share or sell my list.)

Categories

  • Health
  • Holidays
  • Holidays
  • Hope
  • How To
  • Humor
  • Issues
  • Relationships
  • Sexuality
  • Spirituality
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

Copyright and permissions

Content is protected by United States and international copyright law. Copyright © James N. Watkins, all rights reserved.

Articles and book excerpts
You may post excerpts on your social media, but do not re-post entire articles or book excerpts (Instead post a link to this site). Always include Reprinted from jameswatkins.com Copyright © James N. Watkins

Cartoons
You may post any cartoons on your social media provided the entire cartoon is posted and not edited in any way. For print use, contact jim@jameswatkins.com for written permission.

Copying
You may make up to 25 print copies of articles and book excerpts for group use. For any commercial use, contact jim@jameswatkins.com for written permission

WARNING

Reader assumes full responsibility for the proper and prescribed use of this site.

For external use only. Discontinue if rash, redness, irritation, or swelling develops. May contain nuts. If swallowed, do not induce vomiting. Side-effects may include drowsiness or mild to severe agitation. Do not read while consuming alcohol or operating heavy machinery. Appoint a designated reader if intoxicated. Keep away from open flame. Do not store above 451 degrees. Do not use near or place in water. Void where prohibited by law, taxed or licensed.

Any medical information provided is for general educational purposes only and should not be considered  a substitute for professional medical advice.

Support Hope & Humor


You can support the ministry of Hope & Humor with your donations of any amount securely using PayPal.

For a donation of any amount, I’ll send you an eBook copy of Squeezing Good Out of Bad.

For a donation of $50 or more, I’ll mail you a signed leather-bound edition of my devotional based on The Imitation of Christ.

Thanks!

 

 

Connect

Email
jim@jameswatkins.com

Social media
Facebook
Instagram

Agent
Bob Hostetler, The Steve Laube Agency
Bob@SteveLaube.com


I’m required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to inform you that WordPress uses cookies to personalize content and to analyze my traffic. None of your information is shared with any “crummy” commercial entities. And your email is never shared. Period.

Copyright © 2025 – OnePress theme by FameThemes