Prayers
What Am I
And what am I, to know your promises, your mercies, your grace, your love? Suppose my heart is (as I can only too well believe) hard, unfruitful, deep, deceitful—is that beyond the power of the fingers that made the heavens? O, majestic Lord, you care for me, you have me in your mind and heart. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Discontent
Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is leading, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he is doing; when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Communion
What do we really desire? As I try to listen to my own deepest yearning as well as to the yearnings of others, the word that seems best to summarize the desire of the human heart is “communion”. Communion means “union with”. God has given us a heart that will remain restless until it has [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Forgiveness
More quotage from Shame and Grace: — Forgiving is difficult; this is the first thing we need to know. The second is that the first and often the only person to be healed by forgiveness is the person who does the forgiving. The third thing we need to understand is what we actually do when [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Jehovah-Rapha
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah. ) So the people grumbled [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Words
I read this earlier this week: The primary means of Creation as well as relationship is the ability to speak, to communicate with words. … An essential gift that God gives man, one that sets him apart from the animals, is the ability to speak and communicate. God, our Father, desires relationship with the ‘children’ [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Good Prayer
Daniel 9:15-19 “Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. O Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Unceasing Prayer
The chapter I read today in Prayer was about Unceasing Prayer. Here are just a couple of quotes: Besides, steady, faithful communion is in some ways easier than our normal way of praying. It is harder to pray inconsistently than consistently in the same way that it is harder to play a good game of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Power-Packed
I’m getting a new-found respect for the Prayer that Jesus prayed. There’s so much packed into it: Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Early morning
Ahhh – it feels good! I got some sleep last night and feel better. I don’t even remember falling asleep or honestly how I got into the chair in the first place. This morning, I’m reminded of so many other mornings in my past that were filled with hope and expectation. The morning is a [...]
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