Sunday Afternoon Musings How I need this word and how I need to believe it and live it and trust it! “To pray is the greatest thing we can do: and to do it well there must be calmness, time, and deliberation; otherwise it is degraded into the littlest and meanest of things. True praying … More Oh God, Make Me a Better Prayer
“. . . there’s a significant difference between how Jesus prayed and the prayer life of many Christians today.” Experiencing Prayer with Jesus, 9Henry and Norman Blackaby(Multnomah, 2006) I’m not going to argue the point. I’m not going to try to prove the point. There are too many years behind me and too few years … More Argue with Someone Else
Prayer. Praying. I have had a 40 year journey of growing and regressing, and stumbling and growing, and falling again, and wondering if I knew anything about prayer, to thinking I knew all about prayer, to KNOWING that I knew nothing about prayer to longing for a deepening and authentic prayer experience. I know that … More How to Pray for Your Prayers
Friday is for Heart Songs I just got off the phone with a brother in Christ who is a stage 4 colon cancer patiently living on miracle time. He is a man learning how to pour out his heart to God (Ps. 62:8). He is also an inspiration and this week we will interview him … More What Does It Mean to Pour Out Your Heart?
Saturday Musings Did some more thinking on an overview message for the book of 1 Thessalonians. My objective was to give both a flyover view at the “10,000 foot level” and then zoom in for a closer look at chapter 1:1-2. I also wanted to leave plenty of time to weave this into the meditation … More “Without ceasing”: A call to family solidarity
Wednesday is for Prayer “Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’” (Luke 11:1) The last thing the disciples saw before they asked one of the questions that changed all of their lives … More The Last Thing They Saw
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