Second in a short series on praying in faith "...they think that they will be heard because of their many words." - Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded by Mathew In the last post, the words of Jesus on praying intimately with the Father in heaven were the focus. Now, Matthew 6:7-8 are the focus. In …
Category: A New Covenant Life
The New Covenant in Christ restores the original divine life of our God into us. So how do we then live that life?
Prayers of Faith – Intimacy
“But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” - Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded by Matthew As followers of Christ, we are enjoined to “pray without ceasing,” and “devote yourselves to prayer, …
Acceptance: The Crux of the Matter
Part three in a three-part series on acceptance of difficulty. “We must accept and cooperate with the inevitable. If we rail and kick against it and grow bitter, we won’t change the inevitable; but we will change ourselves.” - Dale Carnegie Unfortunately, the Dale Carnegie quote above reflects the way many people go through the …
Acceptance: The Gift of Difficulties
Part 2 in a series on acceptance of difficulties, trials, and suffering. “Whatever is in the cup that God is offering me, whether it be pain and sorrow and suffering and grief along with the many joys, I am willing to take it because I trust Him.” - Elisabeth Elliot In the previous post, we …
Acceptance and the Problem With Bears
Acceptance and the Problem With Bears “That which does not kill you makes you stronger.” – attributed to Frederik Nietzsche One of my favorite quotes is this one from Frederik Nietzsche. It is because it has been handily rewritten by the wilderness community into this: “That which does not kill you makes you stronger...except bears. …
Startling News, Audacious Courage
“Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Mary the mother of Jesus, to the angel announcing the coming birth of Jesus, as recorded in Luke 1:38 One of my heroes in the Gospel narratives is Mary, the mother of Jesus. Her fortitude in dealing with …
The Lord’s Prayer a Model
“We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.” --Oswald Chambers If prayer …
Prayer and Fixation
The true spirit of prayer is no other than God's own Spirit dwelling in the hearts of the saints. And as this spirit comes from God, so doth it naturally tend to God in holy breathings and pantings. It naturally leads to God, to converse with him by prayer. --Jonathan Edwards “Therefore, since we are …
Praying New Covenant Prayers
"Prayer is either a sheer illusion or a personal contact between embryonic, incomplete persons (ourselves) and the utterly concrete Person. Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and …
The Long Road to Journaling
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you” - Colossians 3:16. As I progressed (regressed?) through my college years in the late 70’s, I began to keep notes on what I was learning from reading the Bible. I had no other plan in mind, so I simply began to write in the margins of …
Without Limit 