03918 – Life: An Unmissable Show!

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You can be flawed, anxious and sometimes irritated, but don't forget that your life is the greatest company in the world. Only you can prevent her from going into decline. There are many who appreciate, admire and love you. And you don't know but there are people for...

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03723 – Still, Small Voice

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"Be afraid, be very afraid," say the loud, noisy voices around us. "Do not fear, do not be afraid, for I am with you," says the still, small voice within us. Sometimes still and small is really good, really good indeed.

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03572 – Doubt? Or Certainty?

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I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me - -that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the...

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03554 – Have We Lost our Ability?

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It may be that we have lost our ability to hold a blazing coal, to move unfettered through time, to walk on water, because we have been taught that such things have to be earned; we should deserve them; we must be qualified. We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid...

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03267 – Scripture, Not Feeling

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A genuine experience of the Lord is based on Scripture, not our feelings, but that does not mean that our feelings are unaffected. We are so afraid of feeling these days that it has become almost the unpardonable sin to say 'Amen' [in church]. We are not saved because...

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03256 – Everlasting Love

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Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to...

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