An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
04293 – Empty Vessels & Babblers
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03932 – Praying: Too Empty? Too Simple?
Praying for the people in this terrible Israeli/Hamas conflict feels too empty and too simple as I sit in my comfortable chair in a place where I am not being threatened by anybody, unlike the people in that region.
03229 – The Heart Cannot Pray by Itself
But it is a dangerous error, surely very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself. For then we confuse wishes, hopes, sighs, laments, rejoicing--all of which the heart can do by itself--with prayer. And we confuse heaven and earth, human...
03188 – Church Members Get Upset
Church members get more upset over sound, temp, and music styles than empty prayer rooms, altars, and baptistries.
01947 – What is Worry?
Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength--carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.