In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
02262 – Inner Stillness
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01875 – How Did Jesus Respond to Suffering?
On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and theological lessons he reached out with healing and compassion. He forgave sin, healed the afflicted, cast out...
01870 – Gratitude for Love Activists
Those wild-eyed crazy love activists Disguised as normal human beings Betting their lives on their belief that serving others helps heal the brokenness So alive in the adventure of Jesus they are Making all of us better as they go Grateful for every one of them...
01847 – “Jane Eyre” Dialogue
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate — nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury." "What then?" "Read the New Testament, and observe what Christ says, and how He acts; make His word your rule, and His conduct your example." "What does He say?" "Love your...
01836 – Just Listen!
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention... A loving silence often has more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.
01781 – Hell is Not God’s Choice
Often hell is portrayed as a place of punishment and heaven as a place of reward. But this concept easily leads us to think about God as either a policeman, who tries to catch us when we make a mistake and send us to prison when our mistakes become too big, or a Santa...
01319 – Doing the Gospel, Not Just Quoting It
Doing the Gospel rather than just quoting it was the best way I could find out what God was up to. I didn't believe in dragging souls into some special club of the saved... My only sense of "mission" now was to show others that they, too, could feed and touch and heal...
01274 – Jesus Modeled Flexibility
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken. This beatitude cannot be found in Matthew 5's listing, but it certainly has clear biblical principle behind it. Dr. David Schroeder, in his study on discipleship, asserts that discipleship is not so much about...
00341 – God’s Word is Essential for Life
The Bible is far more than a doctrinal guidebook. God’s Word generates life, creates faith, produces change, frightens the Devil, causes miracles, heals hurts, builds character, transforms circumstances, imparts joy, overcomes adversity, defeats temptation, infuses...
00309 – The Work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled,When the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and princes are home,When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner,...