God approaches our minds by receding from them. We can never fully know Him if we think of Him as an object of capture, to be fenced in by our own ideas. We know Him better after our minds have let Him go. The Lord travels in all directions at once. The Lord arrives...
Lord, deliver me from the urge to open my mouth when I should shut it. Give me the wisdom to keep silence where silence is wise. Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
Our Lord never mentions poverty as one of the obstructions to His kingdom, neither has it ever proved as such; riches, cares, and desires He does mention. from Weighed and Wanting
Help me to ask You, oh Lord, for what is good for me to have, for what I can have and do Your service by having. from A Prayer Journal
Salvation in Jesus’ name is treated as a cure all. Supposedly, there is no suffering once we join the church, and if there is any cause for discomfort, then we vote the pastor out at the next business meeting. Ironically, we worship Jesus, who showed his wounds, but...
Christ, be with me,Christ before me,Christ behind me,Christ in me, Christ beneath me,Christ above me,Christ on my right, Christ on my left,Christ where I lie,Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise,Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,Christ in the mouth...
Christianity is a lifestyle--a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an established "religion" (and all that goes with that) and avoided the lifestyle change itself. One could be warlike, greedy, racist,...
You are holy, Lord, the only God,and Your deeds are wonderful…You are Good, all Good,supreme Good,Lord God, living and true.You are love.You are wisdom.You are humility.You are endurance.You are rest.You are peace.You are joy and gladness.You are justice and...
Defenders of the faith are inclined to be bitter until they learn to walk in the light of the Lord. When you have learned to walk in the light of the Lord, bitterness and contention are impossible. from Biblical Psychology
When we think about the Annunciation, this scene between the angel Gabriel and Mary, we think of the faith it took for her to believe that she would conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit and that her son, the illegitimate child of an insignificant girl, really...