6. New Testament Walkers and Talkers 1.. The Letters – Romans and Corinthians Thinking The letters of Paul, James, Peter, John and Jude, are examples of God’s word in action. The Spirit spoke to these men in truth, and then enabled each to wrap up the words of God in their own personality to be […]
6. New Testament Walkers and Talkers 1.. The Letters – Galatians – Jude In the letter to the Galatians, we read, “Because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!'” (Galatians 4: 6). Perhaps the phrase “conversational prayer” is even too formal. God wants us to […]
7. New Testament Walkers and Talkers Check on progress – 2. Thinking It is useful to summarise some of the lessons that we find as we read through the New Testament prayerfully. Conversing with God seems to be more common than formal liturgical prayer; in fact there was little record of liturgical prayer outside the […]
8. Walking and Talking through the Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Father God, you are very holy, and yet you call to me from the heaven of your presence and invite me to talk to you. So I bow in awe, and repeat your precious name again and again in […]
9. My Friend Thomas Thomas € Kempis was a monk who lived all his life in what is now The Netherlands. He was born in Kampen in 1379, and then with his brother went to school in Deventer. It was in Deventer that he met the Brothers of the Common Life, a new order founded […]
10. Check on progress – 3 At this stage of the book, having reviewed the process and practice of listening to God and writing down deep thoughts in human words, I want to record a specific conversational prayer with no other comment. Praying Is that what you had in mind, Lord? Listening Yes, my son, […]
11. Thirty Psalms i. Psalm 1: 1.. Happy (or blessed) are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2.. but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and night. […]
6. New Testament Walkers and Talkers 1.. The Gospels – Matthew Thinking There are very few instances in the Gospels when God spoke to people in the same way that he did in Old Testament days. The likely reason is that mankind was being blessed with the physical presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. A […]
6. New Testament Walkers and Talkers 1.. The Gospels – Mark, Luke and John Thinking In Mark chapter 2, there is the story of Jesus healing the paralysed man who had been lowered through the roof. The teachers of the law questioned his authority to forgive sins and Jesus read their mind. “At once Jesus […]
4. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers iv. Abraham Abraham Thinking God spoke to Abraham on many occasions. The hallmark of these conversations was absolute faith on the part of Abraham. Sometimes the Scripture says, “God said”, but at least on the occasions recorded in the Scriptures in Genesis chapters 12 through 22, we read, “God […]