Devotion
A Prayer For A Growing Person
Dear Lord, When I am wrong make me willing to change, and when I am right make me easy to live with. Amen
Three Levels Of Prayer
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). I have observed three approaches to prayer which progress from level to level. The first level is petition. We are encouraged to let our requests be made known to God (Philippians 4:6). If […]
Fleeing From Sin
Spurgeon’s Morning & Evening Devotions Morning, July 25 "He left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out." – Genesis 39:12 In contending with certain sins there remains no mode of victory but by flight. The ancient naturalists wrote much of basilisks, whose eyes fascinated their victims and rendered them easy victims; […]
Contemplative Ministry
Thomas F. Fischer, M.Div., M.S.A. Number 157 "One by one, men and women are making their moves, beginning to move against the stream, refusing to be contemporary pastors, our lives trivialized by the contemporary, and are embarking on the recovery of the contemplative." Eugene Peterson, Under the Predictable Plant, (Eerdmans, 1992), p. 112 His boldness […]
The Touch Of The Master’s Hand
Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while To waste much time on the old violin, But held it up with a smile. "What am I bidden, good folks," he cried, "Who’ll start the bidding for me?" "A dollar, a dollar," then, two! Only two? "Two dollars, and who’ll make […]
Giving
Giving goes on everywhere in the world. The sun gives itself to us every day. That flaming orb burns itself out, that we may live. The rivers give themselves up to the sea. Seeds gives themselves up to the season of harvest. Leaves give themselves over to death, that the land might be robed, even […]
Mercy And Reward
Read: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 This is a faithful saying…, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. -1 Timothy 1:15 When the great Puritan preacher Thomas Hooker (1586-1647) was on his deathbed, a friend tried to console him by saying, "Brother Hooker, you are going to receive your […]
Keep Your Eyes On The Goal
Today’s Verse for Tuesday, July 28, 1998 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. –Philippians 3:14 Thoughts About Today’s Verse… The way to walk a tightrope is to keep one’s sight on the goal, not on the ground or what is behind. […]
Private Prayer
Morning, July 15 "The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out." – Leviticus 6:13 Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, […]
Satisfaction (A Meditation By Thomas Traherne)
(a meditation by Thomas Traherne) Not all the crowns; not all the heaps of gold On earth; not all the tales that can be told, Will satisfaction yield to me: Nor tree, Nor shade, nor sun, nor Eden, be A joy; nor gems in gold (be ‘t pearl or precious stone), nor spring, nor flowers, […]
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