Devotion
Canal-Building with God
In order to learn and hear from the Lord, it is much easier for me when I spend time alone in nature, with His own created beauty. The natural environment allows God the opportunity to speak directly to my heart and show me things about His Glorious Self, and about His desires for me. For […]
Prayer and a gift
“D” wrote: Lord God I lift J____, a little girl of ten with leukemia and I lift R____ a boy of 9 months suspected of cancer, Father I pray that these children of yours will shine with your glory, these children’s days are ordained by you Lord and I pray in the Name of Jesus […]
Lessons of Love
A ninety-one year old woman died after living a long dignified life. When she met God she asked him something that had long bothered her. If humans were created in God’s image, and if all are created equal, why do people treat each other so badly? God replied that each person who enters our life […]
What’s Important to You?
(~)”What’s Important to You?” (Written by Leianne Couch) A Native-American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds […]
Liking vs Loving Others
-Love has many definitions. As the old saying goes “You should love your -enemies, but that doesn’t mean you have to like them”. M L King’s response: And this is what Jesus means, I think, in this very passage when he says, “Love your enemy.” And its significant that he does not say, “Like your […]
BY FAITH
From a friend: BY FAITH Readers of the New Testament are familiar with the list of Biblical heroes and heroines found in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. This chapter describes the noble characteristics and good deeds of these men and women, declaring that both characteristics and deeds were direct results of their remarkable faith. It […]
Compassion
Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men. — St. Isaac of Syria
FOR GUIDANCE
(~) FOR GUIDANCE O GUIDER of the path, shine light before us to guide us in your ways. Be a pillar of fire before us to safely carry us into the future. Be an inward light to warm our hearts and nudge us in your way. Guide us from within and from without. Show us […]
Because of Him
(~) Because of Him BECAUSE OF HIM ~~ Because He emptied Himself of all but love, . . you can be filled. Because His body was broken, . . your life can be whole. Because His blood was shed, . . your sins can be forgiven. Because He submitted to injustice, . . you can […]
Life and Faith
QUOTES FROM A RECENT CONFERENCE JRR Tolkein writes about moving from catastrophe through dyscatastrophe to encatastrophe (shades of OT scholar Walter Brueggemann’s notion of orientation, disorientation, reorientation). A shallow mind is a sin against God (Chaim Potok, In the Beginning) Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living (Jaroslav {Pelikan) Re the church: ‘You can’t […]
Categories
Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission
(provided they are unedited, and retain the original author/copyright information - and a reference to this website :-)!
26,756 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress