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The Practice Of The Presense Of God
There is a wonderful little book called The Practice Of The Presence Of God by Brother Lawrence. I have read this book many times. Brother Lawrence was a 17th century monk who made a point to continually converse with God so as to remain in his presence and aware of his presence at all times. [...]
But I Didn’t Feel Called
The other day my wife and I were driving into downtown Indianapolis on our way to have dinner celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary. We had a baby sitter and it was one of those rare occasions for parents of 2 little ones to go out alone and have an adult evening. As we were pulling [...]
Red Letters Living A Faith That Bleeds
Last Christmas I received a gift certificate from Family Christian stores and found a little book called Red Letters – Living A Faith That Bleeds by Tom Davis. Tom Davis author of Fields of the Fatherless and president of Children’s HopeChest a Christian child advocacy organization helping orphans in Russia, Eastern Europe and Africa. Tom puts [...]
I Have A Real Problem With This “Accept Jesus” Terminology
You know I’ve never liked this whole idea about “accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.” Yes… I know I complain about this a lot. But tonight I was reading to my four-year-old her nightly devotion before bed from her pink Bob and Larry devotional book. As I’m reading along the book starts talking [...]
The Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength
I do not know when I have had happier times in my soul, than when I have been sitting at work, with nothing before me but a candle and a white cloth and hearing no sound but that of my own breath, with God in my soul and heaven in my eye … I rejoice [...]
Sinners Prayer – I Don’t Like It!
I don’t like the “Sinner’s Prayer.” I should clarify that I don’t mean the prayer itself. I mean the way Christians try to encourage or pressure people into saying it. It is as if Christians in their desire to measure their progress in “saving souls” came up with this as a means to keep score. [...]