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Growing Your Skills to Give God Your Very Best
How are you doing so far this year as a disciple? Â That’s the question I asked myself this morning in my prayer closet. Â Can you believe a month of 2012 is already gone? Â Â I paused in my prayer closet today to specifically evaluate how I am doing at my 5 SPARK intentions for the year: Study, Prayer, Action, Rest and Kindling. Â I want to share with you a quick look at how my intentions are … Read entire article »
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Finding God’s Blessing in Tough Times
The economy is painfully squeezing people. Churches are no exception. I know three different local churches who have had to release staff members and I have a colleague who recently retired a year early because his church could not afford to pay him. In my own church we have been continually tightening our belts since the economy started declining at the end of 2008. Just this past week we made yet another round of rather … Read entire article »
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In Time of Crisis, A guest post by Kathleen Weller
Today’s post is a treat. Kathleen Weller, director of Peace River Spirituality Center in Naples, Florida is a godly woman with a true heart for prayer and simply being still before God. With her permission I have been allowed to repost this recent post from her blog, The Celtic Monk. I found it a much needed reminder that the path through crisis in her words is ” through the very heart of God–seeking, … Read entire article »
Filed under: focus, meditation, prayer, Uncategorized
Try This Reader’s Tip as Another Great Way to Remember to Pray
Yesterday’s post seems to have really struck a chord. Given yesterday’s surge in readers, it appears that many of us struggle with remembering. Among comments I received was another great tip from PD reader, Beth Kaiser. Beth wrote, “Today’s message reminded me of a friend who, when there was a particularly pressing prayer need, such as someone having surgery, special test, job interview, etc,. he would wear his watch on the opposite … Read entire article »
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Repentance Prayers–Moving Beyond Just Asking For Forgiveness
SIn Cycle If you have a recurring sin that you can’t seem to escape, expanding repentance prayers by doing more than just asking for forgiveness can often break the cycle. When you understand that something is wrong (sinful), you pray that you will stop, and yet you don’t, then you have gotten trapped in what I call a sin cycle. The danger of a sin cycle is that it can trap you spiritually from moving forward. You are like a man trying to walk down a path with one foot nailed to the ground. You keep spiraling around that one stuck foot. It feels like you are moving, but at the end of the day you haven’t traveled anywhere. So, why does that happen and how can you … Read entire article »
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Three Guiding Principles for Maturity in Prayer
The day before yesterday I had promised to share with you a post about the Mystic Nativity by Sandro Botticelli. I am still going to do that but feel the need to interrupt that plan. Last night I had a conversation with a dear friend who has become interested in contemplative prayer. I dropped him a quick note regarding three principles of prayer that I wish someone had shared with me long ago. I believe these are three guiding principles of prayer that with time can produce a tremendous amount of maturity. I am feeling led this morning to go with those as a post rather the Mystic Nativity. So here is an excerpt from my note to him. 1) The greatest teacher of prayer … Read entire article »
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