BLESS GOD’S HEART “Spiritual lust: going to God to get something from him instead of going to him just to be with him.” — Oswald Chambers Genesis 5:22-24Exodus 33:9-11John 15:14-15 I prayed this morning. No, I didn’t quite pray; I unloaded. Some people...
VOLUNTARY VERSUS INVOLUNTARY PRAYER “If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Psalm 63:6Lamentations 2:19James 4:8 Along with a group of friends this morning, we discussed what exactly drives us toward prayer. We were all...
INCOHERENCE TO ARTICULACY “But it’s sure nice talking to you, Dad. It’s been sure nice talking to you.” — Harry Chapin, “Cat’s in the Cradle” Matthew 6:5-15Mark 1:35-39Luke 6:12 We learned incorrectly. We assumed that we needed to begin with perfection instead of...
ALONE? OR HOW TO LISTEN “The first duty of love is to listen.” — Paul Tillich Jeremiah 29:11-14Romans 10:17Luke 6:12-19 We struggle with the concept of listening. This stems from our inability to value silence, to seek out solitude. We fill every moment and space with...
OWNING THE RELATIONSHIP “I want you to want me.” — Cheap Trick Daniel 91 Kings 19:9-141 Timothy 2:1-8 I wait by the phone. I continually check my email. Will anybody call first? Write first? Or make first contact? When people tell me to just stop by their houses, do...
CONSTANTLY “I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping.” — Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis in The Shadowlands Luke 18:1-81 Thessalonians 5:16-18Proverbs 3:5-6 What a toll modern technology takes on...
