The Sixth Day Exercise for May 7 with Thomas a’Kempis
Don’t trust every suggestion, but with healthy skepticism and patience ponder your affairs in the light of God’s will.
Don’t trust every suggestion, but with healthy skepticism and patience ponder your affairs in the light of God’s will.
No matter how much a scarcity person has, there will never be enough. No matter how little an abundance person has, there will always be more than plenty.
There is a way of faith with which one can enjoy the world and a way of living in the world in which God can be enjoyed.
The core dynamic of Christian discipleship is not being and doing. It’s beholding and becoming, because we become what we behold.
The two truths about money: 1. Money is not a bad thing. 2. Money is a dangerous thing. Do you know the difference?
Sustained discipline, especially as relates to the human spirit, requires a gentle approach. Take the long view.
Good and devout people orient themselves ahead of time to responsible action. Reason, not mere emotion, orders that orientation. No battle looms bigger than giving up self.
Forgiveness does not mean reconciliation. It means declaring a unilateral cease-fire. It is the willful decision to stop retaliating in any form.
Have you ever thought about this—that the Lord’s Prayer was given for private, prayer closet kind of praying? Isn’t it ironic that this would be the most public prayer in the world and perhaps the least private?
Listen Now! April 27, 2016 Matthew 6:7-8 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be
Listen Now! April 26, 2016 Matthew 6:6 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done
No-one tries or wants to be a hypocrite. It’s a deep and devastating form of brokenness that comes as a fruit of the fallenness of our humanity.