Grace… The Beauty of Grace (A Christmas Prayer) 20 Dec 2015 Father, Christmas puts Your grace front and center. We see the humility of it in how quietly it came, in the simple, plain, and common way Jesus entered the world.…
Grace… Loving Our Enemies 19 Dec 2015 David modeled what it means to love your enemy by sparing Saul's life in 1 Samuel 24. In yesterday's post we dug into the reality that the New Testament teaches…
Books… Absolute Trust Is the Shortest Road to God 18 Dec 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 26: Absolute Trust Is the Shortest Road to God I have no doubt that God considers you to be one of His friends; otherwise He would…
Grace… Being the Lord’s Anointed 18 Dec 2015 In yesterday's post we looked at 1 Samuel 24 where David models Jesus' command to love our enemies and do good to them in his sparing of Saul. Just as…
Grace… Too Hard to Understand or Just Not What We Want to Do? 17 Dec 2015 He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD's anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is…
What I've Been Learning This is true… 15 Dec 201515 Dec 2015 I have been learning that Jesus often gives us the strength to keep going with our problems when we are willing to reach out and help others in spite of…
Prayer Christmas Grace (A Prayer) 13 Dec 2015 Gracious Father, We are so prone to run down the wrong path, to listen to the wrong voice, to act on the wrong motives. And we are no less prone…
Books… We Should Listen to God and Not to Self 11 Dec 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 25: We Should Listen to God and Not to Self I beg you not to listen to self. Self-love whispers in one ear and the love…
Prayer We Come Before You (A Sunday Morning Prayer) 6 Dec 2015 Father, We come before You in awe and wonder. For we can see that Your power is limitless, Your wisdom far beyond our reach, Your righteousness is faultless, and Your…