Prayer: Silent or Spoken
First, we don’t know whether every prayer recorded in the Scriptures was spoken audibly or not. Some of Paul’s prayers, for example, are written down. We may presume that he spoke them aloud, but we simply do not know.
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EPHESIANS: What we Imitate
This is poignant for me because of late I have been helping someone navigate situations in which they are being very poorly treated by someone they love. There is great relational risk. When things are this hard, it can be more than challenging to respond in Love. It can seem that Loving sacrificially is simply too dangerous. It can seem that if one were to give oneself to another, even one greatly loved, the result might be complete loss of oneself.
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EPHESIANS: Walk This Way
We would be remiss if we fail to notice that it specifies that we are to follow God’s example not only as children, but as dear children. We are Loved with a self-sacrificing agape’ Love. We are dear to God. He is the perfect parent and most worthy of our imitation.
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EPHESIANS: How we Do It
From time to time, I like to repeat a statement that I once read or heard— “I don’t know how to act my age. I’ve never been this age before.” It’s humorous because while it is silly, it is also true. It can be easy for us to feel the same way about thinking, talking, and acting like saints. We don’t know how.
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How to Walk by Faith
How to Walk by Faith It’s a life of dependance. Sometimes I like to think of it like I’m a little kid living with my parents. As a kid, I never even thought about whether my home was safe and would still be there when I came back from school, whether I was welcome to…
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Bible Reading
Here’s one of the more useful things I’ve learned.
