[http://andersonpost.org/2007/07/03/a-prayer-to-be-filled-with-the-holy-spirit/window-of-st-peters-basilica-rome/] Dearest Father, As the sun is full of light, the ocean full of water, Heaven full of glory, so may my heart be full of your Spirit. Pointless are all your purposes to love, and the redemption paid by Jesus, unless your…
How do we not know what we are made to know? > ‘If humanity is made for the knowledge of God, why is it that many people do not feel the need of this knowledge, or seek God out?’ Original Post [http://andersonpost.org/2007/03/15/on-what-we-dont-know-i/] [http:…
Apart from telling us not to babble on in prayer, Matthew 6:7-13 also teaches us that the things for which we pray are reshaped as we come to understand that prayer begins with God. > “When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll…
When we meet together to pray, it’s easy to feel inadequate or not eloquent enough to lead in prayer. Often I’ll sit in silence, or worse, fall into the verbose, formulaic, incantations. But I’ve found that the knowledge that prayer starts with God also helps me as…
Romans 3:10-12 sets out God’s indictment against us with blushing starkness. > “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, together they have become useless; there is no one who does…
A character in a novel I was recently reading claimed that St Augustine was the smartest man who ever lived. Generally I try not to pay too much attention to the opinions of fictional persons, but it got me thinking, after all, that’s a pretty big rap. Here’s…
> So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him. But if Baal, follow him.†But the people didn’t answer him a…
I’ve been asked to put some thoughts together for an article on prayer to go in the forthcoming edition of the AFES Salt Magazine. I thought I’d try a few of these ideas out online in a series of posts entitled “Approached by God”. I’m finding that…