Articles
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Your Will Be Done
“Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10b I admit that I’ve always battled a bit with this part of Jesus’ prayer framework. I guess I never really understood what it meant. I’ve had many teach about the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) structure of what the Lord’s Prayer was about, making a bit more sense of it rather than the simple recitation of it as is often done in the larger denominations. But “asking” God to have his will done seems a bit beyond the scope of why I’m coming to him in prayer. But after all this time, I’ve come to realize that…
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A Broken Heart
You know, sometimes I really struggle in prayer. I don’t always feel like my words have validity, and so I feel disconnected. I may go through the motions anyway, but I don’t always feel that God wants to hear what I have to say at the moment. As a result, it’s difficult to pray on others’ behalf, let alone for myself. And at those times when I don’t feel connected to God, I’m typically in a place where I’ll decide to come back when I’m ready. But I’ll never be ready if I’m without humility. Being humble before God is a key component to our relationship. If I act casually…
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Taking Out the Trash
Because I live in the world, I am prone to have my senses bombarded with visions, sounds and feelings that are unhealthy for me. I really can’t avoid them—yes, I may work to minimize them and their affect on me—but if I’m truly living for God, then I am not sheltered and confined to an environment devoid of ungodly things. How can I share Christ with those who do not know him if I do not allow myself to engage with those who don’t know him 1 Corinthians 5:9-10? While it’s imperative that I refrain from behaving sinfully or engaging in sinful activities, that does not mean I can’t befriend…
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War and Peace
If we are not at peace with God, we are at war with him. Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you. Job 22:21 It’s not complicated. There really are only two sides; so pick one. So many of us, since the beginning of time, have elected to go our own way, apart from God and apart from the lives he would have us lead. And those who do, or have done so, believe they are doing so benignly, innocently. There is not always a purposeful hostility towards God, just sort of an apathetic view and desire to live life apart…
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A New Song
In 1999, I was given new inspiration. After years of running away, I was provided the opportunity to come home. I finally realized that my broken relationship with God wasn’t his fault. He’d been trying for a very long time to show me, but I’d convinced myself it was he who was at fault, and so I refused to listen. I thought that being apart from him gave me freedom, but alas, I was trapped. I had been raised in the Catholic church, but after getting through confirmation at age 15, I decided that I didn’t really want to be a part of The Church, because I really didn’t like…
