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Sitting in the Lord’s presence this morning I have two prayers and one thought from Jesus…1.  From 16th century priest Francois Fenelon:  “Lord, I know not what I should ask of you.  You know what I need.  I simply present myself before you.  I open my heart to you.  Behold my needs which I knowContinueContinue reading “Our posture before the Lord”

A lovely little place to spend Christmas, if I do say so myself.  There are a few beach front lots left in the Carillon Beach community here.  You can see one open lot in the middle of the picture.  These small (50-60-feet wide), beach-front lots are about a million.  We are staying in a much smaller,ContinueContinue reading “Christmas in Carillon Beach”

Blessings for a Great Christmas.  This morning I pondered life as I walked the beautiful beach at Carillon Beach, Florida with my daughter Maddie.  Doesn’t get any better than that.

I was reading about William Cowper (1731-1800) yesterday.  He was one of the great English poets of his day.  Sadly, he suffered from very serious depression and often felt he would be damned forever to hell.  Even though his friend John Newton (“Amazing Grace” author) told Cowper it wasn’t true, that he was indeed a son ofContinueContinue reading “The fragile, benevolent sovereignty of God”

Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, was barren prior to giving birth to her son.  And she apparently was not young.  Zechariah, John’s father, told the angel Gabriel that he was an old man and that Elizabeth his wife was well along in years.  But Elizabeth did become pregnant.    Luke 1:24 says, “AfterContinueContinue reading “The Lord has done this for me…”

On this so-called Black Friday, Contemplative Thomas Merton gets it right:”Why should I worry about losing a bodily life that I must inevitably lose anyway, as long as I possess a spiritual life and identity that cannot be lost against my desire? Why should I fear to cease to be what I am not whenContinueContinue reading “What if Black Friday became Good Friday?”

I am on the email prayer list of a church out west.  Turns out one of the gentle saints of the church has a husband who is not a follower of Jesus.  But now he is about to have a very serious surgery and one of his children sent a message to the prayer chain sayingContinueContinue reading “Sharing Jesus”

Now here are some sobering words:We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.  … I John 5:19In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers. … II Cor. 4:4And you were dead in the trepasses and sins inContinueContinue reading “God is in charge, and mercifully so…”