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Do you need a Spiritual Director?

In Acts 9 when Saul of Tarsus was blinded by the Heavenly Light he didn’t know what to do next, so for three days he fasted and prayed. We also should fast and pray when we are in darkness and … Continue reading

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Staying Connected!

Romans 15:4-6…”For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit … Continue reading

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A Circle of Christian Friends!

C.S. Lewis wrote…..”Is any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of Christian friends by a fire?” Lewis indeed had a great circle of friends which he had many discussions on many topics. The Inklings were his close friends … Continue reading

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Happy Valentines Day!

C.S. Lewis wrote…..”Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies … Continue reading

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The Lord Goes Before You

C.S. Lewis wrote….”God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.” I was cleaning out an area of the house today and found an email from my friend and author … Continue reading

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Loving as Christ

Andrew Murray wrote…”Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays.” I am thankful to learn from the wisdom of the Christian great men who have walked with Christ. Andrew Murray’s quote … Continue reading

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The Power of Prayer

E.M. Bounds wrote, “Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God’s saints have been held.” Prayer is powerful. Have you experienced that power in your life? Just yesterday afternoon I spent … Continue reading

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Escaping the Lion’s Den

Two weeks ago a 350-pound tiger at the San Francisco zoo escaped from its cage and fatally mauled a man. Tatiana the Siberian tiger was eventually put down, but not before injuring two other visitors to the zoo. Like Daniel … Continue reading

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Godly Compassion

Richard Baxter wrote… “We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We must even travail in birth, till Christ be formed in them. They … Continue reading

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Unexpected Moments

Andrew Murray wrote…”Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, ‘above all that we ask or think’. Each time, before you … Continue reading

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