The spiritual disease of taking grace for granted and responding with ingratitude to the riches of God’s kindnesses may be reaching epidemic proportions in our time. Few believers begin the day with a sense of wonder at the lovingkindness of God, gratitude for their health, amazement at the undeserved blessings they have received, or anticipation [...]
27Feb10
Taking Grace for Granted
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Going Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2aLSat3h0w Abide With Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V7VDJGZhyQ&feature=related Air (Bach) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztN8G8gLADw&feature=related
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24Feb10
Called to Be Like Him: A Prayer
O God, you are Lord of heaven and earth, and all things come from You and through You and to You. When You spoke the cosmos into being, You remained the infinite and personal One who is forever distinct from Your created order. You alone are God, and we are Your people who have been [...]
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19Feb10
The Struggle of Trust: A Prayer
Lord of all creation, You made us for Yourself, and You always take pleasure in granting us every good and perfect gift. Your Word is trustworthy and Your promises are sure. In spite of this, I struggle with trusting You enough to surrender to Your better way. I often succumb to my own devices and [...]
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You have called me to participate in Your purposes through the work I have been given to do during my earthly sojourn. May I do my work with care and excellence in the desire to be pleasing to You. I realize that all things become spiritual when they are done in Your name. May I [...]
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Your creation is a magnificent unity in diversity, profound in wisdom, awesome in understanding, marvelous in purpose and rich in elegance. You revel in variety, subtlety, intricacy, information and beauty. All things work together in both the physical and spiritual realms. I thank You for creating and calling me to become conformed to the image [...]
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O Lord my God, You are exalted above all things we can conceive and imagine. Time and space are a part of Your created order—You brought them into being, and You dwell in all times and places. You are the eternal now, the great i am, the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the [...]
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2Feb10
The Pursuit of God – Part 2
This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. Following Hard After God Tozer was not a man who spoke of God by way of hearsay, like those religious leaders of his generation, for they hungered not [...]
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31Jan10
Launching a New Blog
I am launching a blog that will be a bit different, insofar as it will consist of several elements. The first of these is a group of articles based on a series that I have adapted from my 11-part CD teaching on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. The second element is [...]
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