Lord God, Your love for me is causeless and ceaseless and measureless. You have loved me because You have chosen to do so, not because of anything I am or have done. This is the wellspring of my true security, and I revel in Your unconditional love and acceptance, knowing that I could never have [...]
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28Jul10
Navigating by a Fixed Point
This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series [...]
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27Jul10
The Encouragement of a Friend
- This is part of a series on the theme of encouragement -
In the rough-and-tumble circumstances of life, we sometimes receive blows that leave us bleeding and gasping for breath. During [...]
26Jul10
Nowhere Else to Turn: A Prayer
Dear Lord, You alone are the fountainhead of all that is good, true and beautiful. I know that if I want life, I must pursue You above all else. May I say with David, “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, [...]
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22Jul10
Love, Discipline, and Time
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Father, I desire to be a person after Your own heart. I want to be pleasing and obedient to You, and when I sin against You, I want to acknowledge it quickly with no excuses and waste no time returning back to Your embrace. I know that I will never attain perfection in this life, [...]
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This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on [...]
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Living God, may I never place my security in people or performance, but only in Your character and promises. Deliver me from the plague of insecurity and anxiety that can cripple me and erode my faith in You. I want to be increasingly defined by Your truth and not by the lies of a fleeting [...]
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