I've been thinking a lot about three-legged stools since Mark's sermon this past Sunday. They are superior to the four-legged bar stools in my kitchen which are never flush to the ground. They rock. They squeak. Their legs work themselves loose. Three-legged stools are unique in their stability. Mark, of course, was not talking about …
Tag: Prayer
Read until your Heart gets hot
I learned something the other day that might help those of us who struggle with keeping a routine of reading the Bible. Here is my rough paraphrase of a talk Tim Keller gave to a group of pastors ... Read slowly. Chew on the passages that grab your attention. Read until your heart gets hot and …
Turning the Shark
As we saw in the previous post, Psalm 119 is a poem inspired by one man's love for the law of God and his struggle to keep it. Scattered throughout this enormous prayer are pleas to God that he might teach him to follow his laws: Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees; then …
Praying for your Six
The church I grew up in is really into evangelism and they are good at it. They have done it all. They walked the streets at night striking up conversations with complete strangers. They passed out gospel tracts, performed street theater and knocked on every door in the neighborhood. You would think that growing up …
Prayer when it’s dry
Should I pray when I'm not feeling it? I don't know about you, but that's a question I'm asking right now. In the past couple of years, I've committed myself to a daily prayer routine based on the Daily Office from the Book of Common Prayer. There are days when I feel the presence of …
Psalm 4 – A prayer to end the day
I am most susceptible to sin at night. I suspect it is that way for most Christians. We are tired and at our weakest as the day comes to a close. In the quiet, as we lay down and try to go to sleep, our fears, anger and frustration have room to surface. We've been …
7 Ways to Pray for the World’s Poor
The Missions Committee came across this prayer plan while reading the book The Hole in our Gospel. We think it is a great way to weave poverty awareness and prayer into ordinary life during this season of Lent. 1. When you take your morning shower, pray for families in poor countries who do not have access …
