Recently I was reading my devotional book for this year “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers and he mentions that there are dim regions of our personality that we cannot get at but the Holy Spirit works in. Going on to mention Psalm 139 he states that the Psalmist implies: ‘Thou art God …
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DEVOTIONAL: Look up, child.
Look up, child. This may sound silly, but a lot of time when I am praying alone, I tend to look upwards. I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one that does it. But it doesn’t matter if I’m indoors or outside, I find myself tilting my head back and looking heavenward as I …
Balancing Truth and Beauty in Our Writing
A Literary Dilemma Christian authors and readers are often faced with a dilemma. We’re encouraged to think about those things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy (Phil. 4:8), so surely those things should apply to what we read and write. There is certainly a lot of beauty in our world, …
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DEVOTIONS: There is hope in the hurting
There are a lot of hurting people around. The last few weeks, as I’ve looked around, I have seen so much hurt and pain. I see my own hurt and pain. I see the pain of those around me. I see the pain of those that I don’t even know personally. If we’re honest, we …