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trite

posted by adam on 08.09.2007

I have a good friend who has been praying for me lately while I face off with a rather difficult personal issue. Actually, I have a couple of friends praying for me, but I was emailing one of them in particular today. I began to tell him “thanks for praying for me” when I was […]

prayer, culture | 2 comments »

the land of the living

posted by adam on 04.18.2007

No, I’m not dead. Just in a deadish place.
Sometimes I pray and it feels like the prayers bounce off the inside of the ceiling. Sometimes, when it feels like this for long enough, I stop praying for a while. I feel certain that I should be praying, that continued prayer is what a more […]

discipleship, prayer | 3 comments »

talking

posted by adam on 03.16.2007

From time to time, weekly when schedules allow, I meet with Clyde. Clyde and I have only met a few times so far, but they have been good times. He’s something of a prayer guru, someone my pastor told me I should talk to, and so now I meet with him for two hour talks […]

prayer, Holy Spirit | 5 comments »

misread

posted by adam on 03.14.2007

“A very bad (and all too common) way to misread a newspaper: To see whatever supports your point of view as fact, and anything that contradicts your point of view as bias,” (Daniel Okrent, first ombudsman of The New York Times).
I fear a great many people read (or misread) the Bible this way, too. Oh, […]

random, prayer, quote | no comments »

cardinal

posted by adam on 02.15.2007

I was reminded today of the cardinal rule of speaking truth. A mentor told me this: before and after you speak what you believe to be truth, you should engage in what he called “the labor of prayer.”
I did not do that (either before or after) posting this week. I apologize.
I’m sure some of what […]

prayer, forgiveness | 1 comment »

success

posted by adam on 12.13.2006

Talking to a friend today, I mentioned Jim Cymbala’s book, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire. In his book, Cymbala describes a transformation that occurred in his church as the result of a simple declaration:
“Early in the [prayer] service I said, ‘Brothers and sisters, I really feel that I’ve heard from God about the future of our […]

prayer, books, devotion | no comments »

prayer of devotion

posted by adam on 11.28.2006

“Oh! divine Redeemer, out of whose inexhaustible fullness I would daily draw a rich supply of grace into my needy soul, be pleased to impart unto me an undivided heart; that to please You, may be my greatest happiness, and to promote Your glory my highest honor. Preserve me from false motives, from a double […]

prayer, quote, devotion | 3 comments »

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