Reservoir

You are not a reservoir with a limited amount of resources; you are a channel attached to unlimited divine resources. Anon

Thought for Christian Aid Week

Thank God for people who do not have hearts of stone. (Don Enrique, Nicaragua, of people willing to campaign.)

Grapes of Wrath

The preacher sighed. ‘I’ll go anyways,’ he said. ‘Somepin’s happening. I went up an’ I looked, an’ the houses is all empty, an’ this whole country is empty. I can’t stay here no more. I got to go where the folks is goin’. I’ll work in the fiel’s, an’ maybe I’ll be happy.’ ‘An’ you [...]

What is Prayer?

Prayer is simply responding to God. It’s about turning our hearts towards God: bringing us to God, and God to us. It may involve talking or listening, stillness or action. There are no special words to say, and there’s no required way to kneel or stand. You can pray with others or alone, you can [...]

Romans 12:1

Take your everyday, ordinary life — your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life — and place it before God as an offering. Romans 12:1

Prayer

Grant that I may not pray with my mouth alone; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart. Martin Luther

Trust

You have to trust your team. Without trust, you’re lost. Eric Cantona

The end of things

And by and by Christopher Robin came to an end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn’t stop. Winnie the Pooh [editor's note -- forgive me all these quotes from Winnie the Pooh, but he expresses my feelings so succinctly that I feel [...]

Kindness

“Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.” Winnie the Pooh

Breakfast

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. It breaks your fast and sets you up for the day with sustenance and energy. We should try to find a quiet place each day to connect with God and feed our spirits with a spiritual breakfast. Then we will be in a [...]

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