Tag Archives: Prayer

#4 – Dark Night of the Soul – LENT 2018

L U S T 4/40 Lust is the desire to benefit self at the expense of other, because lust desires to get.  Love desires to benefit others at the expense of self, because love desires to give.  -Dr Edwin Louis … Continue reading

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Best of September 2015

Recovery Without crosses, the soul never dies to itself. -Guyon Love is unconditional….approval is not. -Dr Cloud Self sacrifice does not mean self sabotage. If you do not transform your pain, you will almost certainly transmit it. Some say there … Continue reading

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Soul Serenade

You may be distracted numerous times. And perhaps your entire practice will be full of sensations clamoring for attention (like monkeys in a banana tree). These distractions are YOU in the Flesh. Be abhorred, you are being judged, Cross examined, … Continue reading

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Prayers of Passion

The book of Hebrews describes the prayer life of Jesus in the following way: “While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could deliver him” (5:7 NLT). … Continue reading

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Observance of a holy Lent…a holy Life

Most holy and merciful Father: We confess to you and to one another, and to the whole communion of saints in heaven and on earth, that we have been led astray by our own fault in thought, word, and deed; … Continue reading

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the Human spirit…part of our daily prayer

This is a prayer that I wrote over a series of weeks that I have incorporated into my daily office of prayer since 2012. Create in me a clean and sacred heart, O God.  Purify and renew a right spirit … Continue reading

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Praying with your Eyes Wide Open… part 2

“Prayer is not talking, but listening” – Kierkegaard Real prayer is actually more concerned with listening than talking. So really when we feel bad about not praying enough it should be because we are not listening, not that we are … Continue reading

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Praying with your Eyes Wide Open

In Him I live and move and have my being… Have you ever met with another trusted and faithful Christian (mom or dad, friend, brother or sister in a late night talk) and been able to speak openly and honestly … Continue reading

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Being with God in Prayer

Jesus didn’t pray for people like we pray for people…he spoke with authority, he commanded devils, blindness, leprosy, death, etc… I know that we are not Jesus. But the real point is this: It’s not that we are not Jesus, … Continue reading

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Open Rewards of Secret Prayer

There is not enough noticeable, visible, circumstantial evidence of prayer in Jesus’ life to justify the manifestation of signs, miracles, and wonders in His earthly ministry…* Matthew 6:5-7 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For … Continue reading

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