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Week Two: The Affections of Christ and Consistent Prayer
Being drawn into the affections of Christ demands consistency. We need consistent attention to the Word. Constant attention to the basics, such as the Sermon on the Mount or Psalms, allows us to have a path to drawing us back to the place of seeing Christ.
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The affections of Christ
We approach Lent and that is always a reflective time for me. Yet, as we draw in, I am struck by a hunger that keeps calling me… and I keep ignoring.
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Love in the Jesus Tradition
Nijay Gupta has this quote from Howard Thurman on the love of Christ: The religion of Jesus says to the disinherited: “Love your enemy. Take the initiative in seeking ways by which you can have an experience of the common sharing of mutual worth and value. It may be hazardous, but you must do it.
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To pray honest prayers
This was from a recent Renovare newsletter: Feeling overwhelmed, exasperated, enraged?
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The temptation to “multitask”
Psalm 27:4 — “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek…”
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Lessons in prayer
What I am hearing as I study and lean into prayer and waiting:
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All out prayer
In the task of waiting, as the Lord has been reminding me recently, there is the urgency of prayer. As you are waiting… pray. Prayer is not just a matter of having big blocks of time to “be in prayer.” It is also to pray without ceasing. To learn to breathe prayer throughout the day is a huge exercise in…
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The call to wait
If I was looking for a sign things couldn’t get more obvious. I was asked to preach on Christmas Day and when asked, I immediately knew I should set aside the gospel for the day and instead focus on Simeon and Anna (Luke 2:22-40).
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The mystery of prayer
Some thoughts from N.T. Wright in The Challenge of Acts:
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We don’t always get answers, but we get his presence
I get a weekly communication from Renovare and the letter this week from Brian Morykon was deeply moving. I couldn’t find an online version to link to, so I am just cutting and pasting, hoping I’m not violating any copyright laws in the process.
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