“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10, NIV) Give me a pure heart – that I may see Thee, A humble heart – that I may hear Thee, A heart of love – that I may serve Thee, A heart of faith...
This is an edited repost from January 2013 ….. Dear Jesus, how desperately I need to learn to pray. And yet, when I am honest, I know that I often do not even want to pray. I am distracted! I am stubborn! I am self-centered! In your mercy, Jesus, bring my...
This is an actual photo taken by my family while traveling in Iceland … We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost. We’ve all done our own thing, gone our own way. And God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong,...
Regarding silence, Richard J. Foster writes in his book, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home…. This silence of all creaturely activity enables us to hear God. Francios Fenelon writes, “We must silence every creature, we must silence ourselves, to...
In his book, Prayer, Richard Foster quotes a prayer of general confession from the Book of Common Prayer. It was too good not to share 🙂 We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, we...
