“ A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural forces of the earth take over and up comes the grain...This is the way it is with the Spiritual Disciplines they are a way of sowing to the Spirit... By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done. ”
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“ Our assurance… is built upon a confident assurance in the faithfulness of God. ”
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“ Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied. ”
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“ Our assurance… is built upon a confident assurance in the faithfulness of God. ”
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“ It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment. ”
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“ It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment. ”
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“ Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied. ”
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“ As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.... Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs of modern life. ”
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“ God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. ”
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“ I used to think that I needed to get all my motives straightened out before I could pray, really pray. I would be in some prayer group, for example, and I would examine what I had just prayed and think to myself, "How utterly foolish and self-centered; I can't pray this way!" And so I would determine never to pray again until my motives were pure… ”
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“ Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. That puts us in the "on-top" position, where we are competent and in control. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control. ”
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“ It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment. ”
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“ Our assurance… is built upon a confident assurance in the faithfulness of God. ”
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“ Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. That puts us in the "on-top" position, where we are competent and in control. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control. ”
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“ God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. ”
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“ We can go through all the activities of our days in joyful awareness of God's presence. ”
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“ God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. ”
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“ I used to think that I needed to get all my motives straightened out before I could pray, really pray. I would be in some prayer group, for example, and I would examine what I had just prayed and think to myself, "How utterly foolish and self-centered; I can't pray this way!" And so I would determine never to pray again until my motives were pure… ”
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“ Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied. ”
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“ I used to think that I needed to get all my motives straightened out before I could pray, really pray. I would be in some prayer group, for example, and I would examine what I had just prayed and think to myself, "How utterly foolish and self-centered; I can't pray this way!" And so I would determine never to pray again until my motives were pure… ”
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“ Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don't need to straighten others out. ”
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“ God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. ”
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“ God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. ”
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“ It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment. ”
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“ Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don't need to straighten others out. ”
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“ We can go through all the activities of our days in joyful awareness of God's presence. ”
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“ Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied. ”
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“ Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. That puts us in the "on-top" position, where we are competent and in control. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control. ”
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“ God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. ”
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