Recovering and treasuring the forgotten prayer
Why it's vital to treasure the forgotten prayer – that Jesus told us to pray, but our minds can’t grasp and our emotions can’t quite embrace.
Why it's vital to treasure the forgotten prayer – that Jesus told us to pray, but our minds can’t grasp and our emotions can’t quite embrace.
Wilderness strips life bare. It knocks all the supports out from under us. There, we may hear God say, “I have carried you on eagles’ wings to bring you to myself.”
Jesus said, “the truth will set you free.” Now I see this diamond in its setting. I hear the urgency in his cry to us all.
In the beginning, a divided heart may look very much like an undivided one. Two paths before you appear to run side-by-side. It seems you don’t have to choose.
May I tell you a story? It’s a true story. And it shows what can happen when God sees courage in you that you do not see.
Moses treasured encounters with God, so much that he climbed a mountain seven times. His story can inspire us to get away with God too.
When all seemed lost, Moses pressed in: To know the character and ways of God. To live in his Presence, to seek his face, to see and reflect his glory. May your heartcry echo that of Moses. And even when you do not realize it, may you become ever more radiant because you have been with your Lord.
When God reveals his covenant name, he invites us to leave that place where we think we know all about him – and to press on to know him.
It’s a story from the distant past, with profound implications today. A story of glory on the mountain – mutiny in the valley. Reading it, we can see how the Lord responded when a people who had just committed themselves to be his people reveled in breaking their vows. As we open ourselves to the Word and the Spirit, may we see much more.
In Moses’ day, the Lord went to great lengths to make a way to dwell in the midst of his people. Now, he’s made the way for his glory to dwell within us.