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This week I continue "Thursdays with Murray" by concluding my study of Andrew Murray's short book Humility. Last week, I jumped ahead and talked about the final chapter in relationship with chapter ten. So this week I return to chapter eleven, "Humility and Happiness," as the last part of the book about which I will write. …
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“He will call on me, and I will answer him.” (Psalm 91:15) When we pray, it sometimes feels like we are talking to ourselves or to the wind currents in the air. We may wonder: does God really hear us, and if so, does He respond? Where Psalm 80 reaches out to God with an …
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Our life with God is shaped by the way we pray. Prayer is the basic communication with God in speaking and listening that is as essential as air, food and water to our biological life. Prayer is simple in the sense that every human being feels the pull to communicate with the divine, often whispering …
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. (Psalm 80:1) There are times when reading the psalms becomes an experience of call and response in prayer. Occasionally, one psalm raises a question or concern that another psalm seems to answer. This reminds us that the psalms become an even more powerful …
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“In him we live and move and have our being.” (Acts 17:28) During the European Enlightenment of the 18th century, a strong separation can be discerned between theists – those who believed in a God who exists and is actively engaged in the world – and deists – those who believed some sort of God …
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