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Category Archives: Spiritual Disciplines & Growth
Be Silent
Be silent. Be still. Wait before your God. Say nothing. Ask nothing. Be still. Let your God look upon you That is all. God knows. God understands God loves you with an enormous love. God only wants to look upon … Continue reading
Prayer is Coming to Stillness
This was part of what was shared at the recent Prayer and Spirituality Evening, looking at stillness. In a previous post, I looked at some practical ways in which we can nurture a stillness in our minds and bodies. Andrew … Continue reading
Spirituality and Prayer Evening 1 – Stillness
Margaret Silf, one of my favourite authors on prayer, describes stillness as being “10 feet down”, below the surface of the choppy waters of our lives where we mostly live. The purpose of stilling ourselves is to bring us down … Continue reading
Rahab the Do-Nothing
Last Sunday, I spoke from Isa 30:1-14, in the first part of a two talks continuing to look at why we don’t pray – part 2 is this Sunday. We also built a wall – click on the photo for … Continue reading
Learning to Pray
This Monday (12th October) I am starting a series of six evenings in church (mainly Monday nights once a month), to help people to learn to pray. I have mentioned before, but I am constantly amazed at the disciples (who … Continue reading
Why don’t we pray? – Part 6
This Sunday I will be continuing to look at reasons why we don’t pray. Generally, Christians know the value of prayer, but mostly we still struggle to pray. It has often been thus. Even in the days of Israel, keeping … Continue reading
Why don’t we pray? – Part 5
The Prodigal Son is an incredibly well known story (Luke 15:11-32). But often the focus is on the younger son, who leaves home with his inheritance from his not-yet-dead Father, squanders it, and returns to find and experience the grace … Continue reading
Establishing a Rhythm of Daily Prayer – Part 3
Part 1 – Start Small Part 2 – Be consistent Many of us have prayed regularly at some points in our lives. But at some point, the ‘regularity’ turned into ‘spasmodic’. And we wake up one day realising that prayer … Continue reading
Establishing a Rhythm of Daily Prayer – Part 2
Part 1 – Start small This series of posts is looking at how we establish a rhythm of daily prayer. Periodically, I have prayed frequently and regularly but very rarely (actually never) have I established a rhythm of prayer. So … Continue reading
Why don’t we pray? – Part 4
There are deep movements of our hearts, that in the normal course of events, we are often unaware of. They surface during times of change or transition. They surface when things that we have relied on for a sense of … Continue reading