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Time with God now

Posted in Isaac, Prayer, The Wesleys, tagged , on August 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD … Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide …” (Genesis 19:27, 24:63a)

Men and women of God, from Abraham and Isaac through the centuries to today take time to get alone with God.

Abraham’s time was in the mornings at a scenic overlook; Isaac’s in the evenings in the fields. It’s not what time or where that is important but the consistency and privacy.

Suzanna Wesley, unable to leave the house because of responsibilities for her 19 children (John and Charles being two of them), sat in a chair with her apron over her head – all because there must be time alone with God for every believer.

Jesus said to go to the closet to pray in secret.1 Your closet may have four wheels and your time may be on the way to work, but take time every day to get alone with God.

– fritz

1 – Matthew 6:6

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>No one but God

Posted in Prayer, tagged on July 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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“Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.” – Proverbs 14:10

Proverbs gives down to earth wisdom about living and interacting with God and others.

No one else can truly share your joys or your sorrows, so quit trying to get them to. Distress happens when we try to receive from people what only God can provide. He, alone, can share and comfort.

As the chorus from the hymn, “In the Garden”, says

And he walks with me
And he talks with me,
And he tells me I am his own.
And the joy we share
as we tarry there,
none other, has ever, known

Get some alone time with God and let him share your joys and sorrows as no one else can.

– fritz
Related Post: “Be Still A Moment” July 10, 2010

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>Teaching Jesus’ Way

Posted in Prayer, Teaching, tagged on June 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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“as [Jesus] was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray” – Luke 11:1

This prelude to the now famous “Lord’s Prayer” in the Gospel of Luke does more than set the context, it shows how to teach Jesus’ way.

Eleven chapters into the Gospel a disciple finally asks Jesus how to pray. One would, naturally, think Jesus had started teaching prayer from day one. He did, but not the way we try to teach.

We “teach” by disseminating facts, steps, and information. Jesus did some of that with the crowds but with his closest ones he taught by doing and waiting to be asked1. They saw Jesus pray and eventually said, “How can I do that?!”

“Lord, help me to implement that kind of learning in my home and with my family, at my job with my co-workers, and daily with my friends. Amen.”

-fritz

1 – Related post: “New Take on Pearls and Swine”

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