When You Wish
Celtic Spiritual Poetry (29) I wish, O Son of the Living God, ancient eternal King, for a secret hut in the wilderness, that it may be my dwelling.A very blue shallow well to be beside it, a clear pool for washing away sins through the grace of the Holy Spirit…A few sage disciples, I will tell their number, humbled […]
Reason for Thanksgiving
Introduction and Purpose: Colossians 1.1-18 (2) Pray Psalm 87.1, 2His foundation is in the holy mountains.The LORD loves the gates of ZionMore than all the dwellings of Jacob.Glorious things are spoken of you,O city of God! Sing Psalm 87.1, 2St. Anne: Our God, Our Help in Ages PastUpon the holy mountains rest the footings of the LORD,Who loves of […]
Getting Our Bodies in Shape
With good reason, Paul calls us to “work out” our salvation in fear and trembling. True faith in Jesus is demonstrated and proved by good works, but good works don’t just happen. We have to train our bodies to perform them. Today’s reading from The Disciplined Life is from page 8: “This is not to suggest for […]
The Old Life and the New
Because Christ is in us, and we are in Christ, our identity is defined by our relationship with him.