About Our Prayer

When we pray, be prepared to be surprised!

How Do We Respond To The Sermon On The Mount

Humanly speaking, we could interpret the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibly: simple surrender and obedience. He does not want it to be discussed as an ideal; he really means us to get on with it.

Bietrich Bonhoeffer

A Divided Heart?

Remain close to Jesus in life and in death, committing yourself to His faithful keeping. When all others fail you, He will help you.

However, your Beloved is of such a nature that He will not accept a divided heart; but will have it for Himself alone and will reign there as a king on his throne.

From the Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis

Struggle Against Sin

With the passage of time, if we persevere in following Christ our Teacher, we feel less and less burdened by the struggle against sin, and we enjoy more and more the divine light which pervades all creation.

Christopher West

To He Who Thirsts

"Come." Let the one who thirsts come forward, and the one who wants it receive the gift of the life-giving water.

Rev 22: 17

Keep Holy the Sabbath

If you hold back your foot on the Sabbath
from following your own pursuits on my holy day;

If you call the sabbath a delight,
and the Lord's holy day honorable;

If you honor it by not following your ways,
seeking your own interests, or speaking with malice--

Then you shall delight in the Lord;
and I will make your ride on the heights of the earth;

I will nourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 58: 13-14

Cleanse Me Lord

Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure; wash me, make me whiter than snow.

Let me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my guilt.

A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit.

Psalm 51: 9-12

Do Not Worry!

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you--you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. "So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.

Matthew 6:25-34

Our Thoughts

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he....

Proverbs 23:7

On the Love of Solitude and Silence

Seek a convenient time to search your own conscience, meditating on the benefits of God.

From the Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis