“Prayer is the one thing that conquers God — its only art is to call back souls from the dead, to give strength to the weak, to exorcise the possessed, to open prison cells, to free the innocent from chains. Prayer cleanses from sin, drives away temptations, comforts the fainthearted, gives new strength to the courageous, feeds the poor, overrules the rich, lifts up the fallen, supports those who are falling, sustains those who stand firm.” – Tertullian
Archive for April, 2011
“So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (ESV) It’s tempting to envy Jeanne Calment, a French woman who took up fencing at 85 and still rode a bicycle at 100. She lived 122 years and 164 days—a total of 44,724 days. If I live to be 80, I have 7,057 days to go (as I write this). That’s out of a life span of 29,200 days. Subtract days if I don’t make it to 80. If I live to be 70, I have 3,407 days to go. If I die [ Read More ]
“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30 (ESV) A vibrant 17-year-old Christian girl from Bucharest had a question. “I want to love God, but I can’t. I can’t love him with everything in me. What can I do?” The last session of camp in the Carpathian Mountains had ended. Our theme had been death—the death to self that Christ demands of every disciple. Now it was Q & A time. “You’re at a good place,” I said. “You [ Read More ]