Picture of Advent

A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, does various unessential things, and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be ...

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Happiness Now

People seem to believe that they have an inalienable right to be happy--"I want what I want and I want it now." No one wants to wait for anything ...

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The True Healing

I have prayed hundreds, if not thousands, of times for the Lord to heal me--and he finally healed me of the need to be healed.

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Learning to Hear God

Eugene Lowry gave this advice to young preachers:

I try to teach my students how to trick themselves into hearing. You have to be out of control. When ...

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A Listener's Prayer

God

Grant me to be

silent before you--

that I may hear you;

at rest in you--

that you may work in me;

open to you--

that you may enter;

empty before you--

that ...

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In Step With Eternity

Everything has its time, and the main thing is that we keep step with God, and do not keep pressing on a few steps ahead--nor keep dawdling a step behind. ...

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What to Ask God For

I asked God to take away my pride, and God said no. He said it was not for him to take away, but for me to give up.

I asked God to make my handicapped ...

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The Blessing of Delay

As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption ...

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Lessons of Waiting

Second only to suffering, waiting may be the greatest teacher and trainer in godliness, maturity, and genuine spirituality most of us ever encounter.

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