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Category Archives: guidance
Focussed Lives
Gathered up, focussed lives, intent on one aim – Christ – these are the lives on which God can concentrate blessedness. It is “all for all” by a law as unvarying as any law that governs the material universe. Focussed … Continue reading
Are You There, God?
“Do we not see sometimes that God begins, as it were, by taking the initiative and letting us simply follow on with Him. Then the obvious leading ceases. He is there, but He has withdrawn the pillar of cloud from … Continue reading
Posted in faithfulness, guidance, Presence of God
Tagged art, C.S.Lewis, Lilias Trotter, Presence of God, The Horse and His Boy
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What Really Matters?
“God wants to show us that nothing is great or small to Him.” … Continue reading
Posted in choices, commitment, faithfulness, guidance, purpose
Tagged art, C.S.Lewis, Lilias Trotter, purpose, Tolkien
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Stored Energy
“There is something wonderful in the thought that all the world’s commerce of late, and much of the political movements that stand co-related hang on the coal supply; in other words, on bringing to the surface the buried lives of … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, guidance, Holy Spirit, life, light, perseverence, power
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Lesson of the Crab
“I had a beautiful day alone at Pescade, in a fresh little cave that we had never found before. My sermon was from a little crab perched on a rock below, which matched his light-brown shell exactly. He was just as alive and just … Continue reading
Posted in commitment, dedication, guidance, life
Tagged Anderson Cooper, Antoinetter Tuff, art, Fenelon, life in Christ, Lilias Trotter, Richard Foster
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The Weight of Glory
“The grass has to stand very still as it holds its precious ‘weight of glory’ – and so has the soul on whom the dew of the Spirit comes. Literally, as easily as this dew, His dew is brushed off – some of … Continue reading
Posted in focus, guidance, Holy Spirit, renewal
Tagged art, guidance, Holy Spirit, Lilias Trotter, Spirit of the Living God
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God’s Guidance
”God’s guidance, if our soul’s instinct is healthy, tallies with the sense of rest. In a very real way, this sense of rest guides us – legislates for us. Anything that brings a sense of restlessness means that we have … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Catherine Marshall, guidance, Lilias Trotter, Philip Yancey
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