“O Word of God Incarnate”
O Word of God incarnate, O wisdom from on high,
O truth unchanged, unchanging, O light of our dark sky;
We praise thee for the radiance that from the hallowed page,
A lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age.
The church from her dear Master received the gift divine,
And still that light [...]
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The ideal, of course, is to pray our prayers from the heart at all times and in all circumstances.
In our best moments, we can do this and should do this. But, to paraphrase Pascal, “Let us not think that we can do always that which we can only do sometimes.” We are subject to what [...]
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Philip Yancey wrote this in his recently published book, Prayer:
“Jesus valued prayer enough to spend many hours at the task. If I had to answer the question ‘Why pray?’ in one sentence, it would be ‘Because Jesus did.’ He bridged the chasm between God and human beings. While on earth, he became vulnerable as we [...]
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E. M. Bounds wrote thousands of pages on the subject of prayer. I’ve always been of the opinion that if you’ve read one of those books, you’ve read them all.
That said, he does have something to say. Dipping into a copy of his Complete Works the other day, I found the following quote. Please remember [...]
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Epiphany: meaning ‘appearance’ or ‘manifestation’, is a
Christian feast intended to celebrate the “shining forth” or revelation
of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus. Some
Christians commemorate the visitation of the Magi to the child Jesus on
this day, while others use the day to commemorate the baptism of Jesus
as an adult. It is [...]
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As we begin to wind down the Christmas season, this coming week on the church calendar we remember our Lord’s first week:
And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, His name was called JESUS, the name called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
“Eternal Father, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy [...]
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