Borrowed Breath

Last night, after I read for a while, I turned out my light, laid my head on my pillow, and breathed  this brief prayer, “Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. I owe you…big time.”

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I read Nehemiah this morning and was struck by the prayerful attitude of this man. The whole second half of chapter 1 is a prayer of confession and intercession. And then we jump to chapter 2 where Nehemiah is about to ask a pagan king for permission and provision to go rebuild the wall around […]

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I need you, Jesus, more today
More than I ever have before.
My soul is pained, my faith poor.
I’ve wandered and I’ve gone astray.
 
I need you, Jesus, more right now,
More than I have in times past,
More each day than the last,
Grace and mercy, bestow and endow.
 
I need you, Jesus, more this instant,
More this very moment in time,
I […]

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Gracious Father,
Grant that we, this year, would press deeper into your heart.
In Jesus name.

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I’m sure, by now, most of you have heard of the shootings in Colorado.  Please continue to pray.  I have a friend who is at that YWAM base.  She and eight others were mere minutes away from returning to the base after a bowling outing when she received a call telling them to stay away because […]

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My soul sings out
When my tongue is tied,
Whispers and shouts
Lie buried inside.
When I don’t know
What I should say,
The Spirit bestows
Prayers I can’t pray.
My soul sings out
When my tongue is tied,
Whispers and shouts
Lie buried inside.
Often I kneel in silence,
Amidst the warfare’s violence;
My soul is pained and weary,
My eyes, bloodshot and bleary,
And I yearn for your cheering presence.
But when […]

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O soul of mine,
Do not refrain.
Press into the heart of your Redeemer.
And you will find
You will be changed,
Though others may laugh and call you a dreamer.
 
O heart of mine,
Do not deter,
Press into His heart, whatever it takes.
And you will find
You are astir
With passion for those for whom His heart breaks.
 
O spirit of mine,
Do […]

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I really should stay here just a bit longer,
Yet something within me is restless, astir,
Compelling me to leave this trysting place,
Longing to go back, each footstep retrace.
 
Yet my spirit knows I should linger here,
Here where your presence quells my fear,
Where your whispered promises restore me;
Where I catch little glimpses into your glory.
 
Here I will linger […]

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What does surrender mean?  We throw that word around a lot in our Christian circles.  But what does it really look like?  I don’t have all the answers, but here are a few things that jump out at me about surrender.
Surrender is freedom from having to be right.
Surrender is laying down my weapons of self-righteousness.
Surrender […]

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Let’s lift up Dan Kimball’s family.
Life Is Fragile

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