As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“This past weekend I participated at a conference on prayer … One of the questions I was asked during a Q & A time had to do with mind-wandering during prayer. …Here are ten suggestions that might help you when your mind starts to wander in prayer.” - Kindle Afresh
Some years ago I was invited to deliver the high school graduation homily at my daughter’s graduation. Her classmate, who issued the invitation conversationally, called it a “brief address thingy.”
Since she put it like that, how could I refuse?
I didn’t really need any persuading. Having attended quite a few graduations before that, I’d had occasion to ponder what I’d want to preach at a graduation if I ever got that opportunity.
SBC’s “North American Mission Board (NAMB) and Send Network partnered with Dan Darling, author of A Way with Words, to create a free web course at NewChurches.com called “Using Online Conversations for Good” - BPnews
“God calls us to share the world, to share our homes, and to share our churches with people who are weak…. And we ought to be gentle and patient and merciful in those weaknesses.” - Challies
“Are we supposed to stand up to lies? Of course. We have every right and responsibility to expose lies for what they are. … The question is, ‘What are we going to say and how are we going to say it?’ It doesn’t help our cause when people see Christians acting like the people that we’re trying to oppose.” - GetReligion
“During the week, how much time do you think you personally spend in worship? When you attend church, how often do you actually worship?” - P&D
“God doesn’t necessarily flaunt Himself in the big, grand events of the day, but He is working, and dare we say hiding, in the mundane and ordinary aspects of our lives.” - Skylar Spradlin
“…from where do we get this idea of a time of daily worship, which consists mainly in Bible reading and prayer? The answer is that the practice is implied in a number of Scriptures.” - TGC
“…something happened to me when I saw an advertisement for ‘Let’s go Brandon’ apparel and thought about buying it. Out of nowhere, a thought popped into my head: ‘Honor the king’ (1 Pet. 2:17).” - Robin Schumacher
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