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Our Father: Our Unchanging Home Nov 7, 2020 Christ takes the lowest place, and is exalted to the highest place. He is not attached to earthly things, and therefore enjoys all things. He empties Himself, and is thereby complete.~ from The Tao Te Ching…
Fear’s Antidote: Home Now, And Home Forever Aug 16, 2020 Jesus did not come from heaven to earth just to get us out of hell and into heaven — though He is the only One Who can do that. He also came to get Himself out…
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum May 19, 2020 (Latin: If you want peace, prepare for war) We live in a culture that, as Cardinal Francis George said, “permits everything and yet forgives nothing.” And so people despair of being forgiven and feel compelled to…
Peace by Bloodshed Aug 3, 2018 I charge you never to give up the old doctrine of the blood of Christ, the complete satisfaction which that atoning blood made for sin, and the impossibility of being saved except by that blood. Let…
Fighting At Peace May 9, 2018 Better to be a Warrior in a Garden that a Gardener in a War. ~ Sun Tzu And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills…
Reframing Rejection: Digging A New Well Apr 19, 2018 There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go. ~ Jessica Hatchigan And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him, and the man became rich,…
Believe, Or Don’t. There Is No Middle Ground Sep 25, 2017 The practical thing to do since God is our Fortress and our High Tower is to surrender by faith to put ourselves and all our interests into this divine dwelling place. Then we must dismiss all…
Our Fear of Believing The Solution: The Kingdom May 4, 2017 As his child, you are entitled to his kingdom, the warmth, the peace, and the power of his presence, the wisdom, the insight, and the guidance of his Spirit, the goodness, the joy, and every supreme…
A Maundy Thursday Prayer for Peace and Salvation Apr 13, 2017 A Prayer from Ephesians 2 and Revelation 5 Blessed Father and Beloved Son and Precious Holy Spirit, help us to remember that we were once separated and living apart from Jesus Christ – and were excluded…
Hiding Won’t Give Us Peace Jan 22, 2017 I am afraid to tell you who I am, because if I tell you who I am you may not like who I am, and it’s all that I have ~ John Powell Therefore remember that…
Fortitudo! Jan 14, 2017 Often the test of courage is not to die but to live! ~ Vittorio Alfieri Courage is a heart full… strengthened and made supple by Him. ~ Makala Barnabas Doulos There shall come forth a Shoot…
What? Like You Are Gonna Lose? Jan 4, 2017 Sing aloud, children! sing to the glorious King of Redemption, who sits on the throne, for the seraphim high veil their faces, and cry, and the angels are praising the Son. With His raiment blood-dyed, and…
Him Bleeding Life into Our Pain Jan 3, 2017 I just know that—old scars can break open like fresh wounds and your unspoken broken can start to rip you wide open and maybe the essence of all the questions is: how in the holy name…
That in All Things He Might Be Preeminent Apr 14, 2016 Hope proves man deathless. It is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity… I learn the depth to which I have sunk from the length of the chain…
Deeper Peace: Beyond The Circumstance Apr 9, 2016 In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us—that we be men and women of prayer, people who live close to God, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough.…
The Christmas War-cry: PEACE! JOY! HOPE! Dec 14, 2015 Christmas… He is forever now with us through His birth, life, death, Resurrection, and the sending of His Spirit. We have no idea yet how important this is for us individually – and for the entire…
The Messiness of Graceful Living Aug 5, 2015 There will be no “knights in shining armor” in God’s kingdom; our armor will have many dings and dents. No, no perfect Hollywood heroes will ride to save the day; just wearied saints to look to…
Victory in The Dwelling Place Feb 16, 2015 Lord, what a change within us one short hour spent in thy presence will Avail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take! What parched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and all…
Choose Life Jul 29, 2014 God has no need of marionettes. He pays men the compliment of allowing them to live without Him if they choose. But if they live without Him in this life, they must also live without Him…
Honeymoon Jun 1, 2014 Makala was on an actual honeymoon with his bride about this time a couple years ago…. Enjoy this re-post on Communion with Him.His Joy overflows, chasing us down. His Love overwhelms, paying our debts.His Peace invades,…
It Is Not About Us May 31, 2014 Comparison and contrast are only viable concepts when two things are finite. Comparing ourselves to G_d is, not only spiritual pride, but mathematical and practical folly.~ Makala Barnabas DoulosAnd behold, a lawyer stood up to put…
Epic Strength Apr 24, 2014 The grace of God is infinite and eternal. As it had no beginning, so it can have no end, and being an attribute of God, it is as boundless as infinitude.~ A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) Grace…
Exactly The Right Time, Exactly The Right Place Jun 13, 2013 The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. ~Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) And you were…
Obsessed… Jan 19, 2013 This is true joy in life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and…
The Irrelevance of Desire Dec 30, 2012 The Lord frustrates our plans, shatters our purposes, lets us see the wreck of all our hopes, and whispers to us, “It’s not your work I wanted, but you. You cannot be anything if you want…
Full-Court Peace Dec 26, 2012 Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or irritated or sore or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done…
It’s Just Not Even Fair Nov 28, 2012 At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky And flinging the clouds and the towers by, Is a place of central calm; So here in the roar of mortal things, I have a place where…
The Perfecting of Peace Oct 14, 2011 A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do is to enter into it. ~Dwight Lyman…
Everything Means Something Oct 13, 2011 What we call crises, God ignores; and what God reveals as the great critical moments of a man’s life, we look on as humdrum commonplaces. When we become spiritual, we discern that God was in the…
Waiting to Fly Sep 2, 2011 They that wait upon the Lord renew their strength. They that wait upon men dissipate their energies. — Leonard Ravenhill (1867-1942) Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the…
The Scope of Surrender… Apr 26, 2011 Some of us may look back and see we really have been a sincere believer in Christ; that we have honestly trusted Him for our salvation… However, for some us, something was lacking: Could it have…