Prayer and "God's will".
We are operating out of the toxic old idea that God’s will for us and our will for us are at opposite ends of the table. “I want to be an actress, but God wants me to wait tables in hash joints,” the scenario goes. “So if I try to be an actress, I will end up slinging hash.” Thinking like this is grounded in the idea that God is a stern parent with
... See moreJulia Cameron • The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
My prayer time began with me feeling angry and overwhelmed, and it ended with the Spirit personalizing Scripture to the state of my heart. Without realizing it, my prayer time had shifted from “Paul as victim” to “Paul as sinner.” By the end I had a clear plan: Do nothing. Wait on God.
David Powlison • A Praying Life
The most surprising thing I’ve learned since then is that “faith” is the wrong word for faith as I experience it. The word “faith” implies possession of something, whereas I experience faith as a yearning for something beautiful that I can sense but not fully grasp. For me faith is more about longing and thirsting than knowing and
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