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Wednesday, May 30, 2007



Fifty-Seven Words That Changed The World
作者:Darrell W. Johnson

Nowhere is Jesus’ brilliance more manifest than in the prayer he taught his disciples to pray, the prayer that has come to be known as the “Lord’s Prayer.” A mere fifty-seven words in the original Greek, the Lord’s Prayer gathers up all of life and brings it before God. In eight stirring meditations, Darrell Johnson shows how the Lord’s Prayer sums up the essence of Christian faith and, when prayed in faith, draws us into the Triune God’s work of transforming the world.



屬靈操練禮讚
作者:Richard Foster

屬靈生命的成長並沒有捷徑,要能茁壯長大便須堅毅地操練。本書精要地點出屬靈操練的意義,方法,並操練時要防備的偏差。當中列出十二種屬靈的操練,正是勉勵這個時代的信徒:要開往靈程水深之處,領受神全數的豐富。作者傅士德嘗試以具深度,平衡的手法處理有關課題,實在是難得的一本好書。



The Papa Prayer
作者:Larry Crabb

Like millions of Christians, Dr. Larry Crabb has always considered his prayer life a weakness - “dull, intense only in crisis, occasionally meaningful and passionate but mostly lifelessly routine.” But for everyone who struggles to pray in a way that matters, who is bored with prayer and doesn’t know where else to turn, this groundbreaking book whispers of hope for change.

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10:50 AM

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Safety - the bad kind

Thursday, May 24, 2007


Screwtape: 28

Both God and Satan has the power to keep you safe.

Safety allows us to take things for granted, and for some, to lose sight of what is truely important.

When do you pray more? Before exams or after exams?

Always be alert, especially when we are living the good life.
Do you have a job that pays well?
Do you drive a nice car?
Do you get good marks easily?

All those things are good, but don't get numbed by the world.

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posted by Mati
10:39 PM

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Satan knows what you know.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007


The temptation that comes from Knowledge: Chapter 27


critical thinking
faith
do you believe?
knowledge yields pride yields doubt
But this is a SPIRITUAL world, too. We can't know eveything.
Focus - The Bible is true, what will you do about it?

Are we wasting time nickpicking on the historical context of the Bible instead of using that time to help a couple homeless people?

Why do people always "interpret the Bible wrong"?
Why do we always have to say other people "interpreted the Bible wrong"?

Temptations temptations... beware..


Maybe we can Just focus on the right, there's plenty to do there to last us a lifetime...

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Initiate

Friday, May 11, 2007


May 10th - Take the Initiative

"Add to your faith virtues"... 2 Peter 1:5

After I read the devotion I wonder: "Yah I know this, God calls me and so I have to make it happen"

But how? How to add "goodness"? (What constitutes as goodness these days anyway)

To add, means to have more.... and if I were to add more stuff, is there something that I have to take away?

What to take away?

To initiate taking something out of my life will be hard to do. I've always felt the push of maturity is only to cram more, more, and more...


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posted by Mati
10:54 AM

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