Overcoming gossip, slander and Correction.

The importance or forgiveness and overcoming offense.

The importance or forgiveness and overcoming offense.

One day you sit down to DO your prayers, you sit like you sat the day before, the same passage, the same place and you are expecting, fill me up, cuddle me, go for it. Then, nothing. “God you are a little late, perhaps You are in China, perhaps you are…..” You start to panic. The first thing you think is, what have I done wrong?

One day you sit down to DO your prayers, you sit like you sat the day before, the same passage, the same place and you are expecting, fill me up, cuddle me, go for it. Then, nothing. “God you are a little late, perhaps You are in China, perhaps you are…..” You start to panic. The first thing you think is, what have I done wrong?

This particular type of prayer os about abiding – not to accomplish anything – not about a breakthrough or to get something done – not a prayer of activity or power – nothing more than relationship with your heavenly Father – about being instead of doing – we all pay lip service to that – but we don’t live that way – we live like we are human doings. So much of our prayer is about what we feel we should be accomplishing for God. We get our worth and value from what we accomplish.

This particular type of prayer os about abiding – not to accomplish anything – not about a breakthrough or to get something done – not a prayer of activity or power – nothing more than relationship with your heavenly Father – about being instead of doing – we all pay lip service to that – but we don’t live that way – we live like we are human doings. So much of our prayer is about what we feel we should be accomplishing for God. We get our worth and value from what we accomplish.

Silence is terrifying. We do everything to avoid silence. Our noise is a place to hide – we don’t have to think when there is distraction – don’t have to look at our fears, our pain – don’t have to look inside and don’t have to spend time with God because we are afraid of what He will say to us – we don’t like ourselves

Silence is terrifying. We do everything to avoid silence. Our noise is a place to hide – we don’t have to think when there is distraction – don’t have to look at our fears, our pain – don’t have to look inside and don’t have to spend time with God because we are afraid of what He will say to us – we don’t like ourselves

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