Sunday, March 23, 2008
HE IS RISEN!!



Rise, rise, people of love rise,People of love rise, Give yourself away!

Just as Christ gave Himself for our sins, let us give of ourselves to others throughout this new year in Christ!

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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Easter Triduum Here We Come
While reading through Oswald Chambers yesterday in preparation for the Easter Triduum, I came across this entry.





FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
"Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do?" Genesis 18:17

Its Delights. This chapter brings out the delight of real friendship with God as compared with occasional feelings of His presence in prayer. To be so much in contact with God that you never need to ask Him to show you His will, is to be nearing the final stage of your discipline in the life of faith. When you are rightly related to God, it is a life of freedom and liberty and delight, you are God's will, and all your common-sense decisions are His will for you unless He checks. You decide things in perfect delightful friendship with God, knowing that if your decisions are wrong He will always check; when He checks, stop at once.

Its Difficulties. Why did Abraham stop praying when he did? He was not intimate enough yet to go boldly on until God granted his desire, there was something yet to be desired in his relationship to God. Whenever we stop short in prayer and say - "Well, I don't know; perhaps it is not God's will," there is still another stage to go. We are not so intimately acquainted with God as Jesus was, and as He wants us to be - "That they may be one even as we are one." Think of the last thing you prayed about - were you devoted to your desire or to God? Determined to get some gift of the Spirit or to get at God? "Your Heavenly Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask Him." The point of asking is that you may get to know God better. "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Keep praying in order to get a perfect understanding of God Himself.


As we prepare for the Easter Triduum, through prayer, fasting, and remembrance, may the Holy Spirit work to clean us of our sins, guide us in His ways, and prepare us for our future in Him.

Also, check out Angela at her new blog. She has a very interesting Good Friday post.

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