Anthony de Mello said: “Has it ever struck you that those who most fear to die are the ones who most fear to live? Life is flexible and free, and you are rigid and frozen. Life carries all things away, and you crave stability and permanence. You fear life and death because you cling. You cannot bear the thought of losing a relative or friend; you dread losing a pet theory or ideology, or belief. When you cling to nothing,…
1. “Saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.” 2. “Who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases.” 3. “And the prayer of faith will save the one who is…
If there were people genuinely healed by the waters of the Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-4), it was one of many unusual occasions healing in the Bible. Some were healed by a purified pot of stew (2 Kings 4:38-41). Naaman was healed by washing in the Jordan River (2 Kings 5:10-14). One was healed by touching the bones of Elisha (2 Kings 13:20-21). Some were healed when the shadow of Peter fell upon them (Acts 5:14-16). Some were healed when…
Lanza del Vasto said: “The most efficient action and the most significant testimony in favour of nonviolence and truth is living: living a life that is one, where everything goes in the same sense, from prayer and meditation to laboring for our daily bread, from the teaching of the doctrine to the making of manure, from cooking to singing and dancing around the fire; living a life in which there is no violence or unfairness.… What matters is to show…
1. “because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.” 2. “For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the…
Martin Luther King Jr. once said: ” Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies, or else? The chain reaction of evil, hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else, we shall be plunged into the dark abssy of annihilation!” Therefore, in this passage of love for a chain reaction, “If you cannot fly, then run; if you cannot run, then walk; if you cannot…
Norann Voll said: “I found myself unable to will, or pray, my way out of the dark. Then, on one particularly grim day, my husband, Chris, said, “Just write down one thing. Write down one thing that you are thankful for.” I did. I still remember what it was. “The way the sunlight falls on my morning coffee.” If you feel an eye roll coming on, I totally get it – but understand that for right then, those words and…
1. “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” 2. “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” 3. “Come now, you who…
Yes, God has put something distinguished and fortunate into every heart His hand has created. So while living on earth, we must never forget to learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow because time will only show what has mattered throughout our journey. Remember, always that: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8, ESV).
François Fénelon said: “Do not fear then, that your past faithlessness must make you unworthy of God’s mercy. Nothing is so worthy of mercy as utter weakness. He came from heaven to earth to seek sinners, not the righteous; to seek that which was lost – as indeed all were lost if it were not for him. The physician seeks the sick, not the healthy. Oh, how God loves those who come boldly to him in their foul, ragged garments…