In the Orthodox Church there is a popular prayer among monastics called the Jesus Prayer, which is “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.” In this prayer is contained every element one needs in a prayer. For instance “Lord” is acknowledging God as ruler of all creation, ...
Read More »Building A Solid Foundation In A Long Distance Relationship
God, using His infinite wisdom and creativity, sometimes orchestrates a unique melding together of two lives. There are stories of love at first sight, or stories where the courtship strung on and on while one person or the other sorted through a myriad of feelings, and there’s the typical dating ...
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WATER {Adapted from a message Annie Meadows delivered to Woman Of Hope in Leland, NC} Water symbolizes CLEANSING. Water symbolizes BIRTH. Water symbolizes BAPTISM. Water ought to symbolize on the outside what needs to happen on the inside. When God created the heavens and the earth we read that God ...
Read More »The Challenge of Extending True Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” Corrie ten Boom Sometimes forgiveness comes easy: after a sincere apology or when an offense is small or unintentional. But anyone who has ever had to extend forgiveness for a serious ...
Read More »What is Unconditional Love?
“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we ...
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