Purity Verse: The Pure in Heart

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. + Matthew 5:8

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Rockin’ the Jesus Prayer

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. + 1 Thess. 5:16-18 — I recently saw a documentary where a greek monastic discussed the practice of praying without ceasing. He said that he could pray no matter what he was doing [...]

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Make Me Clean!

A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, ‘If you choose, you can make me clean.’ Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. + Mark 1:40-42 [...]

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Surrender to His teeth

I spent much of last year looking into the jaws of the Lion, but still avoiding them. Surrendered to his teeth? But that meant … death. Not just a wound. Not even just a deep cut. Giving myself to the teeth of the Lion would mean the end of me. The. End. Of. Me. And [...]

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Grace of the Mystery of Creation

Although we have left our original innocence irretrievably behind, the love God gave to man in the mystery of creation and in the grace of original innocence he gave irrevocably. In the fullness of time, Christ will bear witness to this irreversible love of the Father. His mission will be to proclaim that the grace [...]

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Driving the Nails

I’ve been driving the nails firmly in your tree You’ve been talking to your Father on behalf of me Nothing at these check points I care to defend So why do I raise the hammer up and drive the nails again? + Bill Mallonee/Vigilantes of Love, “Driving the Nails” (1995)

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SALT Meeting — Drifting

HAIL TO THE SALT BRIGADE! — We had a good salt meeting this morning. Our common theme was drifting. We each had clean weeks, but there was a general consensu that we did not feel actively engaged in the Battle. Each of us felt as if we were going through the motions and were “lucky” [...]

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A Word on Temptation

The fourth chapter of Luke’s gospel relates Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. The narrative concludes with these words (Luke 4:13): Καὶ συντελέσας πάντα πειρασμὸν ὁ διάβολος ἀπέστη ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἄχρι καιροῦ. And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. The Devil exposed Jesus to an array of [...]

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Filling the God-Shaped Hole (A Word from the Battle)

As has been mentioned before in these notes, we each have a yearning in our hearts – a hole that aches to be filled. We try to fill it with many things: money, success, women, or sex. But none of these things can fill the hole because it is a God-shaped hole. So how do [...]

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Boot Camp Question

Do you trust God?

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