Brother Lawrence said that “we must establish ourselves in God’s presence by continually conversing with him, and that it was shameful to give up conversation with him to turn to foolishness. We must nourish our souls with an exalted idea of God, and thereby we will draw great joy from being with him.” Here Brother…
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Day 4 – Surprised by Joy
As Brother Lawrence wants to go deeper with God, he follows his faith journey to serve the Lord in a monastery. Yet he is anxious. He anticipates the brothers would mock his awkwardness and his superiors would point out his imperfections. He even fears that God would crush him for his many failures and sins….
Day 2 – Grace-Filled Moments
The ancient Greeks had two words for time: chronos and kairos. Chronos refers to chronological time as in “the exact time the star had appeared” for the Magi (Matthew 2:7). Kairos refers to opportune and decisive moments as in “now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Brother Lawrence had such a grace-filled, karios moment. We are told: “I saw…
Day 1 – Introducing Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence was an ordinary Christian man who loved and served God in France in the 17th century. He described himself as a clumsy oaf who broke everything. He worked in the kitchen of a church monastery and as he grew older repaired sandals. At first he was overwhelmed and frustrated with all the rules…
Day 38 – Sin Is Sin
“If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. All…
Day 37 – Assurance
When I was growing up, our family visited Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. I remember with awe and delight watching Old Faithful powerfully and majestically erupting its water and steam 130-140 feet into the air and lasting almost five minutes. Old Faithful is the world’s most famous geyser and erupts around 20 times a day….
Day 36 – Trustworthy
Most people would say that they’re not gullible, but that other people are. Gullibility is the tendency to be easily persuaded that something is real or true when it is not. It’s amazing the stuff people will believe. Gullibility is like the person who bought an app that tests your gullibility for only $500. In…
Day 35 – Infallible Witnesses
The apostle John declares that “Jesus is the Son of God” (1 John 5:5). How do we know for sure? Describing Jesus as a deceiver (“that deceiver”) or as deluded (“out of his mind”) are not new (Matthew 27:63; Mark 3:21). John wants us to know that three infallible witnesses prove that Jesus is God. “This is the one…
Day 34 – Overcomes
“For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God” (1 John 5:4-5). The pressures of this world overwhelm us – an unrelenting pandemic, racial injustice, power outages, employment issues, family concerns,…
Day 33 – Clear Conscience Christianity
We cannot be right with God and not be right with others. “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone…
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