Tag Archives: soul
Maybe Your Problems are Pushing You to Pray For Revival!
“God doesn’t answer prayer. He answers desperate prayer.” I can still remember my feelings of shock and bewilderment as Leonard Ravenhill, the late church statesman, spoke these difficult words to me. Of course God answers prayer, I thought. But after
Troubled? Put on A Pair of God Glasses!
I admit it. I hate summer. It’s too hot. If your favorite season is summer, well, perhaps this column will help you during your least favorite season or when doing a task that you not love. So, I’ve said it.
God Lives and Heals Today – A Testimony For You!
I have a confession. I used to have doubts about God’s existence. I would pray and I wouldn’t always get an answer, so it felt like a one-sided conversation. Then one day when I was very, very sick and out
Ask For A Spiritual MRI…
What would an X-ray or an MRI of your soul reveal? Regrets over teenage relationships? Remorse over a poor choice? Sadness over spiritual missteps? Sorrow from moments of rebellion? You become moody, cranky. You’re angry, irritable. Understandable, you have shame
When God is With You….Fear Is an Option!
Feed your fears, and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will starve! That’s what Jeremiah did. He said: I am a man who has seen affliction under the rod of his [the LORD’s] wrath; he has
Healing Past Hurts (Part Two)
It has been said that our life can be likened to a puzzle of many pieces. The first piece of the puzzle begins at birth, adding piece by piece as we grow into adulthood. Every aspect of our life shapes
Weaning Unwanted Behaviors from your Life!
Psalm 131 A Song of Ascents. Of David- 1 LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me. 2 Surely I have calmed
If God is making You wait,He has reasons!
Last week, I gave an Advent Recollection to Assumption HS Class ’62. The theme of the recollection was “waiting.” One of the points I shared was from the homily of Fr. James P. Donelan, SJ, “The Sacrament of Waiting.” Donelan
