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Meditation: Walking on Water
“Come!” answered Jesus. So Peter got out of the boat and started walking on the water to Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he was afraid and started to sink down in the water. “Save me, Lord!” he cried. At once Jesus reached out and grabbed hold of him and said, “What little faith you have! Why did you doubt?” (Matt. 14:29-31) Oh, this is me! Noticing the strong wind all the time and sinking down. Crying out for Jesus and Jesus comes! But how more blessed it would be — how much more blessed I would be — if I kept my eyes on Him and only…
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How to Take a Private Retreat
This is a small study guide on how to take a private Christian retreat — a practice that is firmly based on hearing God’s word in the Bible and through His Holy Spirit. How Long? Your private retreat may take half a day, a day or 2 days. Of course you can take longer such as whole weekend and there are people who can retreat for one or two weeks. For most of us with families and regular jobs, a half-day to 2 days will be the most likely. Where? Can you retreat at home? You can, especially with the half day retreats. However, home can be mightily distracting. I…
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“Soon”
I wrote this poem for Easter 2010. “Soon” By Christine Taylor (March 2010) Tonight Jesus prays in the Garden. The Last Supper things are put away Passover is past In Gethsemane, disciples are sleeping and their Lord is alone. And He will stay that way. In the next few hours He will face torment and death — Alone. Soon, soon He will surge up from the cold stone Unwind the corpse wrappings Kick down the big rock they thought would stop Him – Soon. But not tonight. Tonight is the alone time The desperate prayer time The sweating-blood time With “Let this cup pass from me!” “… but oh my…