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Impossible!
May 29, 2008
Scriptural Basis: “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up.” Luke 18:1 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Anderson's Applications: As a boy growing up in a family who regularly had family worship and family prayer, I remember quite vividly praying for one family member who was not a Christian. I can trace this specific prayer request back to my earliest memories....
May 29, 2008
Scriptural Basis: “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up.” Luke 18:1 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Anderson's Applications: As a boy growing up in a family who regularly had family worship and family prayer, I remember quite vividly praying for one family member who was not a Christian. I can trace this specific prayer request back to my earliest memories....
Prayer: An Exercise in Futility or Resurrection Power?
March 20, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." I Corinthians 15:16-17 Anderson's Applications: This is a very good week to evaluate whether or not you think prayer is an exercise in futility. What you think sometimes of your own experience with prayer may well be futility. Is it not at least one answer to why we do not pray with greater frequency and fervency? We frankly...
March 20, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." I Corinthians 15:16-17 Anderson's Applications: This is a very good week to evaluate whether or not you think prayer is an exercise in futility. What you think sometimes of your own experience with prayer may well be futility. Is it not at least one answer to why we do not pray with greater frequency and fervency? We frankly...
Holy Week Thoughts
March 13, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13b Anderson's Applications: Suddenly turning a corner the sight before our eyes is overwhelming. Again and again, driving the Amalfi Coast of Italy, traversing the narrow, winding ribbon of highway that clings precipitously to the cliffs high above the waves, every turn presented a new more amazing vista. One village after another of clay tiled roofs hanging over the edge like steep stair-steps plunging to the sea. What a magnificent place...
March 13, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13b Anderson's Applications: Suddenly turning a corner the sight before our eyes is overwhelming. Again and again, driving the Amalfi Coast of Italy, traversing the narrow, winding ribbon of highway that clings precipitously to the cliffs high above the waves, every turn presented a new more amazing vista. One village after another of clay tiled roofs hanging over the edge like steep stair-steps plunging to the sea. What a magnificent place...
We Prove Daily That Forgiveness Is Not Natural
February 6, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: I was nine or ten years old and it was 10 minutes to midnight on New Years Eve. At midnight sharp the fireworks would go off on the top of Pikes Peak. Unfortunately, I was sitting in a position that did not give me a view of the top of the peak, despite the large window in the front of the church; depending on where you were sitting you would have a very good view of the top. But I was not sitting...
February 6, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: I was nine or ten years old and it was 10 minutes to midnight on New Years Eve. At midnight sharp the fireworks would go off on the top of Pikes Peak. Unfortunately, I was sitting in a position that did not give me a view of the top of the peak, despite the large window in the front of the church; depending on where you were sitting you would have a very good view of the top. But I was not sitting...
Bread, Glorious Bread!
January 30, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Give us this day our daily bread." Matthew 6:11 Anderson's Applications: Diets that work the best unfortunately say to us, "leave off the bread!" Ugh! Though we often refer to a spartan subsistence as "having only bread and water," these are perhaps our most refreshing drink and most common food. Bread has been called the "staple of life" and I can vouch that in some restaurants when they bring that fresh, warm small loaf of bread to your table with butter, or olive oil and herbs,...
January 30, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Give us this day our daily bread." Matthew 6:11 Anderson's Applications: Diets that work the best unfortunately say to us, "leave off the bread!" Ugh! Though we often refer to a spartan subsistence as "having only bread and water," these are perhaps our most refreshing drink and most common food. Bread has been called the "staple of life" and I can vouch that in some restaurants when they bring that fresh, warm small loaf of bread to your table with butter, or olive oil and herbs,...
No Trifling Matter
January 24, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "...Deliver us from evil (or the evil one), for Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever. Amen." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: When we pray we acknowledge some critical truths. By praying to God who is a Spirit, we confess our belief in the reality of the spiritual world. We also admit our needs in both worlds. For while we are flesh and blood, we very much have a foot in each world. So when we pray to God, "Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth...
January 24, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "...Deliver us from evil (or the evil one), for Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever. Amen." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: When we pray we acknowledge some critical truths. By praying to God who is a Spirit, we confess our belief in the reality of the spiritual world. We also admit our needs in both worlds. For while we are flesh and blood, we very much have a foot in each world. So when we pray to God, "Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth...
Are There Any Ink Blotches on Your Wall?
January 17, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, 'The kingdom of God does not come visibly, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." Luke 17:20-21 Anderson's Applications: When we pray, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," we acknowledge the reality of the spiritual world here with us, every bit as real as the material world we see, feel,...
January 17, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, 'The kingdom of God does not come visibly, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." Luke 17:20-21 Anderson's Applications: When we pray, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," we acknowledge the reality of the spiritual world here with us, every bit as real as the material world we see, feel,...
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