October 2008

“God’s Spirit is right along­side help­ing us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t mat­ter. He does our pray­ing in and for us, mak­ing prayer out of our word­less sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far bet­ter than we know our­selves, knows our preg­nant con­di­tion, and keeps us present […]

“So here’s what I want you to do, God help­ing you: Take your every­day, ordi­nary life—your sleep­ing, eat­ing, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offer­ing. Embrac­ing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your cul­ture that you fit into it […]