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Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott
Morning Prayer: Better Things
Good morning, Lord. Teach me to make room for better things by giving up foolish things. Teach me to let go of gossip and replace it with encouragement, to swap out thoughtless snacking for mindful appreciation for tastes and textures, … Continue reading
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Lent: to Fast
Fasting is associated with Lent. We usually think of fasting from food — but there’s more: “Let the hands fast by being pure from plundering and avarice. Let the feet fast by ceasing from running to unlawful spectacles. … Continue reading
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Tagged fasting, fasting. St. John Chrysostom, Lent
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Morning Prayer: Change for the Better
Good morning, Lord. You know that I want instant change for the better. I know that most good change takes time: giving up a bad habit or starting a new one; fewer hours on the couch and more on the … Continue reading
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Lent: 40 Days
Lent: 40 days (excluding Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Why 40 days? Per the Bible, 40 days of rain for Noah (Genesis 7) 40 days on Mt. Siani for Moses to meet with God (Exodus 24) … Continue reading
Morning Prayer: Wandering Thoughts
Good morning, Lord. I come to Your throne in prayer, and my thoughts run the other direction. I start to praise You, and my mind turns to my grocery list. I give thanks, and suddenly I remember an appointment. I … Continue reading
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Lent: Spiritual Discipline
We are in the midst of Lent, the time between Ash Wednesday (this year, February 14) and Easter (March 31). It is a season of repentance and redemption, of preparation and prayer: “The battle of prayer is against … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Love
“You taught us, Lord, that the greatest love a man can show is to lay down his life for his friends. But your love was greater still, because you laid down your life for your enemies. It was while we … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard of Clairvaux, Lent, love, morning prayer
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Speak Love
Love is more than a fuzzy feeling … love plays out in action. God spoke love into our world by sending His Son as a sacrifice for our sin: John 3:16 (NLT) For this is how God loved the world: … Continue reading
Morning Prayer: Peace
Good morning, Lord. I thank You for the quiet peace of the early morning. Soon I will go out of this peaceful place into the wild world. May I be a vessel who safely carries Your peace, pouring out a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Kings 4, morning prayer, peace
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Speak Peace
“Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? The blood of Jesus whispers peace within.” Edward H. Bickersteth, 1875 “Peace within” — no matter what troubles swirl around us. Fully aware of the coming crucifixion, Jesus spoke peace to … Continue reading
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