heart condition
Every morning I pop a baby-strength aspirin. Heart disease runs in my family, and my doctor says it’s good for the health of my ticker.
roots
My friend noticed that his maple tree was shedding leaves prematurely. The tree doctor told him his tree was suffering from a girdling root. It had taken 30 years, but the offending root had encircled the tree and was now slowly choking it. If my friend didn’t dig down and hack the root off, the tree would die.
spiritual self-examination
Yed Anikpo created an app called Heartpoints to help Christians track their spiritual progress. Users of the app can review their daily history to rejoice over victories and to repent of sins. According to Anikpo, “Heartpoints [can] help us capture [what] makes up our walk today so that we can examine it and use [it] to inform . . . our pilgrimage tomorrow.”
life . . . with God
Every month, more than 500,000 people Google “meaning of life.” Why am I here? They find answers ranging from “Life has no meaning” to “The meaning of life is whatever you make it.”
you choose Q: what is spirituality?
Q: What is spirituality? What are essentials to increase spirituality? —Tunde
A: Spirituality is the quality of one’s sensitivity to the things of the spirit as opposed to material or physical things. As a believer in Jesus, your spirituality signifies the state of your soul or spirit as quickened and vitalized by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:12-16), and made alive…
upstairs downstairs
Walk into her house and a showcase living room quickly commands your attention. Ornate, expensive furniture populates rooms tastefully embellished with understated artwork. A lavish floral arrangement adorns a perfectly lit breakfast nook.
But no one ever sits on the furniture. The flower-shaped soaps in the soap dish never clean anyone’s hands; the towels in the kitchen and bathroom don’t…
death-defining moments
You guys, line up alphabetically by height.” Huh? “We’re going to turn this team around 360 degrees.” What?
These are two of many other bizarre quotes I came across recently.
Solomon said some pretty odd and outlandish things too. For instance, he wrote: “The day you die is better than the day you are born” (Ecclesiastes 7:1). “Better to spend…
November 7, 2011
What book have you read (or listened to) recently that gave you some helpful spiritual insights? What did you learn?
refreshing presence
Psalms 16:11: You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of Your presence and the pleasures of living with You forever.
Do you find it difficult to set aside the time to be in God's presence? The enemy fights us so that we don't invest more of our time in the Lord's presence. Imagine for a moment…
