Prayer
I was thinking about prayer this evening. A lot of us have probably been told that we shouldn’t ask God …
I was thinking about prayer this evening. A lot of us have probably been told that we shouldn’t ask God …
Following on from Nick’s post Safety in Labelling I started to write a comment & realised it was getting a …
Often in church I can’t hear the backing singer in the worship group, maybe because of where we’re sitting. Today though I was next to a speaker, so I could. It sounded great. That got me thinking about how tastes in music vary hugely. The rest of this post kind of hit me all at once. Maybe the rest is obvious, but here goes…
My problem was how? How do I do life well? How can I live a life that pleases God? It must be possible, the bible talks about people who please Him. I found little success. I’d been taught that grace was only about being forgiven. Forgiveness is awesome, but on its own it can be a fresh start ready to be messed up again. My gratitude for God’s forgiveness didn’t seem to achieve much more than good intentions.