When I think of defining “peace” in my own words, my first thought is to join it with what I consider to be its sister term: “quiet”. To have some peace and quiet is to have a place of tranquility where it seems I may have a hopeful glimmer of bringing all my scattered thoughts…
This morning in my devotions I found a phrase that just jumped off the page to me. In a small book called Jesus-Centered Daily by Rick Lawrence, I was reading about a Saturday he experienced that sounds very familiar to me. He started off his day with quiet time and prayer, a workout and a…
I have been doing a study this summer by Ruth Chou Simons called “Truthfilled.” It is based on a practice she learned from her husband which she calls “preaching to my own heart.” Grounded in the example of Psalm 43 and the book of Colossians, Ruth walks this study through the fact that we are…