Dear Friends, It is a marvelous thing to read of Jesus setting free men and women who are despised and rejected, shackled by shame, and crippled by the behavioral habits learned in their struggle to survive. We rejoice in his love and mercy that turns their darkness of soul to lightness of spirit. Early in
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How To Pray, ch. 10 – Watch your state of mind…
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Pray About Present Problems: ch. 9 of How To Pray by CS Lewis
As we end the Christmas season today, let’s reflect on the blessed privilege of being able to cast all our cares upon our Lord. This ninth chapter in the new book, How To Pray by C. S. Lewis, is comprised of 4 out of the 5 paragraphs from number 27 of The Screwtape Letters. It
How To Pray, ch 8: Danger of Drifting
Chapter 8 of How To Pray, pp. 74-79, is the second of four excerpts from The Screwtape Letters. This one is from Letter 12. The chapter follows up well from the last, which was about our wish to live truly in the presence of God, as he knows himself to be – not what we
How to Pray, ch. 7: Think and Pray
Chapter 7 of the new book, How to Pray from HarperOne, begins four chapters that are excerpts from C. S. Lewis’s famous book, The Screwtape Letters. Prayer is such an important part of the Christian life that it is obvious the devil would want to hinder it or spoil it. In the process of evaluating