Two Evils: Forsaking God & Trusting Our Work

"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters,  To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns  That can hold no water. Thoughts of God, David Reese

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. The first and greatest evil in this verse, and really in general, is turning away from God’s life giving Spirit. Being turned from God is death, not because God is punishing us, but that God is life. His Spirit has always been, and […]

Prayer – Relating Our Life of Prayer to The Tabernacle

Kierkegaard Prayer Does not Change God It Changes the One Who Offers It

Finally, Prayer is not meant to change God, who is immutable, not of shifting shadow. Prayer is meant to change us. We are as shifting shadows, “14Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. “