This Sunday a group of guys met to share what was going on in there life. We do it every Sunday. I initiate the conversation, and they take it from there. Yesterday God took the conversation deep; people confessed there sins to each other, and we prayed for each other and for those who could not attend. The experience strengthened my faith, and encouraged my spirit. Yesterday, in a matter of less than a day I feel like Satan stole that from me. Through just the small decisions that I made through the day, felt a loss of that attentiveness to God the Father.
Thomas Kelly writes of the spirit-empowered life that "Continuously renewed immediacy, not receding memory of the Divine Touch, lies at the base of religious living." It seems simple, but I see now why it is imperative that we continually have fresh experiences of God at each moment of each day. If we subsist on memories of previous experiences with our Creator, we will find that the light in us will fade, the will begins to weaken, and the humdrum of normality will be at our door before we know it. How easy it is to understand that living in Christ is a continual thing...not from memory to memory, but from continual experience of the Creator from every second of every day. Lapses may be at first frequent, but I believe if we pursue this continual renewal, we will be habitually refreshed in our Fathers presence.
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Would these be the bunch you mentioned shouting innapropriate nothings over the phone that night?
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