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Devotions from Michael Molinos in The Spiritual Guide Do we often feel scattered and that our internal parts are moving from one thing to another? How do we collect our internal being? How do we keep our thoughts from wandering in all directions? It helps to sit in His presence in quietness and with the purpose…
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Devotions from Michael Molinos book, The Spiritual Guide When the Lord wants to purify our souls He can use a rough file but it is always for our spiritual profit. At such times we need to be quiet before Him and see these times as great gain in our lives. That is not always easy.…
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Devotions based on Michael Molinos’ book, The Spiritual Guide Sometimes God allows periods of darkness ( not due to sin) to illuminate our inward spirit. It is not a time to get upset or to feel God has left us and doesn’t love us. These times of darkness are a sign that God is seeking…
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Pat Morley who founded “Man in the Mirror” has written many books to help men find meaning and purpose in life. In his book “Pastoring Men” he makes this intriguing statement concerning men. “Most men only know enough about God to be disappointed with Him.” What do you think of such a statement? Is this true…
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Devotions based on Michael Molinos book, The Spiritual Guide On our journey when the Lord deals with us it is first as a child. We have pleasant outward experiences and life seems delightful and exciting. But there comes a time in our walk with Him that appears dry, dark and desolate and it is a…
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Devotions thoughts taken from Michael Molinos book, The Spiritual Guide Are we caught up in our prayer life by making requests, meditation, reasoning, and straining to find God without? God is within us! St. Augustine summed it up by saying, “Lord I went wandering like a stray sheep, seeking you with anxious reasoning weighted within…
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Devotions based on Michael Molinos’ book, The Spiritual Guide As we go along on our spiritual journey sometimes if feels like we are making no progress and actually going backwards. We may feel like we are walking in darkness and dryness. But God may be calling us to walk by faith and not dependent on…
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Devotions based on Michael Molinos’ book, The Spiritual Guide Our spirit is the very center, our inward temple of God. He reigns upon His thrown in that place so we may keep our hearts at peace. Troubles may come to us in the form of temptations, trials, subtle suggestions etc. but we can still be…
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Devotions based on Michael Molinos’ book, The Spiritual Guide ( 1675) “The deep things of God are not invented things, nor are the teachings to be proven, but rather only to be received.” The deep things don’t come through hearing or reading books, but by the Holy Spirit who wants to communicate to those that…
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11-22 On Saturday we had 8 “Wildmen” at Canaan for retreat and I think of them as passionate for God. It reminded me of an article I read by Chila Soychik who describes a passionate woman but I think it applies to both sexes. Persons that are passionate for God have a thirst for Him…