ITEMS OF INTEREST April 10, 2006 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Philip Yancey

"I'VE BECOME MORE CONVINCED than ever that God finds ways to communicate with those who truly seek Him, especially when we lower the volume of the surrounding static. . . .

"To begin, I need to think more about God than myself when I am praying. Even the Lord's Prayer centers first on what God wants from us. 'Hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done'—God wants us to desire these things, to orient our lives around them.

"How often do I come to God not with consumer requests, but simply with a desire to spend time with Him, to discern what He wants from me and not vice versa? . . .

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