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Hard Pressed   'As aliens, live in reverent fear.' (1 Pet. 1:17)     Any Christian with a conscience is perplexed by this election year....

‘I will pour out on you a spirit of grace and supplication… We will look upon the One we have pierced and will mourn as one grieves for...

Originally published March 9, 2015 ‘Sloth is a kind of oppressive sorrow that so depresses a man that he wants to do nothing.’- St....

My self-sufficiency dies hard. I’m still learning that when I cry out to the Lord, He is faithful to answer. For the last 6 months, I...

As one subject to self-pity and despair, the Lord has trained me to fight. I now recognize my temptation to a familiar despair. I have a...

‘In this desolation we find Jesus, triumphant over death and shockingly alive, present to us in ways we can’t understand, much less...

‘To make obvious or clear to the eye of one’s heart’ (Gr. epiphany). True desires of the heart may languish until someone manifests what...

By Katie Comiskey Kansas City Living Waters Leader The Lord has met me in my brokenness in myriad ways: at His Cross, through His people,...

Original entry date: March 9, 2015 ‘Sloth is a kind of oppressive sorrow that so depresses a man that he wants to do nothing.’ Aquinas...

‘When Jesus ascended on high, He took prisoners captive and gave gifts to men.’ (Eph. 4: 8) In this last week of Easter, between...

‘The time has come—the Kingdom is here. Repent and believe the good news!’ (Mk. 1:15) At our Living Waters wrap up party last week, one...

‘Aquinas assigns intemperance to the “roving unrest of spirit”, which he says is the first-born daughter of acedia (or sloth)…Acedia is...

‘To be patient means to preserve cheerfulness and serenity of mind in spite of injuries that result from the realization of the good....