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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cut through five, let go of five, & develop five about all. A monk gone past five attachments is said to have crossed the flood. Practice jhana, monk, and don’t be heedless. Don’t take your mind roaming in sensual strands. Don’t swallow–heedless– the ball of iron aflame. Don’t burn & complain: ‘This is pain.’ –Dhammpada,…

Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran. He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. He had a dream; a stairway was set on the…

Luke 14: 12-24 12 He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 13 But when you give a…

Sarah’s grandson is playing in the water, while she is standing on the beach not wanting to get her feet wet, when all of a sudden a huge wave appears from nowhere and crashes directly over the spot where the boy is in the ocean. The water recedes and the boy is no longer there.…

[12] Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. [13] But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the…

“Prayer for safety of all our military troops in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.” –from Beliefnet member sanjoaquinvalleybunny01 Add your prayers now

Adapted from ‘The Journey: How to Live By Faith in an Uncertain World’ by Billy Graham (W Publishing Group, 2006). Used by Permission. The Christian life isn’t a playground but a battlefield. Occasionally I meet people who sincerely believe that if they follow Christ, their lives should be free of problems. After all, they say,…

Rabbi Judah says: Whoever does not teach his son a trade or profession teaches him to be a thief. –Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 29a As cited in “Jewish Wisdom” by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.

“The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our soul can be satisfied.” –Jonathan Edwards
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