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Our Common Prayerbook 25 – 4
By
Scot McKnight
Our theme for Psalm 25 is that prayer is soul-ish wandering. Soul-ish wandering begins in one place and the spirit and soul wander from place to place and from thought to thought while in God’s presence. One could say that genuine prayer often meanders from one thought to another. Psalm 25:12-14 lands the meanderer in…
Our Common Prayerbook 25 – 3
By
Scot McKnight
Prayer is soul-ish wandering. It begins in one place and the spirit and soul wander from place to place while in God’s presence. One could say that genuine prayer often meanders from one thought to another. The psalmist in Psalm 25 begins in God’s presence and then petitions for wisdom and then asks for mercy.…
Our Common Prayerbook 25 – 2
By
Scot McKnight
Prayer is soul-ish wandering and for me Psalm 25 exemplifies the prayer of soulish wandering. This psalm begins (vv. 1-3) by offering one’s very heart to God and then moves to petitioning for instruction. Soulish wandering longs for wisdom. Hence vv. 4-5: Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in…
Our Common Prayerbook 25 – 1
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Scot McKnight
Prayer is soul-ish wandering. It wanders from who we are and what we have done and what life is like into the presence of God where it again wanders into who God is and what God is like and what God has done and what God can do and what God will do, and then…
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