Daily Prayer Journal, October 11, 2011
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Evangelism-Oct 11 God in The Dock, “Cross-Examination”, (1963), Para. 30, p. 262. As Christians we are tempted to make unnecessary concessions to those outside the Faith. We give in too much. Now, I don’t mean that we should run the risk of making a nuisance of ourselves by witnessing at improper times, but there ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 10, 2011
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Evangelism-Oct 10 God in the Dock, “On the Transmission of Christianity” (1946), para. 11, p. 119. To convert one’s adult neighbor and one’s adolescence neighbor (just free from school) is the practical thing…If you make the adults of today Christian, the children of tomorrow will receive a Christian education. What a society has, that, ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 9, 2011
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Essence of Christianity-Oct 9 Mere Christianity, Bk.I, Chap. 5, para. 3-4, pp. 38-39. If the universe is not governed by an absolute goodness, then all our efforts are in the long run hopeless. But if it is, then we are making ourselves enemies to that goodness every day, and are not in ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 8, 2011
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Dying to Self-Oct 8 The Weight of Glory, “A Slip of the Tongue”, (1st Pub. 1965), para. 10, pp.130-131. He cannot bless us unless he has us. When we try to keep within us an area that is our own, we try to keep an area of death. Therefore, in love, He claims all. ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 7, 2011
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Courtesy-Oct 7 The Allegory of Love, Chap. II, para. 2, p.2 Only the courteous can love, but it is love that makes them courteous. Heavenly Father, rude people are difficult. Harness my natural man when I respond to them. Crucify my flesh so your Spirit in me will reflect agape love to even the ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 6, 2011
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Church Unity-Oct 6 Mere Christianity, Bk. III, Chap. 3, para. 4, p. 80. Christianity is the total plan for the human machine. We have all departed from that total plan in different ways, and each of us wants to make out that his own modification of the original plan is the plan itself. ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 5, 2011
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Church Function-Oct 5 Mere Christianity, Bk. IV, Chap. 8, para. 10, pp. 169-170. It is so easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects-education, building, missions, holding services…The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 4, 2011
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Church Endurance-Oct 4 The Weight of Glory, “Membership” (1945), para.16, p. 116. The Church will outlive the universe; in it the individual person will outlive the universe. Everything that is joined to the immortal Head will share His immortality. Heavenly Father, thank You that I am in the Body of Christ-your Church and as ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 3, 2011
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Church Attendance-Oct 3 Letters of C.S. Lewis “7 December 1950”, p.224. The New Testament does not envisage solitary religion; some kind of regular assembly for worship and instruction is everywhere taken for granted in the epistles. So we must be regular practicing members of the Church. Of course we differ in temperament. Some “like ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Daily Prayer Journal, October 2, 2011
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Books-Oct 2 An Experiment in Criticism, Chap.1, para.4, p.2. The sure mark of an unliterary man is that he considers “I’ve read it already” to be a conclusive argument against reading a work…Those who read great works, on the other hand, will read the same work ten, twenty or thirty times during the ... Continue ReadingPosted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
