Thoughts for today…

…from the minor prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Hosea
5:4 – their deeds did not permit them to return to their God
7:14 – they do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail upon their beds
8:12 – I wrote for them many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien
9:7-8 – [...]

With God Alone

Hebrews 4:12
I’m becoming more convinced that there is spiritual energy that comes only through spending time with God, alone with him and in his word.
I believe that Stanley Shipp told the campus ministry in Santa Barbara that a leader needs to spend an hour a day alone with God in reading, meditation and prayer.  (Isn’t [...]