http://randyandshari.the-miles.org/2006/06/28/through-teri-to-me-to-you/ A mom, a dad, a little boy, a little girl, another little boy, and a bit of humor... Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:10:22 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://randyandshari.the-miles.org/2006/06/28/through-teri-to-me-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-160 4 Miles » Working the Mind Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:39:00 +0000 http://randyandshari.the-miles.org/?p=15#comment-160 [...] My brother-in-law wrote a very good post on prayer I’ve been thinking about. I know I need a specific “Work Out Plan”. I know the idea of formulas and step by step directions do not work in the spiritual realm.  I had started to read Practicing The Presence of God by Brother Lawrence several years ago, and I know I need to go back to that.  (I got into a discussion with my MIL about this topic last night, and she referred me back to that book, so I’m going to have to go back and find it.) Then she (MIL) sent me a link to a book, where Ch. 1 is “The Failure of Formulas”. (You can read that chapter here.)  The book is called Searching For God Knows What, by Donald Miller.  I highly recommend reading the first chapter…Just one quote (There were so many I wanted to share, I really held myself back): So if the difference between Christian faith and all other forms of spirituality is that Christian faith offers a relational dynamic with God, why are we cloaking this relational dynamic in formulas? [...] [...] My brother-in-law wrote a very good post on prayer I’ve been thinking about. I know I need a specific “Work Out Plan”. I know the idea of formulas and step by step directions do not work in the spiritual realm.  I had started to read Practicing The Presence of God by Brother Lawrence several years ago, and I know I need to go back to that.  (I got into a discussion with my MIL about this topic last night, and she referred me back to that book, so I’m going to have to go back and find it.) Then she (MIL) sent me a link to a book, where Ch. 1 is “The Failure of Formulas”. (You can read that chapter here.)  The book is called Searching For God Knows What, by Donald Miller.  I highly recommend reading the first chapter…Just one quote (There were so many I wanted to share, I really held myself back): So if the difference between Christian faith and all other forms of spirituality is that Christian faith offers a relational dynamic with God, why are we cloaking this relational dynamic in formulas? [...]

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