Monthly Archives: September 2013

Thoughts About the Will of God

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Dave Small — 2 Comments

All that the beginner in prayer has to do–and you must not forget this, for it is very important–is to labor and be resolute and prepare himself with all possible diligence to bring his will into conformity with the will…

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Manna

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Dave Small — 2 Comments

There is one thing so important that, although I have said it on other occasions, I will repeat it once more here: it is that at the beginning one must not think of such things as spiritual favors . .…

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Fixed Determination

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Dave Small — 4 Comments

Perseverance: Part III Let him have a fixed determination not to allow himself to be beaten, for, if the devil sees that he has firmly resolved to lose his life and his peace and everything that he can offer him…

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Mentors

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Dave Small — 6 Comments

Perseverance Part II It is a very great thing for a person to associate with others who are walking in the right way: to mix, not only with those whom he sees in the rooms where he himself is, but…

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Flowers in the Desert

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Dave Small — 4 Comments

Perseverance: Part I The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom. (Isaiah 35) We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom…

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