by Chris Maxwell | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. Each of my books emphasizes prayer. Sometimes those prayers are just getting to the point. Other times, when we have no specific words to voice, lingering in God’s presence and...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in the book Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. Bartimaeus lacked courtesy. Jesus, busy and in constant demand, stood in the middle of a large audience. He needed to leave that city and be about His Father’s...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 2, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in the book Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. Jesus had just finished lecturing the disciples about the dangers of pride. Then He walked into a crowd. People pushed for a chance to see that Man whose reputation...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. In the prayer example Jesus offered, He included this as a request we should state: “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Matthew 6:12 He...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. If you have lost the value of alone time, of prayer, of quiet time with God, of noisy songs of praise, of silent reverence, of desperate petitions, pray that your Leader will teach...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 9, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From various chapters in Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. What about you? Do you feel like you don’t fit very well? Have you been wounded recently? Are there hurts from your past which seem to stay alive and breathing? Have you...
