Prayers! What’s wrong with our prayers? Here’s what’s wrong…what we often call prayer isn’t prayer at all. Let me explain my prayers this way… I do not pray to be healthy; I pray for wisdom to make healthy choices. I do not pray for healing; my prayers are for strength to endure the suffering that […]
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Service Is My First Priority
Hi, my name is Steve. You know, we often hear of the word service nowadays, but it’s not what you expect. Some people’s idea of service is to cut corners, provide shoddy workmanship. But one thing I have learned over the years is that there are no short-cuts to service, only better ways to provide […]
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The Single Greatest Spiritual Truth
By Dr. Steve McSwain on July 13, 2013 in enlightenment, Happiness, Salvation, Spirituality, The Awakened Life
What Is the Single Greatest Spiritual Truth You Have Ever Learned? I got asked that question today and, after thinking for a moment, I suppose I would have to answer like this: “As soon as you are disposed to being alone with God you are…no matter where you are: in the city, in the monastery, […]
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Who Are You?…
When asked this, how would you respond? I think I will have to respond like this: “When I left America for Europe on my first trip around the world, I left as a Baptist Christian. When, in Europe, however, I realized I was really more than just a Baptist Christian, I was a Catholic Christian, […]
What is TRUE Spirituality?…
What is TRUE Spirituality? For much of my Christian life, I confessed Jesus and so pursued some kind of spiritual life. It was not because I was all that interested in overcoming the self-centeredness that WAS my life…my up and down emotional states…my negative thinking about others…my pursuits, interests, and ambitions, virtually all of which […]
Who Are the Followers of Jesus?…
Disciples of Jesus are not “saved” people. They are “learners” instead. Which is of course what “disciple” really means. And, what are “learners” learning? How to be followers of Jesus. Isn’t there a difference? And, isn’t following Jesus what Jesus himself invited people to do? I am a follower of Jesus. Perhaps not a very […]