All posts in " C. S. Lewis "
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Wind the clock – stewards time two ways

By Dave Henning / May 3, 2021

“The sixth habit — wind the clock — stewards time in two ways.  It makes the most of every minute, but it also makes the most of every moment.  It’s acutely aware of everything that is happening right here, right now.  It also keeps an eye on eternity.  Most importantly, it doesn’t lose faith in […]

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Your prayers aligning with His faithfulness

By Dave Henning / March 18, 2021

“God’s faithfulness isn’t demonstrated by HIs activity aligning with your prayers.  It’s your prayers aligning with His faithfulness and His will where you become more and more assured of His activity.  Even if, maybe especially if, His activity and His answers don’t look like you thought they would.”- Lysa TerKeurst “You though you were being […]

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The full extent of God’s grace

By Dave Henning / September 26, 2020

“We can’t appreciate the full extent of God’s grace until we realize the full extent of our sin.  Then, and only then, can we chase the Wild Goose and His will for us with passion.”- Mark Batterson “Peter replied, ‘Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about.’  Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.  […]

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Jesus’ presence – when it seems absent

By Dave Henning / October 1, 2019

“When Jesus’ presence seems absent in the midst of my panic, I find that canned spiritual answers and my usual spiritual disciplines, things that helped me feel connected, no longer work. . . .  I find that instead of being still, I end up trying really freaking hard to be grateful and peaceful and patient.  […]

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Living from your Spirit-led self: draw near to God

By Dave Henning / September 21, 2018

“Get to the root of your fear, underneath the chaos of anxiety.  A part of me is frightened are powerful words to say as you draw near to God and live from your Spirit-led self.  As with Moses, God may not take away your fear.  But he will strengthen you with courage as you trust […]

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Less like the person God designed you to be

By Dave Henning / February 12, 2018

“What’s the point in trying to be who you aren’t?  If you succeed, you is who you ain’t, and you ain’t who you is.  You’re actually less like the person God designed you and destined you to be.  That isn’t succeeding; it’s failing.”- Mark Batterson In Chapter 6 (“The Voice of Gladness”) of Whisper, Mark […]

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Coming to know weakness in a broken world

By Dave Henning / January 6, 2018

“As humans who live in a broken world, we come to know weakness in the same way we come to know a new scar on our flesh; what is at first unfamiliar and new eventually becomes normal, consistent, even expected.”- Ann Swindell In Chapter 2 (“When Waiting Makes You Weak”) of Still Waiting, Ann Swindell […]

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Brokenness – the antidote to shame

By Dave Henning / October 29, 2017

Brokenness is the antidote to shame.”- Dan Allender and Tremper Longman, The Cry of the Soul (1994) “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”- Psalm 34:18 (ESV) As Sara Hagerty continues Chapter 5 of Unseen, she admits she doesn’t relish thinking of herself as vulnerable.  Therefore, she explains: “Really, […]

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A child’s heart, but a grown-up’s head

By Dave Henning / February 20, 2017

“Christ wants a child’s heart, but a grown-up’s head.  He wants us to be simple, single-minded, affectionate, and teachable, as good children are; but He also wants every bit of intelligence we have . . .”- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity “I, therefore, a prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner […]

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Tinsel in a tangle

By Dave Henning / December 12, 2016

“Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle.”- Anonymous “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”- Isaiah 9:2 (KJV) “Hope is patience with the lamp lit.”- Tertullian During my childhood years, most people in my […]

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Our daily liturgies

By Dave Henning / December 3, 2016

“Our loves are formed by our daily liturgies.”- Ann Voskamp “To love at all is to be vulnerable.  Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.”- C. S. Lewis In Chapter 8 (“Why Love is Worth Breaking Your Heart”) of The Broken Way, Ann Voskamp provides the sole way to rise to […]

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The smallest of beginnings

By Dave Henning / November 26, 2016

“It takes great trust to believe in the smallest of beginnings.”- Ann Voskamp “If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.”- Isaiah 58:10 (ESV) Ann Voskamp concludes Chapter 5 of The Broken Way […]

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