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Drink from a Deep Well of Devotion

By Bill Gaultiere © 2010

What refreshment awaits you! What joy! All we have to do is to pause and appreciate Christ in our midst as we do whatever we’re doing – like right now!

Psalm 73 is a great help along these lines. This prayer of Asaph is a deep well that offers us Living Water for our thirsty souls. His heart for God is infectious. By praying his words we can grow in our devotion to the Lord. And when we submit our whole selves to God heaven opens up to us! Whole-hearted dedication to love God in all things is the key to the [...]

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August 7th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Spiritual Formation

The One Benediction You (and Others!) Need

By Bill Gaultiere © 2010

Answered prayer. Success. Victory. We all want to be blessed, to achieve great things, and to overcome our challenges. But when we reach for these desires we can never quite grasp them. The pursuit of happiness never makes anyone happy.

That’s why years ago my spiritual father, Ray Ortlund, encouraged me to “Be all and only for Jesus!” He wanted the best for me. And so he liked to pray Psalm 20 for me. Recently, Psalm 20 inspired me to write a “Benediction of Devotion.”

I’d like to share this short prayer of blessing with you. It’s meant so much to me and [...]

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July 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Spiritual Formation

Sweet Words of Jesus

By Bill Gaultiere © 2010

One day I got up before sunrise to walk and pray in the quiet.  I prayed Psalm 119:103 over and over:

“How sweet are your words to my taste, [O Lord Jesus,] sweeter than honey to my mouth” (Psalm 119:103).

The Holy Spirit brought to my mind paraphrases of some of the sweet words of Jesus. I tasted them and found them delicious! I meditated on them and received nourishment for my soul. I prayed them and was strengthened to love my neighbor as the Lord loves me.

Taste and See

I invite you to take a moment now to taste the honey sweet [...]

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June 21st, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Spiritual Disciplines

Jesus is My Refuge

Angles help us find refuge in God

By Bill Gaultiere © 2010, 2011

On Palm Sunday Jesus wept over Jerusalem because the people didn’t recognize him (Luke 19:41). Later in Holy Week Jesus cried out for us all: “O how I have longed to gather you as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings!” (Matthew 23:37, paraphrase).

Do you desire to be that close to Christ? Can you imagine yourself being as vulnerable as a little chick and cuddling close to the Lord Jesus as your Refuge and the delight of your heart?

David, the Psalmist with a heart for God, does this and he [...]

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March 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Soul Care, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation

A Love Note to Jesus

Make a Heart for Jesus!First thing every morning, as part of offering The Apprentice Prayer, I say, “I love you Jesus!”

It’s a simple prayer, but said with a smile from my heart it makes a big difference. It reminds me to make all that I say and do that day as an expression of love for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

At Valentine’s Day we think affectionately about our significant other – or wish that we felt that way… or wish that we had a significant other! How about thinking of your Significant Other: Jesus Christ? How about sending a love note to Jesus?

There [...]

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February 10th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Spiritual Formation

Devoted to You

Make Christ your FocusBy Bill Gaultiere © 2010

David is known as a man after God’s heart because of the way he prays. I so desire to be known as one who has a heart for God, don’t you?

You and I can grow to be more of a person after God’s heart! David shows us how in Psalm 86. In prayer dedicate each aspect of your person to the Lord. Psalm 86 is not well-known, but it’s one of my favorite of David’s prayers. It’s a prayer of whole-hearted devotion to the Lord. Let’s “take heart” from David!

Join me in praying “Devoted to You,” a prayer [...]

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February 6th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Spiritual Formation
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