July 11, 2022 #253 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, May 30, 2022 “He must increase and I must decrease…” I pray this prayer a lot. I do this because I realize how much my own ego dominates my life. Abiding means turning control over to Him. It should be easy (given who He is) but […]
July 4, 2022 #246 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Friday, May 13, 2022 “The joy of the Lord is my strength.” I have never had the courage or confidence to say that aloud and believe it. But I am definitely getting closer. July 5, 2022 #247 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Saturday, May 21, 2022 This from […]
June 27, 2022 #239 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Thursday, May 12, 2022 Please tell me if you are the person who recommended I read Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God by Mark Batterson. Listen to this: “Let me make a bold statement at the beginning of this book. Learning to hear the voice […]
June 20, 2022 #232 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Thursday, March 31, 2022 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3: 5–6) The above verse just resonates with me. It isn’t just advice, it’s […]
JUNE 13, 2022 #225 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Friday, May 27, 2022 I got a new role today: acolyte: a person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession. We all know who the Celebrant is, and the procession is life. Sign me up as an acolyte. June 14, 2022 I’m off on an overnight […]
June 6, 2022 #218 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Thursday, May 2, 2022 One thing I know I can learn to do better is love my neighbor. I think that is the biggest reason God has me sticking around here. Of course, neighbor means wife, children, granddaughters, siblings, relatives, friends, neighbors, and every stranger I meet […]
May 30, 2022 #211 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, April 20, 2022 It is a powerful thing when someone else writes what I am thinking: “At issue here is the question: To whom do I belong? To God or to the world? Many of my daily preoccupations suggest that I belong more to the world […]
May 23, 2022 #204 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Sunday, April 24, 2022 My mother used to use the expression “…looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.” (It was not a compliment.) And my nephew recently asked me, “It seems easy to see God’s love when you are surrounded by your beautiful and loving family, but […]
May 16, 2022 #197 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Sunday, April 17, 2022 This is the parable of the live oak tree: There was an old man who loved to sit on his porch and pray. An old live oak tree growing right in front of him would declare the glory of God. The old man […]
May 9, 2022 #190 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, March 22, 2022 My guest left after a four day visit. It was great seeing an old friend, but I also love being alone. If stillness is optimal as a contact point, it follows that solitude is optimal for communion. Hello, Lord. May 10, 2022 This is a […]
May 2, 2022 #183 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, March 21, 2022 “Self-destruction is the result of selfishness.” –Stephan Allison, my friend. There are two sides to this coin, the macrocosmic and the microcosmic. Steve was referring to the big picture, i.e., humankind is destroying our planet because of greed , gluttony and the other […]
April 25, 2022 Haha, it turns out they didn’t need me–it’s nice to know I would have done it though… #176 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, October 27, 2021 God answers prayer. I’ve been praying that God would expand my heart. I want to be a more loving person…not that I am unloving, but just […]
April 18, 2022 #169 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, March 14, 2022 I have become a pet person. In my younger days, I used to think that people who lavished love on their pets were just afraid to open their hearts to other people. Now I understand that you don’t dole love out like cherries […]
April 11, 2022 #162 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Friday, March 11, 2022 I’ve been thinking about abiding…“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit.” (John 5:15) When I retired, my number one goal/wish/prayer was that He would teach me to abide […]
April 4, 2022 #155 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, March 2, 2022 “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things unseen.” (Hebrews 11:2) What an audacious channel of communication! If I master that assurance and that conviction, I become the most contented, purposeful and confident person on the planet–all to the […]
March 28, 2022 #148 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, February 22 We don’t acquire a virtue, we just practice it. Like patience. God showed me today that I might think I’ve become more patient but my grasp is flimsy. The traffic situation: making a left across two lanes coming the other way, a lady in […]
March 21, 2022 #141 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Sunday, February 20, 2022 The intent, the purpose, the meaning of my writing project becomes more clear to me every day. I have a relationship with Jesus Christ, my living savior. We interact day by day. His interactions are subtle, but profound and joyous. He is teaching […]
MARCH 14, 2022 #134 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, February 7, 2022 This from my quiet time: “The supreme Christian insight is that God is love. The supreme Christian experience, which cannot be separated from authentic insight, is to know this love in your own heart. All this is mere words–sounding brass and tinkling cymbals–unless […]
March 7, 2022 #127 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Thursday, February 3, 2022 Look at my beloved live oak tree! There were three distinct gaps in the branches that light would shine through, and I would think of them as Father, Son and Spirit as I prayed on my back porch in good weather. Goes to […]
February 28, 2022 #120 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Saturday, January 28, 2022 Tonight I watched a movie and felt good about it. I used to watch tons and tons of movies (I even wrote screenplays), but in my later years I only like to watch ones that make me feel good about humanity. Of course, […]
February 21, 2022 #113 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, January 25, 2022 He is here. Right now. My oh so slow growing awareness of that simple truth has made all the difference in my life. It is true for me as I write this–it is true for you as you read this–it is true for […]
February 14, 2022 #106 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Saturday, January 15, 2022 St. Augustine’s infamous prayer, from early in his spiritual journey: “Lord, make me a good and chaste christian, but not yet.” This from my reading: “We see from that example that it is not enough just to know the truth, to have clarity of […]
February 7, 2022 #99 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, January 10, 2022 A former student shared a Facebook post with me from a Fed Ex deliverywoman who delivered a package to a distraught woman whose husband was sick with cancer. The deliverywoman said a few niceties and then went on with her route. After about […]
January 31, 2022 #92 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, December 21, 2021 I’ve discovered another benefit of my writing project. God will not only speak; He will sometimes remind. After feeling out of it for four days (head cold), I meditated in my study this evening. I was moved again to one of those “state […]
January 24, 2022 #85 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, December 29, 2021 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” (I John 4:7) I asked God how I can become a more loving person, and He said: Practice. Practice on your […]
January 17, 2022 #78 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, December 22, 2021 I cried when I prayed with Karen tonight. It was kind of embarrassing. Earlier as I was cleaning the kitchen, she was watching the news. It was such a wave of darkness–the pandemic spreading out of control; “natural” events like tornados and earthquakes […]
January 10, 2022 #71 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, November 30, 2021 “…without faith it is impossible to please God…” (Hebrews 11:6) If I stand outside and consider this writing project, it seems kind of arrogant. Who do I think I am? So I have a special connection to God? How do I know it’s […]
January 3, 2022 #64 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Sunday, November 28, 2021 Karen and I prayed tonight–her words were exactly what was in my heart. Hmmm…the two becoming one, perhaps? Keep us moving, Lord. January 4, 2022 Tuesday is a golf day… #65 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, December 13, 2021 I play golf with a senior […]
December 27, 2021 #57 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, September 1, 2021 “For I determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” (I Corinthians 2:2) This is the whole key to living spiritually. First, “i determined…”–this is the choice I made, I knew what I wanted to do. Second, “…to know […]
December 20, 2021 I first conceived of this writing project in the middle of August…on November 1st I decided to start posting on Facebook. This is what God said to me that day: #50 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, November 1, 2021 Sometimes I wish God would just tell me what to do. I have been […]
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