A Devotional Blog To Calm Our Spirits And Draw Nearer To God

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I pray daily for our Lord to continue pouring out His blessings upon all of our Readers.

I am happy to recommend a blog recently started by a good friend of mine.

He aims for quiet times where a Christian can take a few minutes to slow down and reflect upon what God is saying.

He prefers to remain anonymous and uses the name "Ophel" which refers to the Nethinims who were servants to the Levites and who drew near to serve God day or night.

God has gifted him with a way to uses phrases that really arrest our attention such that we slow down and meditate upon what God us saying to us.

As such, this is very good devotional material that can start or end our day.

They English church had morning devotions called "Laud" that were intended to begin the day with praises to God and prayers to sanctify the day's activities.

"Vespers" were a time of evening prayer of praises to God, reflection upon the day and the blessings experienced along the way.

Thus, my friend's blog is devotional. 

The closest writings to his that I can think of would be reading Puritan prayers like the Valley of Vision.

There are many Puritan devotionals available and my friend's blog captures the spirit of our spiritual forefathers in the faith.

They too, are reflective, meditative and filled with praise for God and acknowledgment of our dependency upon Him in all things.

I hope you will also find these devotions to be a blessing and encouragement.

Since this is published using Word Press, I understand it can be translated like the posts on this blog can be.

May the LORD open our eyes to behold wondrous things from His Word.

Bob

Numbers 6:24-26  The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 25  The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26  The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 

The name of my friend's blog is "And Then There Was Silence" and the link is inserted below for your convenience.

https://andthentherewassilence.net/index-page/

 


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