Otts On Mission
Reflections on ministry, mission, and the Church
Tag: Prayer
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Faith For When We Can’t See
Looking For Light in The Darkness The past few years have been some of the most difficult years of our family’s lives. Since returning from Italy we’ve seemingly found ourselves wandering what’s felt like a never-ending wilderness. We search for a land that we thought God was preparing for us. We have prayed. God has…
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Watchful In The Dark
A Cloud of Evil Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 There is a strange cloud that seems to hang over the world. Everyone seems to feel it, though no one is able to clearly define it. It’s increasingly hard to see what is really…
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Thoughts, Passions, and Sin
Sin as Sickness A kid was recently shot fairly close to where we live. In the middle of the woods, surrounded by other teens, he was shot and killed. Humanity is sick. We see the brokenness of our world just about everywhere these days. All of us feel it. We experience it in just about…
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Harmony And The Role of The Prophet
A Contemplative Life I have often heard contemplation simply described as gratitude. Perhaps this is because as we cultivate contemplative lives, we begin to see more clearly. When we see clearly, we begin to understand God’s rich interaction with us rightly. There is a simple truth to this definition because it is in contemplative prayer…
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To Guard Your Heart – Think About Your Thoughts
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 The Importance of Heart The “heart” within the western worldview most often refers to emotions and affections. The “heart” in Scripture and throughout the history of the Church however, referred to something much more. Throughout Church history the heart refers…