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Take me off the throne Of my life, dear God! For the things called my own Are so blemished and flawed. All my deeds are in vain If the glory shall be To my merits and gain, Or for others to see. You belong to the throne Of my life, dear God! By your glory alone, Let my kneeled heart be awed!

Regrets are most often the result of sin in our life, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom.3:23). Being sorry for sin is something we all experience at different points in our lives. When we are truly sorry about the bad things that have affected our relationship with God, or hurt someone, we are on the right path towards restoring that relationship. We become aware of what we’ve done wrong, we can see it clearly, in the light of God’s word, we hate what we did wrong and we don’t want to do it again. Firstly, there is what we call the godly grief which leads to repentance and acceptance of Christ’s sacrifice that paid it all for you, 2 Corinthians 7:10  “ For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.” This is what I would call the first true regret. When someone comes to know Jesus, the Spirit of the Lord opens his eyes and he sees his faults, he regrets his way of living an...

I kneeled and fought in prayer Until my eyes were filled With tears that carry passion With tears to wash His feet. I kneeled and asked the Master The Healer if my soul To come and take me faster To mend and make me whole. I kneeled before All-knowing, The Holy, Pure and Just Until my overflowing Impurity, pride, lust   Entombed and sank and swallowed   My bones into the deep.  Oh, how my soul was hollowed!   I could not hold or keep! In anguish and despair My strangled voice would say "This is too much to bear, Oh, Lord, take this away!" My tears became like fire And washed your feet, my Lord, Each one of them would carry A story yet untold.   And as I wiped your feet   You wiped away my sin,  My eyes and yours would meet,  New life, new breath begin. And as I poured perfume- my precious, treasured gift, You filled my heart with love And bridged the rift.

Nicholas Herman of Lorraine, a lowly and unlearned man was first a soldier and then was admitted as a lay brother among the Carmelites in Paris in 1640 and was afterward known as “Brother Lawrence”. His conversion took place when he was 18 and he lived his Christian life constantly walking in the presence of God. He was a monastery cook for thirty years. The Practice of the Presence of God is a book of collected teachings of Brother Lawrence compiled by Father Joseph de Beaufort. The compilation includes letters, as well as records of his conversations kept by Brother Lawrence's interlocutors. The basic theme of the book is the development of an awareness of the presence of God. The practice of the Presence of God has less than 60 pages. It is a wonderful book which invites every Christian to a strong awareness of their Lord, relying, feeling and adoring His presence. Here are seven things that we can learn from this book. After every paragraph I have written some Scri...