Precept & Practice – JANUARY 13 – Circumstances
Surely, if a human being has only as much real or apparent power of moulding or subduing circumstances as an acorn or other seed, it would be wise to study certain aspects of his relation to them.
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A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 12 – Greatly Begin
It is better to busy one’s-self about the smallest thing in the world than to treat a half-hour as worthless.
God is from Essex and Other Good News – A Sermon
It does not matter to where we have wandered – God seeks us out.
It does not matter how much we have failed – God smiles on us.
It does not matter how much we feel unworthy – God is well pleased with us.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 11 – Unity of Purpose
Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 10 – Sweet Reasonableness
A man conscious of God could not be conscious of self or fret to draw notice to his words and acts.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 9 – Self-Surrender
The essence of the whole situation was to have in one’s heart the romance of pilgrimage, to expect experience, both sweet and bitter, to desire the goal rather than the prize;
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 8 – Consecration
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 8 – Consecration Whole-hearted consecration was ever to be the path to exceptional service. The stipulation includes all that we have previously spoken of as required. There are no gifts that we possess, emotional, intellectual, practical, which are not comprehended by it. There is no department of life into which the demand does not enter. The… Continue reading Precept & Practice – JANUARY 8 – Consecration
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 7 – The High Calling
Is there anything more contemptible than the self-indulgent life of the rich to-day who stand by and see the perishing of the poor?
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 6 – Life ; a Battlefield
To live for common ends is to be common—
The highest faith makes still the highest man ;
For we grow like the things our souls believe,
And rise or sink, as we aim, high or low.
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 5 – Faculties and Powers
There is no knowing whither God might call us, if we would only keep our minds, by His help, free and true to hear His bidding when it comes.
Suffolk Vicar 