May 10, 2017
1 OF 2
God created the human body good. But living in a rebellious, darkened world I have learned behaviors that are unlike God and thus damaging to me and others. Many are stored in my body as subconscious habits, negatively affecting my heart, soul, mind and relationships without me realizing it. I must now learn to access God's provision of grace to unlearn (put to death) destructive habits and replace them with behaviors I learn from Jesus.
George Miley (Recorded 2/4/2017)
May 10, 2017
1 OF 2
God created the human body good. But living in a rebellious, darkened world I have learned behaviors that are unlike God and thus damaging to me and others. Many are stored in my body as subconscious habits, negatively affecting my heart, soul, mind and relationships without me realizing it. I must now learn to access God's provision of grace to unlearn (put to death) destructive habits and replace them with behaviors I learn from Jesus.
George Miley (Recorded 2/4/2017)
May 3, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
Our culture assumes that if an emotion exists it is valid. If I feel it, I have every right to express it. This may feel good at first, but it invariably leads to painful and disruptive life experiences. Jesus heals wounded emotions that block our maturing, replacing them with beautiful emotions God created us to have. This happens as we allow him to teach us how life works--as his disciples.
George Miley (1/27/2017)
May 3, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
Our culture assumes that if an emotion exists it is valid. If I feel it, I have every right to express it. This may feel good at first, but it invariably leads to painful and disruptive life experiences. Jesus heals wounded emotions that block our maturing, replacing them with beautiful emotions God created us to have. This happens as we allow him to teach us how life works--as his disciples.
George Miley (1/27/2017)
April 26, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
The first step in reforming my mind is intention—an orientation of the heart or will. I choose to intend to learn from Jesus how to access the new life he offers. My first step is to choose where I will place my thoughts. Jesus teaches me to live with my thoughts centered in God.
George Miley (Recorded 1/21/2017)
April 26, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
The first step in reforming my mind is intention—an orientation of the heart or will. I choose to intend to learn from Jesus how to access the new life he offers. My first step is to choose where I will place my thoughts. Jesus teaches me to live with my thoughts centered in God.
George Miley (Recorded 1/21/2017)
April 19, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
A soul not centered in God becomes fragmented. It can’t find its way home. One’s inner being trends toward chaos and harmful behavior. A soul centered in God comes to rest. It has returned home. One's inner being, in spite of what is going on around, finds order and peace.
George Miley (Recorded 1/20/2017)
April 19, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
A soul not centered in God becomes fragmented. It can’t find its way home. One’s inner being trends toward chaos and harmful behavior. A soul centered in God comes to rest. It has returned home. One's inner being, in spite of what is going on around, finds order and peace.
George Miley (Recorded 1/20/2017)
April 5, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
The choices of my heart direct the re-making of my person. This is very different from "will-power." Allowing Jesus to teach me how life works, I learn to choose not to rely on will-power but on him. As he teaches me how to live in God's Presence, my inner life is transformed.
George Miley (Recorded 1/19/2017)
April 4, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
The choices of my heart direct the re-making of my person. This is very different from "will-power." Allowing Jesus to teach me how life works, I learn to choose not to rely on will-power but on him. As he teaches me how to live in God's Presence, my inner life is transformed.
George Miley (Recorded 1/19/2017)
March 31, 2017
How can we pray throughout the day while carrying out the tasks of life? We need ways—established practices—for repeatedly returning our thoughts to God.
George Miley (Recorded 1/09/2017)
March 24, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
What is prayer? It is interacting with God. I talk to him; I also listen for what he is saying to me. Prayer is two-way communication. It is interactively living in God's Presence.
George Miley (Recorded 1/07/2017)
March 24, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
What is prayer? It is interacting with God. I talk to him; I also listen for what he is saying to me. Prayer is two-way communication. It is interactively living in God's Presence.
George Miley (Recorded 1/07/2017)
March 14, 2017
As I enter more deeply into rest, I become more aware of the condition of my soul. Practice expands my ability to go deeper into silence.
George Miley (Recorded 1/06/2017)
March 1, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
In solitude I withdraw, for a time, from social contact, physical movement, and sounds (except perhaps from the gentle sounds of nature). I offer my time and myself to God as a gift of love. Waiting in quietness and stillness, my soul comes to rest. It then reaches new clarity.
George Miley (Recorded 1/04/2017)
March 1, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
In solitude I withdraw, for a time, from social contact, physical movement, and sounds (except perhaps from the gentle sounds of nature). I offer my time and myself to God as a gift of love. Waiting in quietness and stillness, my soul comes to rest. It then reaches new clarity.
George Miley (Recorded 1/04/2017)
February 22, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
It is tragic when God is only a concept, a theological proposition, a part of my upbringing, and I do not experience living in his Presence. When practices for inviting God into my inner life are not being followed, the dysfunctions that have negatively shaped me remain unaddressed.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/29/2016
February 22, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
It is tragic when God is only a concept, a theological proposition, a part of my upbringing, and I do not experience living in his Presence. When practices for inviting God into my inner life are not being followed, the dysfunctions that have negatively shaped me remain unaddressed.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/29/2016
February 16, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
At some point, living as Christ’s disciple, I am likely to become aware of wounded areas within that are hindering or blocking my maturing. Craziness began when I turned from God and went my own way. Sanity is gradually returning as I rely on Jesus to teach me how life works.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/28/2016
February 16, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
At some point, living as Christ’s disciple, I am likely to become aware of wounded areas within that are hindering or blocking my maturing. Craziness began when I turned from God and went my own way. Sanity is gradually returning as I rely on Jesus to teach me how life works.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/28/2016
February 14, 2017
Hanna reads Chapter 19 from her book A Garland for Ashes.
"One morning last July, in a tiny, obscure village in the middle of rural Poland, I experienced despairing sorrow mingled with passionate hope".
February 8, 2017
PART 2 OF 2
What is faith? Mental assent? Yes, but more than that. It is belief that leads to relying on what is believed. We choose to rely on God apart from what our five senses seem to be telling us. God is Spirit. His kingdom is Unseen Reality. To enter and live there we walk by faith, not by sight.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/27/2016
February 8, 2017
PART 1 OF 2
What is faith? Mental assent? Yes, but more than that. It is belief that leads to relying on what is believed. We choose to rely on God apart from what our five senses seem to be telling us. God is Spirit. His kingdom is Unseen Reality. To enter and live there we walk by faith, not by sight.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/27/2016
February 1, 2017
PART 2 of 2
I have been created to be like God, and to live continually in his Presence. These two reinforce each other. The more time I spend in God’s Presence the more I become like him. The more I become like him the more I desire to be in his Presence. Why then does entering God’s Presence and staying there seem so hard, so unnatural?
(George Miley) Recorded 12/21/2016
February 1, 2017
PART 1 of 2
I have been created to be like God, and to live continually in his Presence. These two reinforce each other. The more time I spend in God’s Presence the more I become like him. The more I become like him the more I desire to be in his Presence. Why then does entering God’s Presence and staying there seem so hard, so unnatural?
(George Miley) Recorded 12/21/2016
January 26, 2017
PART 2 of 2
Jesus began his public ministry by announcing that the kingdom of God is at hand--accessible like never before. How to enter and live there is the theme integrating all his teaching. God's kingdom is unseen. This should not surprise us. God is unseen. He created the material world but he is not part of it. God is Spirit. Though God's kingdom is unseen, activity there produces tangible results. Jesus said to meet material needs, rely on the kingdom!
(George Miley) Recorded 12/20/2016
January 26, 2017
PART 1 of 2
Jesus began his public ministry by announcing that the kingdom of God is at hand--accessible like never before. How to enter and live there is the theme integrating all his teaching. God's kingdom is unseen. This should not surprise us. God is unseen. He created the material world but he is not part of it. God is Spirit. Though God's kingdom is unseen, activity there produces tangible results. Jesus said to meet material needs, rely on the kingdom!
(George Miley) Recorded 12/20/2016
January 20, 2017
PART 2 of 2
Humility is neither mysterious nor unattainable. As I mature toward Christlikeness, it increasingly characterizes the person I am becoming.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/17/2016
January 20, 2017
PART 1 of 2
Humility is neither mysterious nor unattainable. As I mature toward Christlikeness, it increasingly characterizes the person I am becoming.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/17/2016
January 12, 2017
PART 2 of 2
Wholeness in the inner life is Christlikeness in the inner life. It develops as we learn to allow Jesus to teach us how to live.
(George Miley) Recorded 12/16/2016
