by Prasanta | Oct 1, 2018 | Holy Spirit, surrender
The wind whispers in the leaves, “Change is coming, can you hear it?” Autumn breezes softly blow and colors subtly change. The wind scatters the few fallen leaves like my thoughts. That is when I remember the Holy Spirit moves like the wind, a gentle...
by Prasanta | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Usually on my walks, I am simply praying, thinking, talking to God, and listening. Because the fall has been mild, lately I’ve had the pleasure of observing a little bit of wildlife in the neighborhood. I’ve seen a heron near the shore of the river, on a...
by Prasanta | Aug 6, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Holy Spirit, Prayer
It’s the place we come back to: the place we started. It’s the first step to any dream: taking a step, however small it might be. Famous people often refer back to this place, where they first started; where they began, whether a politician or movie star...
by Prasanta | Jul 16, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Holy Spirit, peace, Prayer, Rest, Stillness
Sometimes a person just needs to be bathed in it… drenched and soaked. I close my eyes and hear it all around me… the incessant murmur of the sounds that make up my days. And while those can get truly get loud, it’s the ones in my head that are truly...
by Prasanta | Nov 8, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, Holy Spirit, peace, Prayer, Rest, Stillness
Sometimes a person just needs to be bathed in it… drenched and soaked. I close my eyes and hear it all around me… the incessant murmur of the sounds that make up my days. And while those can get truly get loud, it’s the ones in my head that are truly...
by Prasanta | Sep 17, 2012 | Holy Spirit, Seasons
The wind whispers in the leaves, “change is coming, can you hear it?” Autumn breezes softly blow and colors subtly change. The wind scatters the few fallen leaves like my thoughts. That is when I remember the Holy Spirit moves like the wind, a gentle...
by Prasanta | Oct 26, 2010 | Beauty, Change, Holy Spirit, Journey
I heard a speaker say recently that God takes the spaces from the broken places in your hearts and plants something new… and soon a new garden with fragrance and color is blooming from those cracks. Tonight I read another idea– that the broken places in...
by Prasanta | May 14, 2010 | Christianity, God's love, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Love, the cross, Treasures, Uncategorized
I know that I am righteous before him, that my sins are cleansed and I am redeemed through Christ’s blood. Because of him I have boldness to come before God, to bow at His feet at His throne, His golden bejeweled throne. I imagine what it must look like, and I imagine...
by Prasanta | May 13, 2010 | God's love, Holy Spirit, Promises, suffering
I learned something new recently, from the Beth Moore study I’m in currently, which is the latest version of her study called “Breaking Free”. All of the material and thoughts below are from her Bible study– all of the credit goes to Lifeway...
by Prasanta | Jun 25, 2009 | Compassion, Obedience, Sin, Uncategorized
I am reflecting today on what it means to be “renewed”. If a person is renewed, he is a “new creature”, the “old has passed away, the new has come.” We are admonished to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy...
