Tuesday, February 19, 2008
EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION
MEDITATION: As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for Thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:1,2 __________________________________ DEVOTION: LIVING GOD Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we...
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WHAT EVERY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW!
John Long on metaphors: Decorative metaphors sometimes enliven poetry and always murder prose. ________________________________________ Metaphors have little place in narrative prose, only in exposition, and rarely then. Useful metaphors illuminate an equivalence....
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[GOOD] MORNING MEDITATION
MEDITATION: And they will come and call out for joy on the height of Zion. They will shine with joy over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the cattle. Their life will be like a well- watered garden. They will never have sorrow...
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Monday, February 18, 2008
EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION
MEDITATION: I will show you and teach you in the way you should go. I will tell you what to do with My eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 ________________________________ DEVOTION: WISDOM Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119: 105
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WHAT EVERY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW!
More from our friend John Long: Use repetition for emphasis, humor, irony. "Brutus is an honorable man. They are all honorable men." ________________________________________ Punctuation should be as invisible as brush strokes on a watercolor. ____________________________________ Every punctuation...
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[GOOD] MORNING MEDITATION
MEDITATION: He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION
MEDITATION: "All the earth will worship You and sing praises to You. They will sing praises to Your name." Psalm 66:4 _______________________________________ DEVOTION: WORSHIP We have seen His star in the East. We have come to worship Him. Matthew 2:1,2 And jesus said, "God is Spirit. Those who...
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WHAT EVERY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW!
John Long's thoughts: Authentic, identifiable style is the writer's basic stuff made visible. __________________________________________ The more lucid and unaffected the prose, the more stuff can shine through. __________________________________________ The biggest obstacle in capturing a personal...
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[GOOD] MORNING MEDITATION
"Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. "And if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve; whether the gods which...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION
MEDITATION: But for you who fear My name and the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and you will go forth and skip like calves from the stall. Malachi 4:2 ___________________________________ DEVOTION: HEALING And Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He has...
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