“One of the strange things about God is that He will come in as far as we allow Him. I have often said that a Christian is as full of the Holy Spirit as he wants to be. We can beg to be filled with the Holy Spirit. We can talk about it, but until …
Category: Union With God
The Outcome of the Cross in Us
“Those who seek the deeper Christian life and those who want the riches that are in Christ Jesus the Lord seek no place, no wealth, no things, only Christ.” ― A.W. Tozer “Christ is Lord and can make any demands upon us that He chooses, even to the point of requiring that we deny ourselves …
Enemies of the Cross of Christ
We often hear of people who are considered enemies of Christ Jesus, a title we give to particularly harmful or evil people. We need to exercise caution in speaking of people in such language, especially considering we were all once in that same condition. Yet there is in scripture an example of a class of …
The Principle of the Cross
"In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is, which makes him do the sin he does." -- George MacDonald "The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is the hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ." - C.S. Lewis Our God is always seeking to transform us into …
The Cross and the Christian
"There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren or friends; and since then I have studied only to show myself approved unto God." - George Mueller The cross of …
Christ Jesus the Source
“And when we were dead in our sins, He brought us to life in union and fellowship with Christ.” Paul the apostle writing to believers at Ephesus “By what right have we become “a royal priesthood”? It is by the right of the atonement by the Cross of Christ that this has been accomplished. The …
Union with Christ Jesus
“But so far as justification is concerned, Christ and I must be so closely attached that He lives in me and I in Him. What a marvelous way of speaking! Because He lives in me, whatever grace, righteousness, life, peace, and salvation there is in me is all Christ’s; nevertheless it is mine as well, …
Christmas, The Great Adventure
A re-blogging of a previous post. The advent of our Savior is truly a great adventure. “Advent” is the root word for adventure, giving the impression of the arrival or appearance of something risky and wondrous. The Advent we celebrate has a wild and risky edge to it, because our God has always chosen wildness …
The Long Road to Journaling
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you” - Colossians 3:16. As I progressed (regressed?) through my college years in the late 70’s, I began to keep notes on what I was learning from reading the Bible. I had no other plan in mind, so I simply began to write in the margins of …
Planning Significant Solitude
“We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.” --William Law “The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.” --John Climacus We live very busy lives, if left to our own devices …
Without Limit 