The rebellion of humanity against our God turned us away from His life and will in us. It turned us all toward our own life, our own will, our own way. The original source of life and meaning was the life of our God in us. The richness and fullness of the God life was …
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Trust, the behavior instructed in this passage, is often mistaken for belief. Some think that to trust is to simply believe the truth about …
"Three Fold Secret of the Holy Spirit" by James McConkey http://www.solidchristianbooks.com 2015 Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else I came across this book because it was mentioned in Mrs. Howard Taylor's account of the life of William Borden in the book, "Borden of Yale '09." Borden was an extraordinary young man whose …
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Ezekiel 36:23-28 “I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when through you I display My holiness before their eyes. I will take you from the nations, and gather …
In the previous post we discussed the nature of sheep and how "we the sheeple" are pretty much the same. Understanding the work of the shepherd among the sheep, and the response of sheep to a good shepherd, will help us in our response to the Lord as our shepherd.. An old friend was a …
That makes us the "sheeple." Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd...." The role of the shepherd is a prominent theme in the Bible, both old and new testaments. It is used as a picture of how the Lord takes care of His people, and is found often in the Psalms. David, the shepherd-king, was …
The story below illustrates our discussion of having faith like a child in the previous content post here. Helen Roseveare was a medical missionary in the Belgian Congo in the 1950s and 60s. She has written a number of books about the lessons learned there, and about the revival that was happening in the 1950’s …
Mark 10:13-16 “People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the …
Peter writes about the nature of our New Covenant relationship with our God in 1 Peter 2:3-4, “His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great …
“You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” - Ephesians 4:22-24 Our new …
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