1 Thessalonians 5:19 " Do not quench the Spirit...." We live the Christian life by the Holy Spirit who indwells us. He is our connection into Christ, our channel for the life of Christ to flow in and through us each day. How we commune and interact with the Spirit in us is therefore vitally important …
Psalm 37:1-11 "Do not get upset because of evildoers, do not be envious of wrongdoers.For they will wither quickly like the grass, and decay like the green plants.Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and cultivate faithfulness.Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.Commit …
Oswald Chambers was and is still today one of the great influencers who fully understood the New Covenant life we have in Christ, that it is nothing of our own lives and fully His life lived in us. This requires a deep repentance. This is a repentance not just from specific sins, for choosing when, …
In the previous post, I wrote of our God's larger purposes for us and how when we pray for those as our most urgent priorities our lives will begin to align with His life and will in us. There are many purposes our God has in mind for us, purposes that fit under the three …
How can we pray reliably according to the will of our God? He has given us so many clues in the scriptures that to do so is really not difficult. The big issues of His will for us are found in the purposes for which we were created and redeemed. To pray for them regarding …
Our modern view of prayer in the religion of the institutional church is very weak and one-dimensional. For so many, prayer is characterized by the following fallacious attitudes and beliefs: Prayer is an event - we "do" prayer, usually at specific times and in specific settings. Over a meal. Before a meeting. For a few …
The advice in the title, given by A.W. Tozer. He stated, "Read less, but read more of what really matters." Sound wisdom. I have been publishing lists of influential books that will help to guide readers into a deeper understanding of the Gospel of the Kingdom as Christ Jesus presented it, and the New Covenant …
I am a steady reader. Some might say a voracious reader. I know a few voracious readers, and I don't read as much as they do. But I am always in the midst of a book or two, and sometimes three. As I stated in the most recent post, the characteristics that make a book …
What makes a book worth the time to read it? There are many different measures for evaluating books. People have differing opinions. One person’s masterpiece is another person’s meaningless drivel. How do we know what makes a book great? I have a short list of characteristics that I use that helps me choose my reading …
From Clyde's excellent book, "Because We Love Him: Embracing Life of Holiness." "Some may romanticize death to self from a distance, as one would romanticize martyrdom. But there is nothing romantic about the reality of death. Yet when we love Christ, we are drawn to follow Him in death. This death is a daily, deliberate …
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