"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." - Jesus Christ This is an updated post from 2021. John 12:23-26 …
“Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. Beware of false prophets, who come to you …
Many there are who appreciate the fact that God exists, for it helps them make sense of the world and order their thinking. Even though they appreciate His being there, they are not seeking to be closely connected to Him. Few there are who desire to be intimate with their God above all other pursuits. …
Here is the conclusion from the "Promoted to Pray" post from Monday, 1/27. If you have not read that post, go check it out as it is the lead-up to the events in this post. This is story about a miraculous event that happened in my birth town, Coalinga, CA, in 1983. The earthquake that …
"The Two Covenants: Your Blessings in Christ" by Andrew Murray. CLC Publications. Bottom line up front - This is a critical read if one would understand the differences between the Old and New Covenants, and would desire to live a purely New Covenant life. Without this knowledge as Murray delivers it here, one will struggle to break …
Here's a question for you. What is the pathway to fully living the Christian life of holiness and obedience each day? Jesus Himself answered this question for us in His final discourse with His disciples on the night He was betrayed. In fact, Jesus explained different aspects of this pathway often, yet most Christians in the …
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 …
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 …
"Let me press upon everyone...the solemn obligation resting upon him to care for those around him - not only the outcast, but those with whom he is associated in church fellowship, very specially any who are in danger of being hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. The Christ unto whom we are to grow up …
From Oswald Chambers. I do not often quote an entire passage from a person, but this one truly spoke to me. I am passing it on to you in hopes it will continue to speak. This is on obedience to the heavenly vision (see Acts 26:19). If we lose “the heavenly vision” God has given …
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