I. Lilias Trotter was an English woman born into a wealthy Victorian-era family. She was an accomplished artist whom many thought was the best female artist in England and perhaps the world. Lilias loved her God and lived a life of full surrender to Him. She turned her back on fame and wealth as an …
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Book Review – Abide In Christ
"Abide In Christ" by Andrew Murray. Whitaker House, publisher, 251 pages. Bottom line up front: This is an extraordinary book from an extraordinary writer. It is a must-read volume that, if read with a heart seeking the indwelling Christ, will bring the reader into the way of life for which we were created and redeemed. …
A Heart for Our God – Gerhard Tersteegen
The Pilgrim Song, Gerhard Tersteegen. Gerhardt Tersteegen was born at Moers, Germany , November 25, 1697. After his father's death when Gerhardt was only six, his mother was unable to send him to the university. He studied at the Gymnasium in Moers, and then earned a meager living as a silk weaver, sharing his daily …
Happy Incarnation Celebration!
Today is the western world's traditional Christmas Day. For the majority of people, it is mostly if not completely an irreligious holiday. Christ Jesus appearing as a human being has little or nothing to do with their celebration, if they celebrate anything at all. For many it is a day to look back on an …
Notable and Quotable: Miguel de Molinos
"In the center most part of your being, there is the supreme region. It is the sacred temple of the Holy Spirit - the place where God delights to abide. It is there that He manifests Himself to the one He created. He gives Himself in a way that transcends both senses and all human understanding. It is …
Resurrection: Winter Into Spring
Tomorrow is Resurrection Day. It seems hard to imagine that here, looking out the window. Today is another "third-winter" day, one of those runs of winter-like weather that appears after a few "false Spring" days. Where I live we measure early Spring in terms of second and third winters, and hopefully not in terms of …
Notable and Quotable: Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray was truly a man with a heart for our God, a man who understood the New Covenant life in God's Kingdom. One of the most influential and theologically solid writers of all time (who is not in the Bible). If you read only one writer regarding the New Covenant life, read Murray and all you …
Abiding: Christ our Life
How do we remain in a vital union, an abiding relationship in which we are in Christ and Christ in us? The path to living in this abiding life includes loving him with our entire being, more than we love self or any other person or thing. It is built upon our surrendering more and more …
The New Covenant in Scripture: Matthew 10:37-39
Matthew 10:37-39 “The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And the one who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. The one who has …
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Notable and Quotable: A. B. Simpson
From the book, "Walking in the Spirit," on the topic of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in response to our absolute surrender. "But the Spirit not only reveals Christ, but He actually brings Him to occupy and abide in the heart. It is not enough to see, we must receive Him and become personally united …
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