The joy in coming into agreement with God's Word and will
"Love without a Cross has no backbone. Love without a Cross can't stand - because it's only about feel-good and not about being made new. While political correctness may say, "Only talk of 'Love' and no messy cross and maybe we'll find one of many ways to the good life," Jesus quietly offers: "Come to Me... Continue Reading →
"Every age has it's own characteristics. Right now we are in an age of religious complexity. The simplicity, which is in Christ, is rarely found among us. In its stead are programs, methods, organizations and a world of nervous activities, which occupy time and attention, but can never satisfy the longing of the heart." A.W.... Continue Reading →
"There's nothing hard about the Word of God. It's so simple, you have to have somebody help you misunderstand it." Andrew Wommack I love this quote so much. We really do make it hard sometimes don't we? The Bible tells us that the Word is near to us (Romans 10:8) and that it gives understanding... Continue Reading →
"Zacchaeus was a wee little man... a wee little man was he... he climbed up in a Sycamore tree, the Lord he wanted to see..." That's was pretty much my knowledge of the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19. When my kids were little, that was a catchy little song we sang about this wayward... Continue Reading →
From "The Bondage Breaker, Youth Edition" by Neil Anderson and Dave Park. "Have you ever heard a Christian say, "I'm just a sinner saved by grace?" Have you referred to yourself that way? If you see yourself as a sinner, you probably will sin. What would you expect a sinner to do? There will be... Continue Reading →
"The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king." 1 Samuel 16:1 Could've Should've Would've... Continue Reading →
"The Spirit of God alters my dominating desires; He alters the thing that matters, and a universe of desires I had never known before, suddenly comes on the horizon." Oswald Chambers What better evidence of our being united with our Heavenly Father than when we allow Him to actually change our direction and our desires. To allow... Continue Reading →
"How the Lord takes by its corners This old world and shakes us forward and shakes us free..." Rich Mullins New Years is almost here! That lovely time when we can all do a "mental reset" and reorient ourselves a bit to wherever it is we think we are going. I saw no less that... Continue Reading →
From Andrew Murray, Daily Experience With God "Why is it that, with Christ as our teacher, there is so much failure and so little real growth in spiritual knowledge? Why is there so much hearing and reading of the Bible, so much profession of faith in it as our only rule of life, and yet... Continue Reading →
Continuing a bit in John 15 because I love it so... "Abide in Me, andI in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." (v.4) A branch isn't a branch if it isn't abiding. It's a dead stick. The nature... Continue Reading →
Into the Foolishness of God 