“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
On surrendering to Christ, Chambers had this to say: "To become one with Jesus Christ, a person must be willing not only to give up sin, but also to surrender his whole way of looking at things. Being born again by the Spirit of God means that we must first be willing to let go …
On the need for true humility if we would see the grace of our God flow into our living: "Humility quietly demolishes the dams of pride in our lives, so the river of grace may freely flow. But we need not wait for our God to dynamite these obstacles. We can and must accomplish this …
"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 …
Image via author, unnamed lake, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon On the idea of our restoration unto our God: "Let us watch carefully how God has done this, so that ignorance of the ways of God may not rob us of our inheritance. First, it is God Himself who has done it, God, Father, Son, and Holy …
On surrender to the Spirit of Christ, from "The Surrendered Life." "Not that surrender is a meritorious act that wins the fullness of the Spirit, but simply the act needed to give the Spirit a chance to fill us. God does not flood our being with great tides of spiritual life, all independent of our …
"How have we learned Christ? It ought to be a startling thought, that we may have learned him wrong. That must be far worse than not to have learned him at all: his place is occupied by a false Christ, hard to exorcise! The point is, whether we have learned Christ as he taught himself, …
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 …
Image via author, unnamed lake, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon From Aiden Wilson Tozer, as recorded in the book, "Experiencing the Presence of God." Speaking of our high calling: "Society is in a conspiracy to make us all bad; not too bad, because if we get too bad, we become a problem to the police. But not …
Image via Author, unnamed lake, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon From Roy Hession's book, "The Calvary Road." This is on the idea of being broken and emptied as was Christ in coming to earth to live, die, and be resurrected among us. "Being broken is both God's work and ours. He brings His pressure to bear, but …
Image via author, unnamed lake, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon Truer words would be hard to find. Harder words as well. We would prosper if we take heed to what these men have to say to us individually and together in this post. “Millions call themselves by His name, it is true, and pay some token homage …
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