“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
I will just put it out there. Most Christian books are written to sell books, and not to point people into a true New Covenant discipleship. Most expend their ink telling you what it is you should be doing by your own efforts to please our God, but not telling you how He wants us to relate …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I keep a "Prayer and Praise" book of my own making, a collection of hymns, scripture prayers and psalms, specific requests and people for which I pray. I update it from time to time, including adding new items, new scriptures to pray, and new songs and hymns. The focus of the booklet is to guide …
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 …
One Pursuit 