This is the fifth installment in a series on developing a conversational relationship with our God by His Holy Spirit. The previous posts were published February 6, April 16, 23, and 30. The key to this entire process of conversational communion with our God the Holy Spirit is the absolute surrender of the person to …
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The Outcome of the Cross in Us
“Those who seek the deeper Christian life and those who want the riches that are in Christ Jesus the Lord seek no place, no wealth, no things, only Christ.” ― A.W. Tozer “Christ is Lord and can make any demands upon us that He chooses, even to the point of requiring that we deny ourselves …
Enemies of the Cross of Christ
We often hear of people who are considered enemies of Christ Jesus, a title we give to particularly harmful or evil people. We need to exercise caution in speaking of people in such language, especially considering we were all once in that same condition. Yet there is in scripture an example of a class of …
Oneness Leads to Fullness
“And you can see them there on Sunday morning Stand up and sing about what it's like up there They called it paradise, I don't know why You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye” “The Last Resort” (Written by T. Graham Brown and Bruce C. Bouton) The Eagles sang these words as a stinging …
Book Review: “The Crucified Life”
“The Crucified Life – How to Live Out a Deeper Christian Experience” by A.W. Tozer. Bethany House Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why: Aiden Wilson Tozer is a great author, because he is a great thinker. Warren Wiersbe once said of Tozer: “Woe to the pastor who …
New Covenant Living
(Continued from the previous post) “God doesn't want us to have rigid rituals with Him. In the new covenant, He is more interested in having a relationship with us.” Joseph Prince “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the …
Resurrection Power
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ” Charles Spurgeon “And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.” Galatians 5:24-25 The only life to …
To Give Up Self is to Gain Everything
“Abundant life comes to you when the old you ceases to breathe, and the new you comes to life.” A.W. Tozer, perhaps the greatest Christian thinker and writer of the 20th century, compared the New Testament teachings about the cross we are to carry, which he called the “old cross,” with what he called “the …
Victory is in the Crucified Life
“The cross has gathered in the course of the years much of beauty and symbolism, but the cross of which Jesus spoke had nothing of beauty in it. It was an instrument of death.” A.W. Tozer The crucified life is crucial to our living in the kingdom of our God. This is because our new …
Jesus is our Model for The Way of the Cross
“Never forget that the road to heaven is the way of the cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the cross as He did.” Rose Philippine Duchesne Walking in the way of the cross, living a crucified life, is a theme in the New Testament that started with Jesus and continued in the …
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