“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
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 prophesied in the Old Testament Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to bring …
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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 …
"Jesus, Thine All Victorious Love" Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Jesus, thine all-victorious love When in my heart abroad: Then shall my feet no longer rove, Rooted and fix'd in God.O that in me the sacred fireMight now begin to glow;Burn up the dross of base desire,And make the mountains flow.O that it now from heaven might fall,And …
The New Covenant prophesied in the Old Testament Ezekiel 36:22-27 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “It is not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. And …
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...." The scriptures are clear in this- we live the Christian life by the Holy Spirit who indwells us. He is our connection to Christ, our channel for the life of Christ in us each day, much like a branch is connected to the vine. How we commune …
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 …
Oswald Chambers was and is still today one of the great influencers who fully understood the New Covenant life we have in Christ, that it is nothing of our own lives and fully His life lived in us. This requires a deep repentance. This is a repentance not just from specific sins, for choosing when, …
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