“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
"The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever." - Isaiah 32:17 "Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God." - 2 Corinthians 7:1 "Moreover, we had human parents to …
Here is an interesting story about prayer and our God speaking to people. I wrote this true story several years ago for my business website, Level 5 Services.com On April 30, 1983, Lois Main returned from a conference to her home in Coalinga, California. An oil town of 6,757 people, Coalinga is nestled in a …
Today is the western world's traditional Christmas Day. For the majority of people, it is mostly if not completely an irreligious holiday. Christ Jesus appearing as a human being has little or nothing to do with their celebration, if they celebrate anything at all. For many it is a day to look back on an …
I wonder if the night before the incarnation of Christ the Son of God was a night when much of creation held its breath. Something enormous, something beyond momentous was about to happen. Something all creation was waiting for with groaning. The redemption of all creation was about to begin. The restoration of it all …
Tomorrow is Resurrection Day. It seems hard to imagine that here, looking out the window. Today is another "third-winter" day, one of those runs of winter-like weather that appears after a few "false Spring" days. Where I live we measure early Spring in terms of second and third winters, and hopefully not in terms of …
Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee , Bernard of Clairvaux 1090 - 1153 AD. Some say Bernard was a kind of early reformer, although he did not speak out against many significant errors of his day. Regardless of his relationship with highly institutional religion, some of his writings indicate a heart after his Savior. This poem, later turned into a …
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 …
“Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.” W.H. Auden “The marvel of heaven and earth, of time and eternity, is the atoning death of Jesus Christ. This is …
"The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light." - John Hagee “Christianity is a daily supernatural experience with your Father God, not a set of rules” - Robin Bremer “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there …
"Gratitude is the energy of faith." – William Arthur Ward “The most important prayer in the world is just two words long: Thank you.” – Meister Eckhart “On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they …
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