“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
“But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” - Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded by Matthew As followers of Christ, we are enjoined to “pray without ceasing,” and “devote yourselves to prayer, …
“Take time for the quiet moments as God whispers and the world is loud” - Ancient Irish saying. “But let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows me; that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth, for I delight in these things” declares the Lord.” Jeremiah …
“Knowledge or religion means to be good and to do good, to worship God or to work for God without having the living presence of God.” ― Witness Lee “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16 I hear many …
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ” - CH Spurgeon “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” Jesus, speaking of Himself as the Son …
Photo by JOHN TOWNER on Unsplash “In coming to Christ we do not bring our old life up onto a higher plane; we leave it at the cross.” – AW Tozer “The time is fulfilled, the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the gospel.” - Jesus Christ, as recorded in Mark 1:15 …
Union with Christ is the ground of everlasting joy, and it is free.” – John Piper Over the last few posts, I have been unpacking the incredible hope and promise we have in the New Covenant secured for us by Christ Jesus. Certainly, our salvation is a key feature of the work of God in …
“If religion is only the garb in which Christianity is clothed – and this garb has looked very different in different ages – what then is religionless Christianity?” Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer asks the most pertinent of questions; “What then is religionless Christianity?” It is living in a state of growing oneness with our God, having …
“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 …
"Union with Christ is the ground of everlasting joy, and it is free." - John Piper Jesus in His death and resurrection fulfilled and therefore eliminated forever the old covenant requirements and the separation of people from their God. At the death of Jesus on the cross, the veil in the temple was supernaturally torn …
“The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one….” John 17:22-23 Oneness. For what is Jesus praying here in His final recorded prayer before His crucifixion? Many have interpreted this prayer …
One Pursuit 