Posted by at 28th October, 2008
“We are not to find work to do, rather are we to be sent to work by God. Once having understood this we shall truly experience the reality of the authority of the kingdom of the heavens.”
Spiritual Authority – Watchman Nee
In ministry, often find myself being bombarded with with all sorts of good things to engage in (conferences, work with other ministries, or causes). They all seem like upright and good things for the Lord. But no matter how good and profitable they may be, if they’re not what the Lord is calling me to do, then they are ultimately a waste of my time. My life is busy and always seem on the verge of getting busier. Knowing the Lord’s will is paramount in doing Kingdom work and also in keeping my sanity. There are many good paths, but only one right one.
Posted by at 3rd August, 2008
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
- James F. Byrnes
How many of us live that way? Come on be honest. I know I fight it. That need to feel secure juxtaposed with the call of the Lord to let go…
Posted by at 10th February, 2008
“My work with teenagers has convinced me that one of the main reasons teenagers are not excited by the gospel is that they do not think they need it. Many parents have successfully raised self-righteous little Pharisees. When they look at themselves, they do not see a sinner in desperate need, so they are not grateful for a Savior. Sadly, the same is true of many of their parents.”
Lane and Tripp – How People Change
[ht: Joe Martino]
Posted by at 1st February, 2008
Posted by at 19th October, 2007
“One thing I have come to embrace is this: we have to let it go. The more comfortable we are with mystery in our journey, the more rest we will know along the way. The Christian life is full of paradox (as if you hadn’t noticed). Listen to how Paul describes his experience of the quest: ‘Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing, poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything’ (2 Cor. 6:10 NIV) How true is this. If we will remain open to sorrow, we can know joy. Somehow being empty allows us to make others rich. And if we are willing to let go; we’ll discover something most suprising—-that all is ours. That is why reaching to possess is one danger of which the heart alive must be wary. Those who have given up caring aren’t tempted by this. But once we know what we want, we must learn the grace of release”.
from The Journey of Desire, John Eldredge
Posted by at 9th April, 2007
![good%20friday%20cross%209 Easter Monday [Quote of the Week]](http://www.imagebarrel.net/peopleplaces/images/good%20friday%20cross%209.jpg "Easter Monday [Quote of the Week]")
“the great sin of white north-american middle-class protestantism is shallow hopelessness, ‘cheap hope.’ we cannot be said to have a gospel because we refuse to know enough of the bad news to prepare our collective soul for the good. our insistence upon being and remaining positive and optomistic is what prevents us from exploring deeply the meaning of hope, biblically understood. we want to have easter sunday without good friday- or better, we desire a friday so ‘good’ that it is no longer for us a sybolic mode of identification with the suffering world.” [douglas j. hall, confessing the faith- 1998.]
Posted by at 6th March, 2007
“Somehow Christianity has become a nonmystical religion. It’s about a reasonable faith. If we believe the right things, then we are orthodox. Frankly whether we ever actually connect to God or experience His undeniable presence has become incidental, if not irrelevant. We have become believers rather than experiencers. To know God in Scriptures always went beyond information to intimacy. We may find ourselves uncomfortable with this reality, but the faith of the Scriptures is a mystical faith. It leads us beyond the material world into an invisible reality. We become connected to the God of eternity. Who you are at the core is spirit. God is Spirit. To walk with God is to journey in the spiritual realm. ”
Erwin McManus “The Barbarian Way”
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