James 4:3-5 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemyContinue reading “Draw Me Out ~ Meditation”
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Draw Me Out ~ Meditation
James 4:3-5 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemyContinue reading “Draw Me Out ~ Meditation”
In my desperate pursuit of God’s manifest presence in my life these words have been the crux. “Search your heart for any unclean thing, then…”
“Elijah was a man just like us.” James 5:17
Pursuing a Prayer Life
“He had broken through a great deal of his own struggles with the emotional demands of life with God. And he knew himself, I think, very concretely as a result of the various demands that the life of prayer made on his humanity.” ~Abbot John Bamberger on Thomas Merton
God-Fumes
Luke 9:23 “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” In our Christian-American culture divided down the middle by partisan political views, I find that I am best described as a Christian Extremist. Let me elaborate… In light of the culture we liveContinue reading “God-Fumes”
Vigilance
Isaiah 62:6-7 6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, 7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
Without Prayer
Today to no avail I try and imagine my life without prayer I know without the divine guidance and partnership linear vanity would stream forth Uncontrolled chaos like being stuck on a roller coaster that never stops But with God all time and purpose ceases And I seek His counsel and in some strange wayContinue reading “Without Prayer”
Love Till’ it Hurts
God loved people enough that He sent a part of Himself, His Son, to us[1]. This Son this God in flesh was a man who was grief-stricken[2]; all He saw broke His heart. He was weighted down with sadness and sorrow so much so that He constantly had to spend time with Father God[3]. WhenContinue reading “Love Till’ it Hurts”
Choosing the Path Made for Us
Armenians need to quit trying to make their own decisions, Calvinists need to quit waiting on it to happen. “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow Me.” John 10:27 Following Jesus is a hard thing to begin to do. But when you experience His insightful guidance you might begin toContinue reading “Choosing the Path Made for Us”
Collision of Kingdoms 