Well here i am at the end of Isaiah 58 and i don’t say that as though i have arrived at a destination. Isaiah 58 like all the word is not just something to be read, studied, applied and then left as though it’s finished. i will be meditating on it for some time. Not [...]
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A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences. Whittaker Chambers First off i believe there are consequences to everything i do [...]
From heav’nly thoughts all true delight doth spring. Thomas Campion then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; and I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth” (vv. 13-14). Then i will delight myself in the Lord and ride on the high hills of the earth. THEN… at that time, immediately [...]
Pliny the Elder, was a Roman writer who lived during the same time period as Jesus. He told a story of the setting of an obelisk, which when erect would stand 99 feet tall. Twenty thousand workers where chosen to pull on the ropes and activate the hoisting apparatus. There was great responsibility and risk in [...]
It seems God continually brings me to the end of my endurance, both emotionally and physically, to reveal the truth about my heart. What’s revealed in those moments of pressure is usually something that needs addressing, like selfishness, insecurity, jealousy or bitterness. Glynnis Whitwer Can everyone reading these please remember that i am not trying to [...]
One can believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and feel no personal loyalty to Him at all – indeed, pay no attention whatever to His commandments and His will for one’s life. One can believe intellectually in the efficacy of prayer and never do any praying. Catherine Marshall Okay, i’ve read all this and i still have [...]
For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. ~Lily Tomlin i’m already finding this topic challenging as i know to some extent where it’s going. After all, it’s not my first time, yes that means i didn’t get it, so i find myself right back at it. God loves me enough to keep bringing me back to places where i need a refresher course. This is what [...]
Has it ever struck you that the trouts bite best on the Sabbath? God’s critters tempting decent men.–James Matthew Barrie It’s time to meet my maker or pay the piper so to speak. i have some concept of what doing Isaiah 58 1-12 looks like in my life. What comes next… well i’ll just have to see. [...]
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places— Full: completely filled, containing all that can be held, filled to utmost capacity. Completely filled, containing all that can be held, “in the emptiest of [...]
A number of years ago Norman Cousins wrote an editorial in Saturday Review in which he reported a conversation he had on a trip in India. He was talking with a Hindu priest named Satis Prasad. The man said he wanted to come to our country to work as a missionary among the Americans. Cousins assumed [...]
