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It is time for a renewed hunger
I am working my way through a book by Andy Lord called Transforming Renewal: Charismatic Renewal Meets Thomas Merton The book is a comparison of the teaching of David Watson and Thomas Merton. I know a David Watson, so I quickly discovered they’re not the same men… mainly because the David Watson in Lord’s book died several years ago. (I’m pretty…
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Hard questions that create thirst
There is a place the Spirit calls and I am all too unwilling to walk.
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Spirit empowered prayer
Quick thought for the morning from Rom. 8:26-30. I am being formed into the image of the Holy One. Spirit-empowered prayer is crucial in my formation. A quick quote from Bonhoeffer: “Their hearts are fully absorbed in seeing God.” Lord, today let my heart be trained for the yearning I need to know you!
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Apprehended by Christ
He has laid siege to my heart. There is simply no place I can go where he is not. He pursues me… hard.
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Lord, deliver me from halfway measures
You call me to unreserved obedience.
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Surrender and love
He plucks the world out of hearts, loosening the chains of attachment. And He hurls the world into our hearts, where we and He together carry it in infinite love. — Thomas R Kelly, A Testament to Devotion
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It is time to PRESS ON!
http://fl.vu/i7R5L
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Devoted hearts will find victory
God wants surrender as the choice of our heart.
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Lord, show me your glory
Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. God had promised to show Moses the “glory” of the Lord (33:18, 22). Now that the time had come, the “glory” is barely noticeable in the brief mention of the cloud. The Lord’s greater glory was found not in this visible…
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Needed: Abandonment to Christ
The reason some of us are such poor examples of Christianity is that we have failed to recognize that Christ is almighty. We have Christian attributes and experiences, but there is no abandonment or surrender to Jesus Christ. When we get into difficult circumstances, we impoverish His ministry by saying, “Of course, He can’t do anything about this.” We struggle…
Category: Spiritual hunger
