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Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, “Take Up Your Cross,” Explained.
“We take our stand at the cross and consent to be nailed to it, voluntarily, actually; to submit to the pain whereby the flesh dies; the hands are pierced that carnal work may no longer be done in the energy of the flesh; the feet are pierced that no longer we may walk according to the flesh; the brow is pierced with the thorn crown that our head may not any longer be held up for human diadems and fading laurel wreaths; the side is pierced that the heart may relinquish its fleshly energy and preference, and be occupied with God.” A. T. Pierson
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Hebrews 4 Sabbatism: The Rest Which Is Christ
Imagine a Sabbath which is not temporal: not a day, not a practice, not a law. Imagine a Sabbath Who is a Person. Imagine this Person has given His wholeness in place of your brokenness. Imagine this Person says His work is finished. Imagine this Person is Your God. This is the rest which is Sabbatism. “There remains then a sabbatism to the people of God. For he that has entered into his rest, he also has rested from his works, as God did from his own. Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to…
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Becoming Nothing Is Everything
“The life of Christ is this–negatively, that he does nothing, cares for nothing for his own sake; positively, that he cares with his whole soul for the will, the pleasure of his father.” George MacDonald (1824-1905)
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The Power of the Comforter in the Body of Christ
If your summer has been like mine, it has unleashed trials, many severe, in the lives of many of your friends and relatives. Human comfort is helpful and necessary and the Body of Christ knows how to comfort because they know The Comforter. The Holy Spirit LOVES to comfort. It’s His nature. Let Him speak through you and you will find your words can be like a warm, embracing blanket. When words don’t come, don’t worry. Often, His presence through you is fully enough. Go forward and trust His comfort flowing through you. Binsey, Administrator of Tree Thoughts. “Return to the battle again, no longer trusting in the false and…
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What Is It Like to Know God?
“To know God is at once the easiest and the most difficult thing in the world. It is easy because the knowledge is not won by hard mental toil, but is something freely given. As sunlight falls free on the open field, so the knowledge of the holy God is a free gift to those who are open to receive it. But this knowledge is difficult because there are conditions to be met and the obstinate nature of fallen man does not take kindly to them.” A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) Biography
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Lovely Lion of Judah, Dedicated to Judah Immanuel Miley
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 11:6 In the Spirit, Love allows us to unlearn what we think we know about the natural order of life. We can trust Him because He IS our Life. Hidden within the Lion of Judah is the Lamb of God who did more eternal work with His hands and feet nailed down than any man had ever done. Love’s eternal works are hidden beneath the most painful, the most trying, the most loss. All…
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Perpetual Filling, A. B. Simpson
“Christ is not a reservoir but a spring. His life is continual, active and ever passing on with an outflow as necessary as its inflow. If we do not perpetually draw the fresh supply from the living Fountain, we shall either grow stagnant or empty, It is, therefore, not so much a perpetual fullness as a perpetual filling.” A. B. Simpson
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# 7 Motives Matter, A. T. Pierson
“The supreme test of service is this: For whom am I doing this? Much that we call service to Christ is not such at all . . . If we are doing this for Christ, we shall not care for human reward or even recognition.” A. T. Pierson (1837-1911)
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You Are Not a Victim, Kay Arthur
“In any trial, in any bitter situation, you are not alone, you are not helpless, you are not a victim. You have a tree, a cross, shown to you by the Sovereign God of Calvary. Whatever the trial or temptation, it is not more than you can bear. It is bearable. It can be handled. You can know as Joseph knew, ‘You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive’ (Genesis 50:20).” Kay Arthur (1933-present)
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Forward in God, John Wright Follette
“Every time you have a new experience in God and there is a transition, an evolving or moving forth, God will change your diet. The diet is the revelation of the Word of God, and you will have a fresh revelation of the Word of God, and you will have a fresh revelation of truth which will be adequate to carry you through this experience. We cannot live the same life we lived a year ago. Absolutely not. The Lord says, ‘As thy days, so shall thy strength be.’ ‘Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.’ ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ God has something for your individual…
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