Simplicity in Revelation: Trusting the Power of God’s Word “Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth. But the ultimate atom will always essentially be an error, a miscalculation.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky “The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.” George Eliot “Brevity is the soul of wit.” William Shakespeare “If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.” Robert Southey Have you ever been in a situation ..read more

“We Are Perfect As We Are” a Myth of Human Creation “Our problem with being human in seeing that we are perfect as we are and the world is perfect as it is are these two definitions of perfection.” K. Ferlic “I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active—not more happy—nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.” Edgar Allan Poe “I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.” Michael J. Fox Roger Housden said, “The Christian We ..read more

Shedding the Colored Glass: Discovering Clarity ‘How many bits of glass are you lumbered with?’ ‘I got millions, but they’re all for fun.’ ‘What about the bits you can’t get rid of?’ I went on. ‘I have.’ ‘Have what?’ ‘Got rid of them.’ ‘How come you haven’t got bits of glass?’... She did not need to think about the answer to my question ‘How come you haven’t got bits of glass?’ She’d had it ready for a long time, simply waiting for the right moment to deliver it. She didn’t make a fuss about delivering it either. ‘Oh, ‘cos I ain’t frightened.’ Now, that’s probably the most missable sentence t ..read more

In the Spirit’s Embrace: Navigating Surrender and Zeal “The Holy Spirit works as He wills, not as we demand. We must yield to His leading and trust His timing for genuine spiritual awakening.” D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones “Passion for God arises when we align our hearts with His, allowing the Holy Spirit to ignite the flames of devotion within us.” A. W. Tozer “The Spirit’s fire cannot be extinguished unless we neglect the fuel of God’s Word, prayer, and obedience.” J. C. Ryle “Walking in obedience and renewing our minds with God’s truth is the surest way to create a fertile ground for the Spirit ..read more

The Manifest Presence of God: Embracing His Presence “The presence of God is the finest of rewards.” Charles Spurgeon “In the presence of God, His nearness is our greatest reward.” Lailah Gifty Akita “God is always present, always speaking to us, always guiding us. The challenge is simply to be still and listen.” Charles Stanley “The presence of God is not limited to specific times or places; it is with us always, waiting for us to acknowledge it.” Max Lucado In our previous blog, The Manifest Presence of God: Unveiled Glory & Majesty, we discussed the manifest presence of God, which r ..read more

The Manifest Presence of God: Unveiled Glory & Majesty “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become ‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. Social religion is perfected when private religion is pur ..read more

Unyielding Pursuit of Seeking the Lord “We must know the power of the voice of God before we can be cured of the power of the voice of the world.” A. W. Tozer “If you want to know God better, chase after him and chase hard. Run to the places where you know he is likely to show up.” Chip Ingram “My lifeline to God is obedience, reading the Bible, and prayer.” Billy Graham “We must not only start, we must persevere.” William Booth “Just remain faithful. Rise and shine; let His glory fill you. Go forth in joy to see miracles as you serve the King.” Chris Tomlin “Let prayer be the key of the ..read more

Seeking the Lord in Due Season “The hard ground must be broken open with repentance and self-humbling if the divine seed is going to enter and grow new life.” John Piper “We must sow to the Spirit, must sow to the glory of God, must sow in righteousness, must sow in obedience to the commands of God, the laws of Christ, and the truths of his gospel.” Matthew Henry “Whatever is right, just, and proper for man to do, we are to engage in...If we sow in our hearts and lives the principles of righteousness, we shall reap the results of it in the blessings of God.” Albert Barnes “True repentance ..read more

Unshakeable “I Wills”: The Surety of God’s Promises “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C. S. Lewis “Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise.” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables “God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.” Charles Spurgeon “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” Helen Keller “While it looks like things are out of control, behind the scenes there is a Go ..read more

The Father: Our Faithful Buttress & Strong Foundation “Now Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.” C. S. Lewis “Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that believers would stake their lives on it a thousand times.” Martin Luther “Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.” A. W. Pink Sturdy pillar, unmoved, Bearing burd ..read more