Pray for DESIRE for God
Have you ever noticed how sunflowers bend or turn to face the sun? It amazes me how much our hearts are so inclined to face the Son. We simply want Him and need Him. A while ago I felt dull towards God and said a simple prayer about it. Just mention this to Him and you can be sure … it is a prayer He will quickly answer. Once Jesus gave me an illustration of a fireplace with coals, a fire that looks to be nearly spent. He said all He need do is blow … a quick puff from His mouth and the fire flares up. He said His beloveds have hearts that might appear to have no fire left, until He gives a bit of a blow and everything is red hot again. I suppose You might wonder — what form does this quick “blow” take; how is it He can so easily ignite us? Well,...
Read MoreWhat it means to live for God …. (from His perspective)
One of my favorite authors is Brennan Manning. His books are filled with deep understanding of God’s love—and I don’t just read his books once—I return to them over and over again. He knows how to take the words of Scripture and make them apply to my life in ways that reach down deep inside me. Something I read today in his small, but powerful book,The Rabbi’s Heartbeat, went hand in hand with a Scripture verse I also read today. Here are the two quotations: John 10:10 “I have come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” When Jesus uttered these particular words, I can imagine the angels of heaven standing in awe as they listened—because they knew what it cost Him in order to personally say them: Brennan...
Read MoreWe are Meant to Do Wonders (God Cares About Your Dreams for His Kingdom!)
God cares for us more than what we do. I said this to a few people the other day after hearing that a mutual friend of ours had decided to take a rest from something she’d passionately hoped to accomplish for the Kingdom. Our friend felt she needed to focus on something else and let the vision go, at least for the time being. Death to the vision, even if temporary, is what happens when we become convinced God wants us to give something up that we thought He wanted us to do—or it’s an instance in that we didn’t succeed in what we’d felt strongly called to do—or when our mission or dream for God is stopped by circumstances beyond our control. This can be devastating and sap life from us. Really, death is the best way to describe it. Often a death to...
Read MoreOh, How God Loves Us!
Measure your life by loss instead of gain Not by the wine drunk, but by the wine poured forth For love’s strength standeth in love’s sacrifice And whosoever suffereth most hath most to give. –Hudson Taylor God has the most to give, has sacrificed the most, and loves the most. I just returned from a late evening walk in the park down the street. The moon isn’t full yet but it’s only Tuesday night. By Friday night it will be a brilliant globe of light, whether visible or not. The moon is full every year at Passover. It was full the night Jesus led his band of closest men outside to await arrest in a garden. When we remember the Passover Lamb of God, the horror of His suffering, the amount of love He poured out for our sakes, and the fact that He gave up...
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