John 11:42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me. John 14:20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. O Lord, help me to understand what it means to be one with You which You spoke about in John chapters 14 and 15. How being one with…
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. NKJV Do you have difficulty making time for devotions? Has it become a religious duty that you should do? Do you know He wants you to come and share with Him? It isn’t just a time of dutifully reading a little and saying your prayers. Oh no. It can be so much more. He wants it to be so much…
“The difference between head knowledge and heart knowledge is that the heart can actually experience God, the presence of God, while the head cannot.” A.W. Tozer, Delighting in God p. 102 (kindle book). We can know a lot about the Bible and God but still not know God. Spending time in His presence gives God time to speak to our heart. Reading and meditating on His word, asking the Holy Spirit to illuminate it to us will tune our hearts…
If we are one with Jesus, we can pray with Him. John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ESV Jesus tells us that “I am in My Father, and you on Me, and I in you” in John 14:20. As Jesus is in me and I in Him, one unit, we pray to the Father. Remember, Jesus ever lives to make intercession for…
Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” NKJV “His name above all names shall stand, exalted more and more at God the Father’s own right hand where angel hosts adore,’ William H. Clark, “Blessed Be the Name.” When Jesus ascended in front of His followers that day on Mt. Olivet,…
Passionate Christianity. What does that mean? Maybe it is going beyond the average Christian experience and passionately following the Lord Jesus Christ. I looked up the word strive in the dictionary and it said, to vie against difficluties, struggle in opposition, to contend. It is forcefully laying hold of it. The book of Hebrews tells us to be diligent lest we drift away. Strive to enter into that rest. Insisting. Pursuing. Taking. Striving. All action words. Pressing forward. Pursuing with…
We talk of “revival” but do we really want it? What do we expect when we pray for revival? Are we only saying that to make ourselves feel better? Maybe speaking about it and publicly agreeing to pray about it is no more than a spiritual pat on the back. Maybe we see that as a means to live a victorious, fruitful Christian life. Will experiencing a revival in our church enable me to live victoriously?Is always looking for it…
Make me a true worshiper, O King of the Universe. Bring me to the place of awe. Astonish me, O God. Overwhelm me with Your majesty and leave me speechless. I worship You for Your immeasurable love. O God, You are so God, so other than, so holy, so incomprehensible that I bow crushed by Your enormity, Your timelessness, Your eminence. Silenced. For in Your Presence, what have I to say. My heart acknowledges Your sovereignty, Your superiority. I bow…
These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. John 15:11 NKJV We sing the song “The Joy of the Lord is my Strength”. Yet if asked, many would say they don’t have joy. I’ve been there. Have you? Joy doesn’t come from experiences, relationships or things. It is very elusive. The more we want it the more it slips away from us until we become very unhappy….
O Lord, I approach Your throne of mercy trusting only in the merit of Jesus. But You ask me to come,so I come. We listen to sermons, we read our Bible and try to be holy. We do our best to live right. And yet… And yet we are lonely. Lonely for You, our Creator. We have earthly friends and family. But there is a deeper need. A deeper emptiness. Nothing and no one can fill that need except You. …