The Glory of Battle
It cannot be stated too frequently that the life of a Christian is a warfare, an intense conflict, a lifelong contest. It is a battle, moreover, waged against invisible …
Author: Makala Doulos
The Creeping Panic of Isolation
December 31, 2016 fear, Jesus, purpose, Relationship, renewal, theology, Transformation, Trinity No Comments
Unlovely, nay frightful, is the solitude of the soul which is without God in the world—this chill, houseless, fatherless, aimless Cain, the man who hears only the sound of …
Awakening to Our True Hunger
December 29, 2016 alive in Christ, Dead to sin, death to self, grace, Life in The Spirit No Comments
I came to love You late, O Beauty so ancient and new; I came to love You late. You were within me and I was outside, where I rushed about wildly …
The Weather Outside Is Frightful
The first thing that Jesus promises is suffering: “I tell you… you will be weeping and wailing… and you will be sorrowful.” But he calls these pains birth pains. …
Freedom: Repenting from Smallness
Over your prison cell it is has always said, “CONDEMNED.” “SEPARATED,” eternally, from God. “GUILTY”! And then suddenly, it switches when you realize what Jesus Christ has done. It …
Christmas Repentance
Like a stone on the surface of a still river Driving the ripples on forever Redemption rips through the surface of time In the cry of a tiny babe …
Repentance to Strength
Temptations come so that hidden passions may be revealed and so that it will be possible to fight them, and so that the soul may be rid of them. …
Don’t Even Bring That Weak Stuff In Here
Our reservations are the damnations of our consecrations. ~ William Booth (1829-1912) You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give …
