Category: death to self

The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart. And when he began pulling the skin off, it hurt …

Living as the beloved- no more reduced lifestyle, walk with Him, into this place of favor, live in a place of unbroken delight, where the poverty of sin cannot …

For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Jesus Christ knows …

God entrusted his reputation to ordinary people. Yet in some way invisible to us, those ordinary people filled with the Spirit are helping to restore the universe to its …

We become what we love. When we are fixed and focused on who God is in His essential nature then the presence of His agape love in us sets …

These things are beautiful beyond belief;The pleasant weakness that comes after pain,The radiant greenness that comes after rain,The deepened faith that follows after grief,And the awakening to love again.~William …

Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.~Brennan Manning This is My commandment, that you love …

Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus Christ himself can a real authentic struggle take place.  The encounter with Christ does not take place before, after, …