Great Commission

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Renewed by Our Calling Mar 10, 2019 i am to live such that 1,000,000 more might walk fully surrendered to Christ. That they might put on His righteousness. That their joy may be full, and that they might pour the peace they are…
Beauty: A Powerful Proof of Truth Jul 5, 2018 “The thing that I was experiencing and dwelling on the entire time is that there are so many things that are not OK and that will never be OK again,” says Newsom. “But there’s also so…
Winding Down without Giving Up May 7, 2018 A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath. ~Anthony Liccione I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,…
Newly-Cracked Pots Spilling Ancient Oil And Wine Nov 21, 2017 I have always been filled with the fires of the love of a God not old, and now to this has been joined the passion of the love of a young man. That love, dear earth,…
Missions: Why Do It? What About My Own Life? May 7, 2017 Whoever does not want to know the will of God is mentally walking a path next to a cliff, and easily falls with any wind. If he is praised, he is proud. If he is rebuked…
Our Own Macedonian Call Nov 17, 2016 I have often, myself, sat in darkness, and cried aloud for the Holy Spirit to deliver me from the fantasies that gather round a parched soul like flies round a rotting carcass in the desert. Likewise,…
The Reality of Our Suffering, And The Great Exchange Aug 4, 2016 Therefore, my dear brother, learn Christ and him crucified. Learn to pray to him an, despairing of yourself, say: “Thou, Lord Jesus, art my righteousness, but I am thy sin. Thou hast taken upon thyself what…
Resting, Loving And Living: The Simplicity of The Gospel Jun 3, 2016 The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not from exegetes, theologians, and spiritual writers, but from sitting still in the presence of…
Bright-Eyed Brothers in His Arms May 17, 2016 Have you any idea what it is like to look into the eyes of a person you have just touched with the gospel and watched Jesus set them free? Have you ever seen the countenance of…
The Deep Hurt of The Soldier of The Cross Mar 21, 2016 The only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.~Brennan Manning, The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is…
Staying On Mission Feb 23, 2016 Jesus Christ is the Son of God.He died to atone for men’s sin,and after three days rose again.This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.~ Watchman NeeNow I would remind…
The Gospel: So Much Bigger Than We Can Comprehend Jan 24, 2016 The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand-new creation. Not to make people with…
100 Days in The Middle Kingdom of China Nov 29, 2015 In seeking to preserve your own life you will lose it. If you are prepared to lose your life for God’s sake, you will find it… I believe that such a moment comes in the life…
Staying Still for The Long-Term Oct 21, 2015 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 his own footsteps in God’s resplendent creation.~Ralph…
The Emissary’s Authority Sep 11, 2015 God is not saving the world; it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it… How many people have you made homesick for God?~Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Now the eleven disciples went…
Grace That Is Bigger Than My Fear And Failure Aug 7, 2015 Getting honest with ourselves does not make us unacceptable to God. It does not distance us from God, but draws us to Him—as nothing else can—and opens us anew to the flow of grace. While Jesus…
Bearing Unknown Fruit Jun 2, 2015 We all know of Christians who say that they have never doubted. Their lives seem so pale, so far off from the heroic adventure that is faith. The most fruitful believers tell us shamedly of the…
Freedom from The Muck: Discovering The Joy of Aldersgate and Pentecost May 24, 2015 The soul, of origin divine,God’s glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven’s eternal sphere shall shine A star of day!~Robert Montgomery (1807-1855) I waited patiently for the Lord; He inclined to me and heard my cry.…
Down Through The Hopelessness – And into Love Dec 26, 2014 A re-post on remembering the poor this Christmas.Hopelessness is anticipated defeat.~Karl Theodor Jaspers (1883-1969)Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let…
When A Big Splash Only Makes Little Waves Dec 9, 2014 Christ turned the world’s accepted standards upside down. It was the poor, not the rich, who were blessed; the weak, not the strong, who were to be esteemed; the pure in heart, not the sophisticated and…
Power in Emptiness Nov 20, 2014 The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.~ Mother TeresaThree times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But He said to me, “My grace…
Dust in The Wind: The Futility of Ministry Nov 6, 2014 And all your money, won’t another minute buy.~ Kansas, Dust in The Wind We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye, if we measure our lives against eternity…. I learned a long…
Growth And Maturation in Christ May 27, 2014 What you are learning in life in every single situation is how to rise up. You are learning how to occupy your rightful place. You are learning how to go through every set of circumstances in…