Holy Spirit — Warrior of The Presence

Let It Burn… Our Warfare Is Ended Mar 23, 2022 Control is an illusion, but isolation is not.

Living Through The Pain: Walking in The Spirit Jul 12, 2020 Begin at once; before you venture away from this quiet moment, ask your King to take you wholly into His service, and place all the hours of this day quite simply at His disposal, and ask…

Cutting Away Our Self-Regard Feb 28, 2019 “Then the lion said — but I don’t know if it spoke — You will have to let me undress you. I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly…

Love that Wins The War Feb 16, 2019 Late have I loved You, O Beauty so ancient and new; Late Have I loved You. Lo, You were within, but I outside, seeking there for you, and upon the shapely things you have made I…

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…

Plasma Life: Living on The Right Side of Psalm 73 Jan 1, 2018 The ragamuffin who sees his life as a voyage of discovery and runs the risk of failure has a better feel for faithfulness than the timid man who hides behind the law and never finds out…

Instant Sense of Guidance Dec 10, 2017 Where are the young men and women of this generation who will hold their lives cheap, and be faithful even unto death, who will lose their lives for Christ’s, flinging them away for love of him?…

Battle: A Warrior Worth His Salt Dec 7, 2017 It is not a question of our equipment, but of our poverty; not what we bring with us, but what he puts in us; not our natural virtues, our strength of character, our knowledge, our experience;…

Choice in A No Choice Situation Dec 6, 2017 I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~…

His Way Is Not Our Way: The Unstoppable Holy Spirit Oct 21, 2017 When the soul knows the love of God by the Holy Spirit, then he clearly feels that the Lord is our own Father, the closest, dearest Father, the best. And there is not greater happiness that…

Our Schizophrenic faith Aug 26, 2017 Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves. ~ Martin Luther King Jr. O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed…

True Nobility: Freedom to Submit Jun 7, 2017 Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this…

Already Seated Above The Fight Apr 29, 2017 It has come these days with new light and power that the first thing we have to see to as we draw near to God day by day is that our fellowship is with the Father,…

Temptation Is The Devil’s Attempt At Self-Preservation Feb 18, 2017 We, each of us, have endured the temptations of the evil ones. And, apart from the help of the Holy Spirit, and the grace He gives us, we have failed to resist these allurements. And in…

Thankful G_d Is Not A god of Our Own Understanding Feb 13, 2017 Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God’s indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand…

Winter Is Over, Springtime Has Come Feb 7, 2017 When the lion said—but I don’t know if it spoke—‘You will have to let me undress you.’ I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly desperate now. So I…

You Think That’s Air You’re Breathing? Finding Your True Identity Jan 7, 2017 In the first experience of sanctification we lose altogether the consciousness of our own identity, we are absorbed in God; but that is not the final place, it is merely the introduction to a totally new…

Worn-Out Wandering Jan 5, 2017 And men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the…

Freedom: Repenting from Smallness Dec 25, 2016 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 says, “JUSTIFIED.” It says, “FORGIVEN,” “REDEEMED”!! ……

The Tearing Away of The Old Man Dec 18, 2016 “You will have to let me undress you,” says Aslan the Lion… So desperate was Eustace, even his fear of Aslan’s claws was not enough to stop him from laying down flat on his back. Laying…

Love Deeply, Weep Freely Dec 8, 2016 Occasionally weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have. ~John Piper And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife…

Wobbly Warrior Nov 20, 2016 Henri Nouwen wrote of the spiritual work of gratitude: To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all of our lives—the good as well as…

Longing for Real Home Oct 14, 2016 For the story is about hell and heaven, trauma, shame, and finding love—the real Jesus accepting a broken man; and it is about the Father, Son, and Spirit finding us in the far country of our…

The Failed Power of Reason Sep 20, 2016 Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other.~Martin Luther, 1483-1546 There shall come forth a Shoot from the stump of Jesse, and…

Battlefield Promotions: Battered, Bloody, Winning and Accelerating Jul 20, 2016 Crisis leads to promotion and elevation. Those things, situations and circumstances that threaten to take you down are in fact causing you to rise up in the power of My might that you might surmount every…

Part 2 of 2: Time to Let Go: Awakening Jul 3, 2016 Do you want to be filled with a Spirit who, though he is like Jesus in his gentleness and love, will nevertheless demand to be Lord of your life? Are you willing to let your personality…

Connecting with His Mind Jun 22, 2016 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.~ Psalm 97:11In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning…

Deeper Peace: Beyond The Circumstance Apr 9, 2016 In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us—that we be men and women of prayer, people who live close to God, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough.…

After Good Friday: Eternity in A Choice Mar 25, 2016 When you squeeze the Bible hard enough, what drips out is Relationship and Righteousness. Love and choice are components of relationship and the interplay between our lack of righteousness and His willingness to restore the relationship,…

Tipping from Soul into The Spirit Mar 20, 2016 O sweetness of my heart! O life of my soul, joyous resting place of my spirit! O bright and beautiful day of eternity, serene light deep within me! Flowering paradise of my heart! When shall I…

Afraid of Who We Are Mar 14, 2016 It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if…

Double Threat for The Enemy Feb 23, 2016 We two form a multitude.~OvidWives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, His body, and is…

Dead: A Ticket to Ride Jan 21, 2016 Does not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Does not the thunder praise him as it rolls like drums in the march of the…

Post-it Notes and Threat to Relationship: The Reality of Spiritual Warfare Jan 14, 2016 A re-post on spiritual warfare. Much of our praying is just asking God to bless some folks that are ill and to keep us plugging along. But prayer is not merely prattle: it is warfare.~Alan Redpath…

Don’t Even Entertain The Thought Nov 24, 2015 In my own being, I could not exist very long as a Christian without the inner consciousness of the presence and nearness of God! I can only keep right by keeping the fear of God on…

The Light Is On – Do We Know We Are Home? Nov 17, 2015 Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.~Brennan Manning So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For…

Through The Fear And into The Fruit Nov 12, 2015 Everybody has a vocation to some form of life work. But behind that and deeper than that, everybody has a vocation to be a person, to be fully and deeply a human being, to be Christlike.…

Radical Repentance from Our Fears Oct 6, 2015 I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear…

Knocking The Knots Off of The Big Sticks Oct 5, 2015 My identity as Abba’s child is not an abstraction or a tap dance into religiosity. It is the core truth of my existence. Living in the wisdom of accepted tenderness profoundly affects my perception of reality,…

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…

Boldly Proclaiming The Mystery of The Gospel Jun 30, 2015 The Bible is a stream wherein the elephant may swim and the lamb may wade.~Pope Gregory the Great (540-604) In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming…

When Dreams Come True May 14, 2015 Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.~John Bunyan (1628-1688) I want to be…

His Merciful Voice May 6, 2015 Kyrie Eleison (Gr. Lord have mercy)~ Ancient words of the ChurchAnd you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power…

Deeper Than We Know Mar 11, 2015 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…

Growing into The Fullness of The Gospel Mar 8, 2015 When the Spirit illuminates the heart, then a part of the man sees which never saw before; a part of him knows which never knew before, and that with a kind of knowing which the most…

The Velvet Chisel Feb 25, 2015 Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.~Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- ) Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we…

Fresh Wind for A Tired Soul Jan 20, 2015 O sweetness of my heart! O life of my soul, joyous resting place of my spirit! O bright and beautiful day of eternity, serene light deep within me! Flowering paradise of my heart! When shall I…

Amazingly Luminous Beings We Are Jan 2, 2015 It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor…. It is…

Living Free In The Spirit Dec 31, 2014 Living one day in the Spirit is worth more than a thousand lived in the flesh.~ Richard Owen Roberts (1931- ) John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from…

God Is Not Dead, Nor Doth He Sleep Dec 24, 2014 Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: “God is not dead, nor doth he sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, With peace on earth, good will to men.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), 1867…

Actually Experiencing God Dec 16, 2014 Truth divorced from experience will always dwell in doubt.~Henry KrauseFinally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. Look out for…

A Pragmatic Grace Nov 5, 2014 A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.~Martin Luther (1483-1546) So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a…

Repenting of Fear Oct 30, 2014 Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.~Arthur Somers RocheSo then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to…

Living in The Right Direction Sep 2, 2014 Many people think that a “spiritual Christian” is mystical, dreamy, impractical, and distant. When he prays, he shifts his voice into a sepulchral tone in tremolo. This kind of unctuous piety is a poor example of…

Unexpected Kingdom Moments Mar 27, 2014 The kingdom of God does not exist because of your effort or mine. It exists because God reigns. Our part is to enter this kingdom and bring our life under his sovereign will.~T. Z. KooBut thanks…

The Vertical Assures The Horizontal Aug 19, 2013 Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ, we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ.~Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus…

Don’t Get It Twisted Jul 26, 2013 Our intellect and other gifts have been given to be used for God’s greater glory, but sometimes they become the very god for us. That is the saddest part: we are losing our balance when this…

Expanding Eternity Jul 11, 2013 Winning—for all eternity—is about letting Me have total control. It is admitting that you need Me, and then trusting Me to lead you.~ Sarah Young speaking of JesusNow a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples…

Seven Jun 18, 2013 To cling to my natural virtues is quite sufficient to obscure the work of God in me.~Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)Then I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a scroll written…

Infinite Power in A Jar of Clay May 26, 2013 We can seek God and find him! God is knowable, touchable, hearable, see-able, with the mind, the hands, the ears, and eyes of the inner man.~A.W. Tozer (1897-1963)For this reason I bow my knees before the…

Impossible Truth Apr 21, 2013 He who made us also remade us.~Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430)There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in…

El Hombre en Fuego Apr 13, 2013 The divine awakening produces in the soul of the perfect a flame of love which is a participate of that living flame which is the Holy Spirit Himself…this is the operation of the Holy Spirit in…

Thrice Freed Feb 23, 2013 Only in the context of grace can we face our sin; only in the place of healing do we dare to show our wounds; only with a single-minded attention to Christ can we give up our…

More Now Than Then Feb 20, 2013 Jesus Christ came to do what no human being can do: he came to redeem men, to alter their disposition, to plant in them the Holy Spirit, to make them new creatures. Christianity is not the…

The Scent of Truth Jan 13, 2013 Heaven is not a reward for “being a good boy” but is the continuation and expansion of a quality of life which begins when a man’s central confidence is transferred from himself to God.~J. B. Phillips…

Frivolity Masquerading As Virtue Nov 19, 2012 Let us seek Him often by faith: He is within us; seek Him not elsewhere. Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please…

He Will Show Us The Paths of Life Oct 6, 2012 Holy Spirit of God, visit now this soul of mine, and tarry within it until the eventide. Inspire all my thoughts. Pervade all my imaginations. Suggest all my decisions. Lodge in my soul’s most inward citadel,…

Harmony of The Gospel Jul 14, 2012 One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team.~A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) “I’m not praying only for them. I’m…

His Name Is Above All Names! Dec 25, 2011 There are over 200 names and titles for Christ in the Bible…..today, we celebrate THE greatest gift of all….Almighty (Rev. 1:8; Mt. 28:18)Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8; 22:13)Amen (Rev. 3:14)Apostle of our Profession (Heb. 3:1)Atoning Sacrifice…

The Sum, Source and Substance of Life Dec 1, 2011 We have received life, yet this life and the head are inseparable. Upon our accepting Him, we still must live in Him. Though we have received Him, we are yet to depend on Him. Accordingly, we…

Everything Means Something Oct 13, 2011 What we call crises, God ignores; and what God reveals as the great critical moments of a man’s life, we look on as humdrum commonplaces. When we become spiritual, we discern that God was in the…

Three Words to Avoid Jun 18, 2011 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to…