redemption

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Forgiven, Restored, Accepted. Jun 2, 2022 It is written that we shall “stand before” Him, shall appear, shall be inspected. The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that…
Taking The Long View on Sorrow And Pain Jan 5, 2022 It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision.We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the…
Blood Everywhere Aug 17, 2021 What the world calls virtue, without Christ, is a name and a dream. The foundation of all human excellence must be laid deep in the blood of the Redeemer’s cross and in the power of his…
The Only Power to Change: Goodness And Kindness Aug 13, 2017 Like faith and hope, trust cannot be self-generated. I cannot simply will myself to trust. What outrageous irony: the one thing that I am responsible for throughout my life I cannot generate. The one thing I…
Help Is On The Way Jul 14, 2017 Because the more we give, the better we become. Real love is not self-seeking, and it will always cost you. It will cost your heart, your time and your money. It will cost your comfort, your…
The Word And His Work on Good Friday Apr 14, 2017 The world is the immeasurable totality of energies and forms, a tissue of relations extending into ever-increasing enormity and withdrawing into ever-decreasing minuteness. All this was thought, willed, and realized by God. Nothing was supplied for…
The Cost of Our Work Aug 26, 2016 We have spoken of trying and trusting, and the difference between the two. Believe me, it is the difference between heaven and hell. ~ Watchman Nee Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands,…
Catastrophic Success Jan 19, 2016 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. And so, what seems a hindrance becomes…
Sunrise of Faith Oct 14, 2015 How does God take a Christian who lives one-half inch from hell and make him live one-half inch from heaven? It is not easy. There is a price to be paid. The divine Surgeon must be…
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…
Flatland And The Illusion of Control May 10, 2015 We talk about “circumstances over which we have no control.” None of us have control over our circumstances, but we are responsible for the way we pilot ourselves in the midst of things as they are.~Oswald…
Willingly Destroying Ourselves Feb 11, 2015 Don’t get stuck inside your own ego because it will become a prison in no time flat—and… don’t think that “self-realization” will make you happy. That is the way you will end in… your own hell.~Barbara…
No Weapon Prospers – Not Even Our Own Failure Feb 2, 2015 Our primary task in solitude is… to keep the eyes of our mind and heart on him who is our divine Savior. Only in the context of grace can we face our sin; only in the…
Planting for An Astounding Harvest: Participation in The Divinity of G_d Dec 10, 2014 It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which,if you say it…
Right Action from A Heart of Great Love Oct 27, 2014 The norm or measure by which any thought or action is to be judged a success or failure, right or wrong, is love.~Joseph Fletcher“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for…
Reversing The Flow Aug 22, 2013 This is one radical upside of living fully to the specification of our Design. A believer can, upon full surrender to the Grace of G_d, simply quit being a consumer of the filth of the world,…
The Colossal Gospel Apr 1, 2013 What the world calls virtue, without Christ, is a name and a dream. The foundation of all human excellence must be laid deep in the blood of the Redeemer’s cross and in the power of his…
Torn to Be Made Whole Feb 14, 2013 It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.~ A.W. TozerTake a moment beloved… read it. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and…
Rescued to Rescue Feb 26, 2012 We are not our own, anymore than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves; we cannot be supreme over ourselves. We cannot be our own masters. We are God’s property by creation,…