Sanctification

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• 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…
• Saved: More Than We Know Oct 17, 2018 Jesus is The Divine Logos made flesh.~ Robert Barron See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and…
• Meaning in The Measure of Your Commitment Apr 8, 2018 Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God. ~ Jim Elliot Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father…
• Crashing Through to Our New Mind in Christ Mar 13, 2018 On faith … Do not be deceived, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy’s will, looks round upon a universe from…
• Uzziah Days: The Times of Our Coming Undone Jan 18, 2018 It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. In every cloud he brings, God wants us to unlearn something. God’s purpose in the cloud is to simplify our…
• Death by Bitterness Sep 5, 2017 Forgiveness is the key which unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. The forgiveness of Jesus not only takes away our sins,…
• The Jubilee Year of Becoming Zoe (Truly Human) May 11, 2017 Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself. ~Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge…
• The Power in Our Exhaustion Mar 4, 2017 Thine am I, I was born for thee, What wouldst thou, Master, make of me? Give me death or give me life Give health or give infirmity Give honor or give obloquy Give peace profound or…
• The Blessing of The Latter Rains Jan 13, 2017 We always make the fatal mistake of thinking that it is what we do that matters, when really what matters is what we let God do to us. God sent the angel to Mary, not to…
• Repentance to Strength Dec 22, 2016 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. They are also a sign of God’s…
• Keeping Our Shadows Behind Us Oct 31, 2016 A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do. It does not mean that we are to…
• Already There Oct 10, 2016 Let us understand that, while our bodies and souls are quite fixed here upon earth, through the agency of the Holy Spirit our spirits have been brought into direct fellowship with Christ in heaven. From this…
• Fallen from Grace – And into His Mercy Sep 24, 2016 Falling from grace does not mean losing your salvation. It means losing your sanity…. But if you are in His grace, and you fall from grace… You land right in mercy! OH, that has got to…
• The Fruit of Humiliation Sep 23, 2016 When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in the fellowship of suffering will we know Jesus. We identify with…
• The Reckless, Raging, Impatience of G_d Sep 12, 2016 First, if we continue to picture God as a small-minded bookkeeper, a niggling customs officer rifling through our moral suitcase, as a policeman with a club who is going to bat us over the head every…
• The Beautiful Collision of Our Heart with G_d’s Aug 14, 2016 Can we see it? As our heart merges with the character He is inscribing on us and within us… This is the process of sanctification. For, as character and heart merge, we cement our destiny –…
• Running out of Breath Jul 29, 2016 The philosophy of tough love is based on the conviction that no effective recovery can be initiated until a man admits that he is powerless over alcohol and that his life has become unmanageable. The alternative…
• Becoming So Large That We Cannot Be Seen Jul 23, 2016 The man who gazes upon and contemplates day by day the face of the Lord Jesus Christ, and who has caught the glow of the reality that the Lord is not a theory but an indwelling…
• Integrity and Repentance: Fighting The Fear within Jun 5, 2016 Evil repay with good, if wronged do no one slight,Thank for ingratitude, that is the Christian life.~Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing…
• Living Above The Line May 19, 2016 The way of trust is a movement into obscurity, into the undefined, into ambiguity, not into some predetermined, clearly delineated plan for the future. The next step discloses itself only out of a discernment of God…
• Good Friday Meditation: Overcoming The Cycle of Sin’s Poverty Mar 25, 2016 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 touch us, where His newness of life…
• Living A Breakthrough Life Mar 22, 2016 Imagine that Jesus is calling you today. He extends a second invitation to accept His Father’s love. And maybe you answer, “Oh, I know that. It’s old hat.”…And God answers, ‘No, that’s what you don’t know.…
• 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…
• The Vengeance of G_d Feb 27, 2016 When in his mercy God leads a soul in the higher path of sanctification, he begins by stripping it of all self-confidence, and to this end he allows our own schemes to fail, our judgment to…
• Monuments of Pain Feb 18, 2016 We must not be surprised at even the greatest defects in good souls. We must quietly leave them alone until God gives the signal of gradual removal. Otherwise we will pull up the wheat with the…
• Loving Beyond Our Imperfections Feb 11, 2016 God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgment of his perfect love.~Joshua Loth Liebman (1907-1948) But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the…
• Utterly, Completely Done Jan 23, 2016 Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.~ Brennan Manning It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is…
• 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…
• Wholeness: When Form And Function Combine Nov 10, 2015 matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weaknesses he…
• Vicious Providence Oct 15, 2015 True triumphs are God’s triumphs over us. His defeats of us are our real victories.~Henry Alford (1810-1871) Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And…
• Our Fear of Freedom Oct 7, 2015 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, or beyond the struggle with our false…
• 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 Consuming Fire of A Father’s Love Oct 3, 2015 … a repost on the consuming Love of God.When (the Scripture) says that God loves man, it means that God loves man: not that He has some ‘disinterested’, because really indifferent, concern for our welfare, but…
• Run to The Light! Sep 23, 2015 Think of stepping on shore and finding it heaven! Of taking hold of a hand and finding it God’s! Of breathing a new air and finding it celestial air! Of feeling invigorated and finding it immortality!…
• Fools in Exile Aug 23, 2015 Our Life in Christ. It’s not an easy thing to grasp. Maybe you understand it only by living it. And maybe Augustine was right on the money when he wrote: ‘Give me someone who loves and…
• Our Clumsy Participation in The Army of The LORD of Hosts Jul 2, 2015 Jesus called Peter a “rock” long before Peter was stable & mature. He leads us by calling out what He sees not by calling out our failures.~ James Goll Behold, a day is coming for the…
• Joy in The Skill He Gives Jun 18, 2015 In spiritual matters, human reasoning certainly is not in order; other intelligence, other skill and power, are requisite here—something to be granted by God himself and revealed through his Word.~Martin Luther (1483-1546) He who loves purity…
• 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.…
• Shame Is The Prelude to Failure May 22, 2015 Remorse is to carry your own accuser within your breast.~ George Moore (1852-1933)So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in…
• Living Beyond Dysfunction May 7, 2015 Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.~James Baldwin (1924- ) And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and…
• Hemmed in By G_d’s Goodness Mar 22, 2015 When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty…
• 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…
• 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…
• All of You, His Aug 25, 2014 It is the great moment of our lives when we decide that sin must die right out, not be curbed or suppressed or counteracted, but crucified. — Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Finally then, brethren, we urge and…
• When Division Brings Healing Aug 13, 2014 God never develops one part of our being at the expense of the other; spirit, soul, and body are kept in harmony.~Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” For if…
• 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…
• Blameless May 11, 2014 Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to His beloved is that of overcoming self.~St. Francis of Assisi I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God…
• Faith: Walking The Path Apr 1, 2014 Dark as my path may seem to others, I carry a magic light in my heart. Faith, the spiritual strong searchlight, illumines the way, and although sinister doubts lurk in the shadow, I walk unafraid toward…
• Resisting Spiritual Corrosion Mar 6, 2014 True spirituality is as rare as true bestiality in human beings. And those few who achieve it are those who are terribly aware of the perils of spirituality—who know, as the Romans warned us, that a…
• Sanctification – Learning to Believe Sep 8, 2013 To be another than I am, I must abandon that which I am.~Saint John Chrysostom (c. 347-407)…I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according…
• δουλος Χριστου Ιησου (Bondservant of Christ) Jan 23, 2012 Whom do you think Paul was talking to when he said, “We are fools for the sake of Jesus Christ, and you are wise in Jesus Christ.” To you! Not to the people who do not…

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