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• The End of My Road Oct 29, 2023 Bittersweet is a word not understood by most. Only them who have heard the enormous roar of His quiet Peace above the storm through which they have passed, know this word’s true sense.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos…
• The Crisis Questions of Our Faith Jan 9, 2023 Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times externally, but it…
• The Friend Closer Than A Brother Jul 29, 2022 It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinions. It is easy in solitude to live after our own. But the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps…
• Beholden to One Voice Feb 1, 2022 Oh! Listen to My Voice, eagerly, joyfully. Never crowd it out. I have no rival claimants, and if men seek the babble of the world, then I withdraw. Life has hurt you. Only scarred lives can…
• What If You Got Everything You Think You Wanted? Sep 12, 2021 There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.” All that are in…
• You Gotta Want It! May 18, 2021 There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus noticed him lying there , knowing that he had been in that condition a long time (38 years), He said to…
• 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…
• Emptiness of Soul Is The Beginning of Life in The Spirit May 29, 2018 Tell me not, in mournful numbers, “Life is but an empty dream!” For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is…
• Little Death Bringing Bigger Lives Dec 14, 2017 This is true joy in life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and…
• Fighting The Unbelief within Us Aug 14, 2017 When my sense of self depends on what others say of me, anger is a quite natural reaction to a critical word. And when my sense of self depends on what I can acquire, greed flares…
• The Rhythm of His Grace. Jul 29, 2017 Selfishness is a gangrene, eating at the very vitals. Sin is a cancer, poisoning the blood. Peace is the rhythm of our wills with Jesus’ love-will. ~Samuel Dickey Gordon (1859-1936) “Herein is love, not that we…
• 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…
• Kings of Earth: The Secret to Real Power Apr 23, 2017 I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it. ~ George Sand And…
• Relentless Reminders of The New Creation Dec 20, 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…
• Jesus Is The Abundant Life Dec 3, 2016 Beware of hindering yourselves with any weight of earthly cares. Examine your hearts most closely, and purge out each besetting sin with a godly prayerful jealousy. Remember that blessed rule, “looking unto Jesus.” Peter did run…
• False Thoughts Made Whole Oct 18, 2016 You’re not supposed to beat the enemy in ministry. You’re supposed to beat him in your relationship with God. Do you know that he is powerless against a man who just stands before God as a…
• Abandonment’s Cost Sep 28, 2016 That which one sacrifices is never lost.~German Proverb We’ll hardly get our feet out of time into eternity and gaze on eternity and that we bow our heads in shame and humiliation and say: My God,…
• The Great Letting Go Sep 14, 2016 We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus. ~Oswald…
• 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…
• Truth Wins: Freedom Overcomes Jul 4, 2016 All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ~Arthur Schopenhauer When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will…
• Losing Our Mind to Gain His Jun 22, 2016 Conversion is a deep work—a heart work. It goes throughout the man, throughout the mind, throughout the members, throughout the entire life.~Joseph Alleine (1634-1663)Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way…
• Real Authority Mar 23, 2016 There is an amazing sanity in Jesus Christ that shakes the foundations of death and hell, no panic, absolute dominant mastery over everything—such a stupendous mastery that he let men take his strength from him.~Oswald Chambers…
• He Finds Us Lovely Feb 14, 2016 As for that which is beyond your strength, be absolutely certain that our Lord loves you, devotedly and individually, loves you just as you are…. Accustom yourself to the wonderful thought that God loves you with…
• 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…
• Kingdom Math Aug 24, 2015 In the kingdom of God the surest way to lose something is to try to protect it, and the best way to keep it is to let it go.~A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)And Jesus answered them, “The…
• The Deep Joy of A Father’s Love Mar 3, 2015 At any moment in life we have the option to choose an attitude of gratitude, a posture of grace, a commitment to joy.~Tim HanselIf therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation…
• Anywhere But Here Jan 12, 2015 Our hearts are restless until they rest in You.~ St. Augustine of HippoOh that you were like a Brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss You,and…
• 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…
• 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…
• Abandoning Chaos Aug 24, 2014 If you don’t surrender to Christ, you surrender to chaos.~E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973)Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will…
• Christ Our Life Aug 3, 2014 All our salvation consists in the manifestation of the nature, life and spirit of Jesus Christ in our inward new man. This alone is Christian redemption, this alone delivers from the guilt and power of sin,…
• It Is Not About Us May 31, 2014 Comparison and contrast are only viable concepts when two things are finite. Comparing ourselves to G_d is, not only spiritual pride, but mathematical and practical folly.~ Makala Barnabas DoulosAnd behold, a lawyer stood up to put…
• Grace-Driven Inflection Points Feb 11, 2014 Reader, i don’t have all the details, but relay this important story to you second-hand because of its relevance to our lives and our relationship with G_d. And, oh by the way, i could absolutely kiss…
• Strongholds Jan 28, 2014 A spiritual stronghold is a mindset impregnated with hopelessness that causes us to accept as unchangeable something that we know is contrary to the will of God. ~UnknownNow there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate…
• The Sweetest Despair Jan 1, 2014 Don’t trust to hold God’s hand; let Him hold yours. Let Him do the holding, and you the trusting. ~Hammer William Webb-Peploe No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence…
• Going Over The Edge Oct 20, 2013 From a writer who simply told G_d: “Just do whatever you gotta do.”Simply having good theology, without willingness to obey, is like putting a case of oil in the trunk of our car and calling it…
• Gotta Serve Somebody Sep 4, 2013 The man who surrenders to Christ exchanges a cruel slave driver for a kind and gentle Master whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.~A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)And it was not without an oath. For…
• 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…
• Exactly The Right Time, Exactly The Right Place Jun 13, 2013 The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. ~Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) And you were…
• One Year with Princess Sarah Jun 6, 2013 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but…
• Salvation is Surrender May 13, 2013 Faith is rest, not toil. It is the giving up all the former weary efforts to do or feel something good, in order to induce God to love and pardon; and the calm reception of the…
• Surrendering to Sufficiency May 12, 2013 Here stands God on the day of creation: He looks at stars and He says, “All you stars, move yourselves to this place, and start in this order, and move in a circle, and move exactly…
• Dual, Triple, and Quad G_d Apr 28, 2013 If you are a Christian, a power accompanies your life. This power is greater than great; its nature is “surpassing greatness.” It is not human power but the actual “strength of God’s might.” The Almighty demonstrated…
• Winning at Monopoly Mar 17, 2013 Tonight’s post is from an author in America. Anne Lang Bundy writes really well. But mostly, she just let’s Jesus love her and she helps build other people up in the body of Christ. Enjoy this…
• The Illusion of Hardness Mar 8, 2013 The man who surrenders to Christ exchanges a cruel slave driver for a kind and gentle Master whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.~A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) All things have been handed over to…
• Ultra-Abundance Mar 4, 2013 If you make a compromise with surrender, you can remain interested in the abundant life, all the riches of freedom, love, and peace, but it is the same as looking at a display in a shop…
• His to Give Or Take Feb 21, 2013 Surrender not only what the Lord does to you, but surrender your reaction to what he does.~Madame Jeanne Marie de La Mothe Guyon (1648-1717)For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those…
• Outside The Box Jan 26, 2013 It is not certain that everything is uncertain.~ Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) We start to see that His mind is really amazing; that the idea of God being smarter than us is not a matter of degree.…
• Total Capitulation Jan 25, 2013 Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you. ~Andrew Murray If the Gospel is the most important fact in the universe, the following may be the most condescending: The power to…
• Obsessed… Jan 19, 2013 This is true joy in life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and…
• 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…
• Utter Chaos Dec 14, 2012 Make me a captive, Lord, and then I shall be free; Force me to render up my sword, and I shall conqueror be. I sink in life’s alarms when by myself I stand; Imprison me within…
• 2-Year Post-Mortem Dec 12, 2012 We have one function in life: to be the manifestors of His life to the world. Only when we are living His life are we truly living our own! This is the reason for our creation.~Malcolm…
• A story of Absolute Surrender Oct 22, 2012 My life is totally His. All I am All I have All I will ever be All I will ever have Are His Absolutely, Unconditionally Now and forever. ~ Makala Barnabas Doulos, 19 Oct. 2010 I…
• Restoration Sep 11, 2012 God will do whatever it takes, including killing our mortal bodies, to bring us into a right relationship with Himself.~ Makala DoulosSo I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the…
• The Myth of Balance Mar 10, 2012 I was going to start with some section on old paradigms – you know – like: kinking the garden hose will break the pipes in the walls…. Ok. I’ll just say it: The Normal Christian Life…
• Beauty’s Source and Vessel Feb 26, 2012 The beautiful can have but one source… God. ~Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) One thing have I asked of the LORD,that will I seek after:that I may dwell in the house of the LORDall the days of my…
• 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…
• Really Good Question Oct 25, 2011 Absolute surrender – let me tell you where I got those words. I used them myself often, and you have heard them numerous times. But once, in Scotland, I was in a company where we were…
• Single-Mindedness Sep 14, 2011 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have…
• The Easy Life Aug 25, 2011 An entire surrender of spirit, soul and body to His control in a life of inevitable obedience may look hard to a soul ignorant of God. To those who know Him, it is the happiest and…
• An Unexpected Result Aug 15, 2011 This is liberty: to know that God alone matters. — Donald Haukey (1874–1917) From his imprisonment my freedoms grow, find wings. Part of his body, I transcend this flesh. From his sweet silence my mouth sings.…
• It’s About The Flow Jun 8, 2011 God to a man is as imperative as oil is to a lamp. If you have an oil lamp that’s got no oil, you have an oil lamp, but it won’t behave like one. You might…
• Do We Really Care? May 27, 2011 To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant’s conduct must be ‘so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant…
• Let Him! May 9, 2011 The issue is: The closer we get into the Presence of God; as he draws us nearer, the fact is there’s less room for the stuff of self. The actual flesh, all the junk, all the…
• A Prayer of Surrender May 2, 2011 François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, or simply Fenelon in Christian circles today, was a French Archibishop during the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. His insights on the core issues of dying to self and total…
• Not A Thing Apr 27, 2011 The love of G_d. Never ending. Unstoppable. Without Measure. So like, “Absolutely, Really Super-Mega-Ultra Awesome Love” comes up just pitiful in comparison to Him. Here’s the point: There is no comparison. When we speak of Him,…
• The Scope of Surrender… Apr 26, 2011 Some of us may look back and see we really have been a sincere believer in Christ; that we have honestly trusted Him for our salvation… However, for some us, something was lacking: Could it have…
• From the Cross into The Endless Frontier of His Grace! Apr 24, 2011 Some very applicable thoughts from Eric Ludy of Ellerslie as we get ready to celebrate Easter. Jesus is Victorious! Let us join in that victory celebration tomorrow as true participants in the rebellion Jesus launched on…
• How did Jesus Ever Make It Through Gethsemane?… Apr 22, 2011 We are familiar with the story. Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane, praying. He knows He is about to go through the most horrible event in all of known history. What happens in Gethsemane simply…

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