The reason why it can never succeed is this. God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is Read more
“Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation.” –Colossians 1:15 There is a definitive, yet often forgotten biblical theme surrounding God’s view of creation. It is not that of a process of resurrecting His beloved Jerusalem, nor Read more
Dear God who is unchangeable, unchangeable in love: May we submit ourselves to the discipline of Your unchangeableness Through our unconditional love of You, Whereby we find rest and remain at rest in You. O God who is unchangeable, Yet who in infinite love is moved Even by the need Read more
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” – Romans 1:16 “I wouldn’t say I am that religious.” “Well, I don’t think that’s okay, but that’s just my opinion.” “Some things can Read more
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe does seek to work us woe; his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate, on earth is not his equal. Did we Read more
“Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” Read more
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love Read more
When the soul is in the shadows of Gethsemane, All alone in the bitterness of pain It ascends toward the heights of Jesus, And though ever drinking bitterness– It is not sad. Though tortured, it repeats: Your will be done. Patiently awaiting the moment of its transfiguration, For, though in Read more
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind stays on You, because he trusts in You.” – Isaiah 26:3 The word “mindfulness” was brought into the Western consciousness by professor Jon Kabat-Zinn when he created his mindfulness-based stress reduction program. He defined “mindfulness” as “moment to moment awareness, cultivated by Read more
But what, in conclusion, of Joy? For that, after all, is what the story has mainly been about. To tell you the truth, the subject has lost nearly all interest for me since I became a Christian. I cannot, indeed, complain, like Wordsworth, that the visionary gleam has passed away, Read more