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As I prepare to present my favorite message in the whole world, Christ our Life, I sit in a flat in Warsaw, Poland trying to keep my concentration on editing the "Simply LIFE" material I have worked on the past few years, so I can share it in the time that has been set up …
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Since last Friday I have had the pleasure of staying on the Adriatic coast of northern Croatia. That alone has been a wonderful treat. This afternoon’s walk along the coastal road was sunny and beautiful and quite warm, a first for the week. The crowds are gone from this popular summer venue, but the vistas …
“God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5.5 I think it would be hard to find a clearer statement about God than that above. It’s stated in one way or another at least five times in the Bible. I wonder if that means it might be important? I …
“God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” Numbers 23:19 There is such a temptation to make God in our image. That way …
“For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139.14 I find it compelling to return to the question “why are we here?” I know that we often find ourselves searching for an answer when things are challenging. Being in a mess is not often fun and “why” is a …
“Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin...” Exodus 34.6-7 There are believers who think of God in a schizophrenic way. The God they …
“...whom I have created for My glory.” Isaiah 43.7 I’m thinking I’d like to dwell on this idea a bit longer. Here’s why: As image bearers of God we have a vital function, an enormous privilege really, that nothing else in the created order can pull off in the same way we humans can. I …
“...I have created for My glory.” Isaiah 43.7 I don’t know if you’ve ever heard or read Isaiah 43.6-7, the passage I quoted last time. Although I don’t remember when I first came across the idea that God put us here for His glory, I do remember thinking that the quote above was about me …
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” AW Tozer Eventually, at some point in our walk with God, we must ask Him “why”? This is not the “why” of disappointment with God or of moral failure on our parts or of persecution or suffering. Any …
Oswald Chambers just had a way of nailing it. So today's post pays honor to his insight. From My Utmost for His Highest, June 23: He is . . . a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief —Isaiah 53:3 We are not “acquainted with grief” in the same way our Lord was acquainted with …
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