After The Cross
After the death of the Son of God on the Cross, nothing that God could ever ask of us could be too much. God is worthy of the total abandon of everything else in our lives for Him, of our total devotion to Him. He deserves everything. What He asks is us. He could require each [...]
Following All The Way
“There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors but it touches them too closely to disown themselves.”~~Meister Eckhart Are you following God’s faintest whisper? Can He trust you to obey no matter how much He asks of you? Does He know that [...]
What Does God Say?
What kind of people does God look for? Ezekiel 22: 30, “So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.” Jeremiah 9: 23, 24, “Thus saith the LORD, Let [...]
Those Who Hear
Those of us who hear the call of God, who see His pain over His church, must ask ourselves these questions: Is He calling me out for immediate use or is He calling me out to prepare me? There is a world of difference between the two. One is a call to arms: the work [...]
Zions Lament by Joseph Howard
“How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave. The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate; Her foes have [...]
The Words of God…the Words of His “People”
Actual words of the Bible…vs. the words of some of God’s “people”. Matthew 16: 21, “From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.” [...]
The Road Of Self-Denial
The old Saints were men who knew how to live or, perhaps how not to, to hear many tell it. They didn’t have enough fun, didn’t focus on worldly success or on the world itself, for that matter. They were men apart, men who prayed, men who studied God’s Word… men who shook up the world…one [...]
