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"Covenant is such an alien concept to the hyper-individualistic, self-obsessed and faithless West. However for Christians, it is the mode by which we have been united with God, it is the assurance of His eternal faithfulness to us, his people… the insights Intrater makes are simplistic on one level, but profoundly provocative and life-changing on another. Such a well-presented, in-depth book on covenant!" — Jan 09, 2025 01:16AM
"Covenant is such an alien concept to the hyper-individualistic, self-obsessed and faithless West. However for Christians, it is the mode by which we have been united with God, it is the assurance of His eternal faithfulness to us, his people… the insights Intrater makes are simplistic on one level, but profoundly provocative and life-changing on another. Such a well-presented, in-depth book on covenant!" — Jan 09, 2025 01:16AM
Heaven’s culture of relationships is vastly different than most everything we see on earth because God, the Father, is less interested in compliance and much more interested in love. This is the reason that He is trying to prepare us to
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“A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural forces of the earth take over and up comes the grain...This is the way it is with the Spiritual Disciplines - they are a way of sowing to the Spirit... By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done.”
― Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
― Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
“If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God. ”
― My Utmost for His Highest
― My Utmost for His Highest
“God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God’s call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude.”
― My Utmost for His Highest
― My Utmost for His Highest
“To be cynical is to be distant. While offering a false intimacy of being "in the know," cynicism actually destroys intimacy. It leads to a creeping bitterness that can deaden and even destroy the spirit...
A praying life is just the opposite. It engaged evil. It doesn't take no for an answer. The psalmist was in God's face, hoping, dreaming, asking. Prayer is feisty. Cynicism, on the other hand, merely critiques. It is passive, cocooning itself from the passions of the great cosmic battle we are engaged in. It is without hope.”
― A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
A praying life is just the opposite. It engaged evil. It doesn't take no for an answer. The psalmist was in God's face, hoping, dreaming, asking. Prayer is feisty. Cynicism, on the other hand, merely critiques. It is passive, cocooning itself from the passions of the great cosmic battle we are engaged in. It is without hope.”
― A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
“God's agenda is so glorious, and His love and purposes for our lives are so great, that everything else pales in comparison. We should all be like Nehemiah, who, when the enemies of Israel tried to get him to come out of the city and talk with them on the Plain of Ono, said, "...I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
― Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life
― Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life
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