Monthly Archives: October 2008

I am reading A W Tozer’s ‘The Pursuit of God’ and in chapter 8 entitled ‘Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation’ he makes the comment… ‘Much of our diffulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is … Continue reading →

God is not silent. I hear Him as I cry out for salvation, I hear Him as I hope in His word, I hear Him as I cast my anxieties on Him, I hear Him as I plead for mercy … Continue reading →

I am in sharing mode.  I am finding and enjoying various items of grace that are helping me in my pursuit of God, which is an active resting…a joyful wrestling…a hope-sustained run to a Promise given.  I want to digest … Continue reading →

I am thankful to God for the lessons He teaches others and I am praying, even right now, that I would truly listen and learn from them…before He needs to use a ‘skunk’ to get my attention.  There will be … Continue reading →

In light of some recent events and conversations, the following blog grabbed my attention and reminded me of the significant difference between an acceptance philosophy and a ‘my life(today and forever)depends upon this faith’ philosophy.  http://cavman.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/considering-nominal-christians/#comment-40982  Be discerning…and most importantly be … Continue reading →

Pray Psalm 119:74, “Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.”       Pray that our fear, reverence and love for God would be evident and bring joy (the joy of the Lord is our … Continue reading →

“The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing but repeated failures will experience real relief when he stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the perfect One.  While he looks at Christ, the very … Continue reading →

I suppose random thinkers wouldn’t marvel at this, but I am more linear, more concrete (thus…engineer 😉 in my thinking and approach to things and so I marvel (which looks like me scratchin my head) in the way I am … Continue reading →

“This small voice has the power to kill the soul.” Does this statement capture your attention?  “Power to kill the soul”…  It caught my attention as I scanned a blog this morning.  The blog title caught me first, but then more … Continue reading →