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For those who seek fellowship with the wilderness, . . . "Be still and know that I am God."
Psalm 46:10
"The whole cast of a truly Biblical ministry will be a concern that people should recognize our only interest is not in selling our own line, or persuading people of our own opinion, or seeking that they might adopt our own view on a particular issue, but in humbly, obediently and openly seeking to deal with what Holy Scripture says, opening it up and making it plain." -Eric J. Alexander (Former Pastor of St. Georges Tron Church-Glasgow, Scotland)
...but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed- God is witness- nor did we seek glory from men,... Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us. -I Thessalonians 2:4-6a,8
The following exerpt is taken from The Indwelling Life of Christ by Major W. Ian Thomas...
Three months before she wrote the following poem anticipating that her husband was going to arrive home late, he came home unusually early, found her in the bathtub, both her wrists slit, bleeding to death, a little message on the kitchen table: "I did it in the bathtub so you wouldn't have to clean up the mess." Wasn't that thoughtful? Humph! Tired, so tired - wasn't really worth the struggle. Well, in the providence of God, he came home in time to save her life. When they got back from the hospital, he called a local Pastor, a young man he had never ever met, because they never ever went to church. They weren't Christians, didn't know what it really meant to be a Christian. But he called this young Pastor and said, "Would you please come? It's an emergency." Well he came and led them both to Christ. Fortunately he understood what he meant by that. He didn't just invite them to join his church, or even just make a decision for Jesus and head for heaven instead of hell. He led them to Christ. He invited them to receive Somebody so that Somebody could live in them, Somebody living in somebody. Of course it was revolutionary from the very moment of their genuine conversion, fully grasping the implication that being born from above and becoming the recipients of the resurrection life of the One who then crucified, arose again from the dead to share his life with them on earth on the way to heaven. And life of course has been the same excitement ever since.
Discovering daily who God really is.
Thanking Him daily He's mine and I'm His.
Discovering daily God's great love for me;
Such mercy, forgiveneness, amazingly free.
Discovering daily that God really cares.
Discovering daily He does answer prayers.
Discovering daily what grace really means:
Unmerited favor, beyond all my dreams.
Discovering daily God speaking to me.
He speaks through the Bible. Once blind, now I see.
Discovering, discovering each day that I live
That all that I need, He freely will give.
Discovering daily Christ working through me,
Accomplishing daily what never could be.
Discovering daily I can't, but He can.
Thanking Him daily for my place in His plan.
Discovering daily how real life can be
When I'm living in Christ, and He's living in me.
Discovering daily a song in my heart.
With anticipation for each day to start.
Delighting and basking in love so divine,
Secure in the knowledge I'm His and He's mine,
Besides mere contentment, excitement I see!
A daily adventure: Christ living in me!
-Bonnie Kain
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Amazing! Simply Amazing! That's the best way to describe Sherlock and Circuit Rider's trek east thus far. They enjoyed an incredible evening in El Paso, Texas with Levi Hendrickson, Mike and Sandy Williams and his family, then last evening at the home of Jack and Glenda Carpenter in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Today, March 10th, the guys head for East Brunswick, New Jersey. In the days ahead they will begin getting ready for their journey next week south to Georgia. Another return to the Appalachian Trail draws ever closer!
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"It is this paradox which is so baffling, this combination of the self-centeredness of His teaching and the unself-centeredness of His behavior. In thought He put Himself first; in deed last. He exhibited both the greatest self-esteem and the greatest self-sacrifice. He knew Himself to be the Lord of all, but He became their servant. He said He was going to judge the world, but He washed His apostle's feet." -John Stott (Basic Christianity)
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. -Philippians 2:5-8