It’s Done!

22 May

Christianity does not begin with walking; it begins with sitting… Most Christians make the mistake of trying to walk in order to be able to sit, but that is a reversal of the true order. Our natural reason says, If we do not walk, how can we ever reach the goal? What can we attain without effort? How can we get anywhere if we do not move? But Christianity is a queer business! If at the outset we try to do anything, we get nothing; if we seek to attain something, we miss everything. For Christianity does not begin with a big DO, but with a big DONE.

Watchman Nee

Sit, Walk, Stand, Tyndale House, 1957/1977, 14

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A Curious Idea

20 May

Spurgeon_repentance

Goodness Attracts

17 May

The goodness of God attracted people like Zacchaeus. “The goodness in Jesus’ spirit created a comfortable, safe environment in which, though there was no pressure to change, Zacchaeus found himself wanting to and choosing to change. The goodness of God expressed in Jesus produced a true repentance… The essence of his glory is his goodness… Jesus’ entire life was one, long, streaming video that displayed the goodness of the Father.

John_SheasbyJohn Sheasby

The Birthright, 2010, Zondervan, 68

The Greatest News in the World

15 May

Preaching the Gospel, we are announcing the news of the revelation of who God is and how He feels about us. We stand on the street corners of the world shouting the news that God is not the way we thought He was – He loves us!… This is the greatest news in the world…
The love of God… is the magnetic north of truth by which we fix our position as we stumble lost in the wilderness of the world… To know that His love for us depends on Him and not on us is the beginning of the way out of our futile, meaningless lives and religious despair.

Malcolm Smith

The Lost Secret of the New Covenant, Harrison House, 2002, 57,62

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Eternal A+

13 May

Righteousness

The Prophetic Church

10 May

The larger society should be able to look at the church and get an idea of where this thing is headed. The world should be able to look at the church and see a preview of what is to come…

We need to seriously discuss among ourselves what the world will look like when the end of the age arrives and Jesus “hands over the kingdom to God the father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power.”…

What we are to do is anticipate the future by living that way now! To do this we need to ask ourselves things like: What will be abolished? What will be maintained? What will be restored?

brian_zahndBrian Zahnd

Beauty Will Save the World (2012), Zondervan, 71, 140-1.

Have An Eternity Perspective

8 May

You see, it’s not your problems that are the problem; it’s the way you see your problems and the value you place on them that makes them a problem. Paul said all his afflictions were but for a moment. That was saying they were short-lived compared to eternity. Paul put everything into the perspective of eternity.

Andrew Wommack

Article: How to be happy

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