on courage

“Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.” John-Roger and Peter McWilliams
and I would add, the wisdom comes from abiding in the blessed assurance,
“BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER; I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.” Christ Jesus

Living truth

Theological facts are like the altar of Elijah on Carmel before the fire came, correct, properly laid out, but altogether cold. When the heart makes the ultimate surrender, the fire falls and true facts are transmuted into spiritual truth that transforms, enlightens, sanctifies. The church or the individual that is Bible taught without being Spirit taught (and there are many of them) has simply failed to see that truth lies deeper than the theological statement of it. That Incredible Christian, 92-94 — A.W. Tozer.

ark of the testimony

Israelites were satisfied with the Tabernacle at Shiloh which facilitated the religious functions of sacrifice, worship and prayer. Yet the Tabernacle was missing the core — there was no Ark of Testimony. Dana shares a word about the importance of understanding the Ark of the Testimony.

Love surpasses knowledge

Abe shares a word: love surpasses knowledge.
Starting from the idea of “Why is it so hard to evangelize?” and “Breaking out of the echo chamber.” Abe covers questions like “How do we really know what we know, and what gives us the confidence to share what we know?”

point of the gospel: Jesus wants the rose

this is a particularly timely word as we engage our community. matt chandler speaks about the very real and tragic difference between legalism in the church and the full gospel message of Jesus.

During my freshman year of college, I sat next to a 26-year-old single mother trying to get her degree. We began a dialogue [...]

fulfillment

When He speaks, it is life. Truth.
What is this mystery? An ever-present truth eventually revealed.
There is no NEW truth-just truth revealed

justin shares a word revealing Christ as the fulfillment of all scripture. Christ Jesus is the fulfillment of the mystery which was once unclear by unmistakably seen now as truth.
download his notes. there are some [...]

a fan of snow finds his heart strangely warmed

A comforting thought occurred today in regards to the prayer meeting last night.
Last night, the Lord was definitely blessing the prayer time. We all stayed to talk to each other, eat in joy, and let the time pass with each other’s company. 10pm rolled around and it seemed that only seconds passed. Those in the [...]

be filled…

with the Holy Spirit.
luke 11.9-13 “…give the Holy Spirit to those who ask…”
ephesians 5.18-21 “…be filled with the Holy Spirit”
dana congdon shares a word about the need for the real need in these days of recovery for the experience of filling by the Holy Spirit individually and corporately. evidence of the filling is expressed in [...]

an urgent msg from wilkerson

david wilkerson has been warning that God’s judgment is upon the United States, and on New York City specifically.
AN EARTH-SHATTERING CALAMITY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IT IS GOING TO BE SO FRIGHTENING, WE ARE ALL GOING TO TREMBLE – EVEN THE GODLIEST AMONG US.
For ten years I have been warning about a thousand fires coming [...]

epoch making vessels: zinzendorf

fashion from the 80s may be a flashback best left in the past, but here is a welcome flashback. back in 1987, the theme at the christian family conference in richmond was “The unfolding work of God’s recovery work in the Church.” At that conference, stephen kaung considers this theme through sharing about five men [...]