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“Knowing by faith that He is present to you and realizing the utter hopelessness of trying to think intelligibly about this immense reality and all that it can mean, you relax in a simple contemplative gaze that keeps your attention peacefully aware of Him hidden somewhere in this deep cloud into which you also feel …
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After Charlottesville’s disaster on Saturday, while waiting in my car for some friends with whom I was going into the park to try to love some people toward Jesus, I broke into tears. I just sat there and cried––overcome by the sadness of it all. I’m appalled and grieved by the demonically inspired hate that …
We’ve been talking about the relative depth of our walk with Jesus and how we might––no, must––find a way to go deeper in him. In Part 1 “He’s Not Here” we looked at how easy it is to forget what Jesus says, especially when we didn’t hear or want to hear it in the first …
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You did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you. Luke 19:44 The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 I’ve been bemoaning the relative depth of my own commonplace Christianity and what seems so typical among many Christians and their churches. In my last post I talked …
Continue reading "Who Was That Masked Man? (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 2)"
“If you were to fall into the sea, and were that sea infinite, you would fall from one depth to another for all eternity. This is how it is with the Christian who is continuously abiding in him. He is sinking with inconceivable swiftness to the most inward depths of God.” Jeanne Guyon "Put out …
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