Ezekiel recorded a vision of stages of an ever-deepening walk with God. He led me through water that was ankle-deep… (then) water that was knee-deep… (then) through water that was up to the waist… but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim …
The Disarming Power of Humility
“Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.” — FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER Humility goes a long way as a form of accidental evangelism. The genuinely humble Christian is more apt to attract people toward the meek and humble Son of God, than the bluster of a self-styled God expert. There are two motives …
Mature Christians Routinely Press Into Unknown Territory
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” Paul bursts out in these few verses to the Philippians with talk about attaining, obtaining, pressing on, taking hold, and straining toward …
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The Deepening Quality of Suffering (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 10)
“No soul will ever grow deep in the spiritual life unless God works in that soul by means of the dark night.” This is a line from the famous poem called, The Dark Night of the Soul, which Saint John of the Cross wrote from his ten-by-six feet prison cell in which he was imprisoned …
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Opening to New Experiences (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 9)
“Do not measure yourself by how much road you have covered thus far; rather measure with your eyes set on how much more there is in front of you.” (Jeanne Guyon wrote this to her cousin François Fénelon) For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about things that influence our spiritual depth: a sense …
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