We’re Rich – Why Aren’t We Happy?

Listen to a word from A.W.Tozer; ” I want to bring you my postulate that most present-day Christians live sub-Christian lives. As a result, Christianity has been watered down until the solution is so weak that if it were poison it would not hurt anyone and if it were medicine it would not cure anyone. Most Christians are not joyful persons because they are not holy persons, and they are not holy persons because they are not filled with the Holy Spirit, and they are not filled with the Holy Spirit because they are not separated persons. The Spirit cannot fill whom He cannot separate, and whom He cannot fill, He cannot make Holy, and whom He cannot make holy, He cannot make happy. My postulate further insists that the average modern Christian is not Christ-like. The proof of this is...

A.W. Tozer – A Word to the Wise in Our Day

“In life there will be found certain great fundamentals, like pillars bearing up the weight of some mighty building. The wise man will simplify his life by going to the center of it. He will look well to the foundations and, having done that, he will not worry about the rest. Life as we know it in our painfully intricate civilization can be deadly unless we learn to distinguish the things that matter from those that do not. It is never the major things that destroy us, but invariably the multitude of trifling things which are mistakenly thought to be of major...

Truly Free!

The calling of God on our lives is no easy task and to complete it and finish well we will need to apply Hebrews 12:1 that calls on us to “lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race (our calling) that is set before us” by God. In the Movie “The Mission” (a must-see if you haven’t) there is a scene where Robert de Niro, who plays the role of soldier and slave trader and a new convert who had murdered his brother and joined the Jesuits as a novitiate, was climbing up a steep mountain stream on a mission, dragging a large net behind him that contained his armor, helmet, sword, and the symbols of his past life as a self-imposed penance. He had been told that he no longer needed to do so but...

Christian! Are You Called???????

“For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 Calling. God’s calling. What is it and what does it mean to be called according to His purpose? And how what does it mean specifically in our lives as 21st century believers? Let’s start by a general discussion and definition of “calling.” Calling is often thought of as something that only happens when a Christian “surrenders” to the “call” to the professional ministry. Ie. to be a pastor, missionary, etc. This is a cultural misunderstanding of the term. While it does apply to the offices within the Church (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher – Eph 4:11) it is by no means limited to them. It may be that no other...