Archive for the 'Abundant Life' Category
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Love and Desire
If you asked twenty good men to-day what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love. You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is […]
Published by AP on February 3rd, 2008 tagged Love, Spiritual Formation, Quotes, Abundant Life | 2 Comments »
Eternal Life
From The Journey of Desire , by John Eldredge…
“Eternal life—we tend to think of it in terms of existence that never comes to an end. And the existence it seems to imply—a sort of religious experience in the sky—leaves us wondering if we would want it to go on forever. But Jesus is quite clear […]
Published by AP on July 17th, 2006 tagged Spiritual Formation, Abundant Life | Comment now »
Preparation
The timing is significant. I have been calling on God for over a year for his vision, and praying for direction. Now at this time of stepping into a new role I have been exceptionally drawn to Isaiah 54, and I believe that it is a promise directly to me. It speaks to my life, […]
Published by AP on October 27th, 2005 tagged Bible, Poetry, Abundant Life | Comment now »
Growth Is Dangerous
I’d been looking for that path to the creek for 4 months. Brambles and “jaggerbushes”, tangles of brush and grass, dead, bare limbs and bushes all obscuring the way that had to be there. Some weeks before, walking in from the north by following the twists and turns of the “crick”, I’d found the old […]