The Cross Is All

We pursue God because we are pursued by Him. We aren’t thrown to the wind by Him to see if we can find out way Home alone. He pursues us. He draws us. Even as we seek Him, He is the One in control.
Jesus says that no one comes to Him unless the Father draws him. Each step of the way, each time I wistfully looked farther down the road hungering for a Reality that I was so sure of and yet so unclear about, He was there guiding me, drawing me, pursuing me in my pursuit of Him.
The legalistic...

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“There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors but it touches them too closely to disown themselves.”~~Meister Eckhart
Are you following God’s faintest whisper? Can He trust you to obey no matter how much He asks of you? Does He know that here is one, who, though others may falter and fall, will stand secure?
A person like that only comes along once in a while. Having looked at the world and all it has to offer,...

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HOLINESS is defined in the dictionary as being cut off, separate or set apart. Holiness is God’s standard for His people although few professing Christians aspire to live holy lives. It is God’s chief desire to create holiness or likeness of His Son in us.
I John 2: 6 “Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.”
God didn’t say that it would be nice if we would think about being like His holy Son and He didn’t say it was a nice standard to reach for. No, God said “MUST”....

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For most of its history, the church stood steadfast in its denouements of entertainment. That is true no longer. For the last several decades, not only has the church weakened its stance on entertainment in general but has invited it to come on in and join us.
There is nothing wrong with wholesome entertainment in its time and in its place. When it comes out of hiding and takes over someones life, there is a major problem. When a professing Christian indulges in the same sensual and erotic...

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Too many churches in America have abandoned the Bible as the only measure of truth. We have prostituted ourselves by welcoming the world and its ways into our daily lives and into our churches. Where holiness was once emphasized, now fun and freedom is. Christians once lived lives separated from the world, but now tolerance and an anything goes attitude prevails. We once boldly stood for the unchanging truth of God’s Word but we are now afraid to tell anyone that they are wrong, no matter how wrong...

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