Light & Shadow

All the masterpieces of art contain both light & shadow. A happy life is one filled not only with sunshine, but one which uses both light & shadow to produce beauty. The greatest musicians, as a rule, are those who know how to bring song out of sadness. In a rat-infested jail Paul & Silas sang their song of praise at midnight to the accompaniment of the jailer’s whip...which led to the heathen warden’s conviction. Our hearts must learn to sing praise to God even when everything around us seems so dark Learn more.

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The high cost is cheap

Up is down. Down is up. The high cost is cheap. The cheap cost is high. For whosoever will save his life - That is, shall wish to save his life - at the expense of his conscience, and casting aside the cross, he shall lose it - the very evil he wishes to avoid shall overtake him; and he shall lose his soul into the bargain. See then how necessary it is to renounce one's self! But whatsoever a man loses in this world, for his steady attachment to Christ and his cause, he shall have amply made up to him in the eternal world. This is the “Redemptional Wisdom" -a wisdom that calls us to surrender our lives to the will of God, live for him, and serve others. It is in giving up our lives for something and someone greater that we truly find life. There are so many things we can invest our lives in that ultimately become our masters. The harder we work to attain them, the more we find we have lost that vital essence of living that is God's gift to us. The radical example and call of Jesus is to follow him in laying down our lives to honor God and redeem others -- there
are no short-cuts. The cross casts its shadow over all of us.

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Dividend Through Eternity.

We are stewards of our time. God has given each one of us a little “chunk of eternity” called time. These golden moments of opportunity are doled out to us for our benefit and for God’s glory. If we use them wisely, they are woven by God’s omnipotent hand into the fabric of eternity. He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time. Only one life, it will soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last. If we invest it wisely, it will pay dividends throughout eternity.

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The Thrill..The Excitement and The Exhilaration

How do you explain the joy of following Christ? The thrill, the excitement, and the exhilaration— knowing where you come from, why you are here, where you are going! In retrospect explain television to a blind man. He can understand a little of it, but it doesn’t make sense to him. Try to explain a sunset to him. He’s blind to it. Not until the scales are removed from the eyes and only Jesus Christ can do that. He can remove them right now and you can start living and seeing a whole new world that you never knew existed, if you will let Him open your spiritual eyes.

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God in our Circumstance

If our circumstances find us in God, we shall find God in our circumstances.

Our spirits are most satisfied when we discern God's aim in everything. The more we know and trust the doctrine of Divine PROVIDENCE, the more we will see His hands in the details of our life, interweaving the seemingly "little" and "big" events into a beautiful tapestry that conforms us more and more to the image of His Son, Christ Jesus (Ro 8:29). Indeed, he that will watch Providences will never want Providences to watch. With this understanding we can in everything give thanks for this is the will of God for us in Christ Jesus (1Th 5:18)

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...YOUR NAME TO THE LIST

Job was a God chaser. He said, "Oh that I knew where I might find Him!" David was one; he said, "My soul followeth hard after Thee." Paul was one too: "That I may know Him..." A God chaser is a person whose passion for God's presence presses him to chase the impossible in hopes that the uncatchable might catch him. A child chases a loving parent until, suddenly, the strong arms of the father enfold the chaser.The pursuer becomes the captive; the pursued the captor. Paul put it this way:"I chase after that I may catch that which apprehended me" (Phil.3:12).
The passionate paths of God chasers can be traced across the pages of history from Moses the stutterer, David the singer, and Paul the itinerant preacher, to contemporaries like A.W. Tozer, Leonard Ravenhill, Richard Udousoro, and countless others who share one common bond: an insatiable hunger to know their Lord.These are people whose relentless, passionate pursuit of Christ often made them appear foolish in the eyes of others. Yet, having tasted His goodness and glimpsed the invisible, they could be satisfied with nothing less.
Add your name to the list...become a God chaser. Who knows? You might be one whom He catches.

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The Snail Made it.

It's inconsequential how long it took the snail, but it made it into the ark before the flood. likewise It's pointless rushing when you are on the wrong track, you will only get to your doom on time. Jesus ask a profound question in Luke 18:8 “... when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth? The demonstration of that faith is persistent prayer. When you stop believing a prayer will be answered, you stop praying. You have given up hope. You loss faith. Charles H. Spurgeon said “If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word- Prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.” Perseverance is a great element for success in our walk with God. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

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