Leading people to a more intimate friendship with God
“‘Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him’ (Psalm 37:7). The word rest used in this verse means one of two things, depending on the context. One is ‘to be still… The other definition is rather fascinating, though. It means ‘to take a leisure walk.’ I think automatically of God and Adam walking in …
“My times of prayer are erratic and consist of silent communion rather than prayers of petition. I pray most naturally when I am riding or walking. When I stay in one place to pray, my thoughts wander.” — François Fenelon in letter to Jeanne Guyon, in Jeanne Guyon, “Intimacy with Christ”, p 146 This is …
“You have to be so careful with your heart and your faith when it comes to healing prayer. It’s so important to know what God is up to… Of course I want to hear Jesus say, ‘Yes, I will heal him.’ I wanted to hear that so badly. Then I would have gone after healing …
“In learning to hear the voice of God, one thing is certain — if you cannot hear a ‘no’, you will have a hard time hearing God at all or believing that what you think you’ve heard is in fact from God. This is crucial — hearing God requires surrender, giving all things over into …
“Silence. I don’t hear anything… But I’m not going to let that be the verdict on my relationship with God today. This is really important, friends. We don’t know on any given day all that playing into why we can’t seem to hear from God. It could be that I’m still too distracted… It could …
“God wants us to be happy… but he knows that we cannot truly be happy until we are completely his and until he is our all. And the weaning process is hard… The sorrows of our lives are in great part his weaning process. We give our hearts over to so many things other than …
Continue reading “God’s Weaning Process — A Quote from John Eldredge in “Walking with God””
“When it comes to crises or events that really upset us, this I have learned: you can have God or you can have understanding. Sometimes you can have both. But if you insist on understanding, it often doesn’t come. And that can create distance between you and God, because you’re upset and demanding an explanation …
Continue reading “Answers are Not Guaranteed — A Quote from John Eldredge in “Walking with God””
“Sometimes what I will do is ‘try on’ one answer and then the other. Still in a posture of quiet surrender, I ask the Lord, Is it yes, you want us to go? Pause. In my heart I am trying it on, letting it be as though this is God’s answer… Quite often we can …
“To hear the voice of God, we must be in a posture of quiet surrender… To hear that gentle whisper, we have to settle down. Shut out all the drama. Quiet our hearts… Am I willing to hear whatever it is God wants to say? This is absolutely critical… There is no more decisive issue …
“An intimate, conversational walk with God is available, and is meant to be normal… If you don’t find that kind of relationship with God, your spiritual life will be stunted. And that will handicap the rest of your life… Intimacy with God is the purpose of our lives. It’s why God created us… Jesus says …