Sunday, November 30, 2008

On prayer

Kierkegaard

Prayer is listening.

Divine Fire

We cannot burn the eternal flame of the Inner Sanctuary and remain the same, for the Divine Fire will consume everything that is impure.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

What is Spiritual Unity? - an article by Chip Brogden

What is Spiritual Unity? - an article by Chip Brogden

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL UNITY?
by Chip Brogden

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, - Jhn 17:21 - that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me" (John 17:20,21 ESV).

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What then is this unity? Let us keep reading because there is more to this than mere unity. "That they may all be one." Yes, but how? What does it look like? The answer: "That they may all be one just as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You." Just as. That means in the same manner that the Father is in Jesus, and Jesus is in the Father, so He desires that believers would also be one in Him and in His Father. One in Him is the key.

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