Connected to God

The holidays are my favorite time of year and in preparation, I have made my shopping lists, placed food orders, and am knocking projects off my to do list. I feel ready for a house full of people and food this week.

On the other hand, I am also very tired. I have been waking up in the mornings wiped out and feel that way all during the day. But the truth is that I am a more than just tired. I am irritable and impatient and about things that should not cause me to be irritable or impatient. 

I wish I could blame all my irritability and impatience on some of the other stressful things going on in my life, like sick relatives and long work hours, but deep down I know that it is just me being an unpleasant and selfish version of myself. 

It is the me I am when...

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In sanctification, the one who has been born again deliberately gives up his right to himself to Jesus Christ, and identifies himself entirely with God's ministry to others.

My Utmost For His Highest, June 10

Staleness is an indication that something in our lives is out of step.

My Utmost For His Highest, January 20

Sit Walk Stand

The Christian life consists of sitting with Christ, walking by him and standing in him. We begin our spiritual life by resting in the finished work of the Lord Jesus. That rest is the source of our strength for a consistent and unfaltering walk in the world. And at the end of a grueling warfare with the hosts of darkness we are found standing with him at last in triumphant possession of the field.

Sit Walk Stand, Watchman Nee

Suffering For Christ

With good reason, then ought you to be willing to suffer a little for Christ since many suffer much more for the world. Realize that you must live a dying life; the more a man dies to himself, the more he begins to live unto God.

The Imitation of Christ, Thomas A Kempis

Radio City Christmas Spectacular

With Halloween over, the holiday season is now upon us and there is nothing I look forward to more during this time of year than the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which is coming to the Fox Theater in Atlanta November 19 - December 6. 

A wonderful event for the entire family, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular features the world famous Rockettes, as well as...

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Our Expectations

Our expectations are our greatest obstacle to union with God in the present moment. It is Jesus who writes all the lines, all the words, and all the letters of our lives. Do I really know what is best for me? My vision is so shortsighted, my horizon so limited. Surrender is a practical application of confession - what we pray each day in the Lord's prayer, "Thy will be done." Abandonment is the triumph of trust in our lives.

The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus, Brennan Manning