Growing in God
The next step is the on-going growth that we can experience as our pursuit of God becomes our way of life. Colossians 2:7 Let your roots grow down into Him and draw up nourishment from Him. See that you go on growing in the Lord, and become strong and vigorous in the truth you were…
Following hard after God
This is the part that you and I have to play. As we respond to the drawing from God and the resultant longing in our hearts, we begin to actively pursue God. Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. Where…
Wanting more of God
Because of the work that God has done in our hearts we get to the point where we want more of God. This is a good place to be. It is a place of longing after and desiring more of God in our lives. It is at this point when we become what the author Tommy…
We need God
We were all created with a need for God. The creed says that the chief purpose of man is to love God and to enjoy Him forever. It is only as we begin to experience this in our lives that there can truly be a sense of fulfillment and purpose. I was watching an interview…
Finding God as we reach for Him
There is so much more of God for us to experience and enjoy. God is continually drawing us to Himself. In the process we can know a vital and connected relationship with the living God. This is not a dead fact but a living reality. It is not only head knowledge but it is heart-felt…
Fascination draws others
Fascination grips and holds us. What fascinates us has the capacity to excite us. My brother Peter loves flying. Because of his fascination with flying, he has put in time and effort and money. The same should be true of our fascination with God. We should put our time, effort and resources into our fascination…
Being intrigued with God
Fascination has a magnetic quality like iron fillings to magnet. Like moths to a flame. This is how we should live our Christian lives. Constantly drawn to God himself. AW Tozer paraphrased a scripture in Matthew: Matthew 11:28-29 ‘Come to me and be fascinated by me. Concentrate on me, surrender to me, and yield so…
What fascinates us will occupy us
We give attention to the things that fascinate us. Galileo was fascinated with the heavens and it occupied him. It kept him busy his entire life. He was consumed with the thing that fascinated him. He was preoccupied with stars, planets and the heavens. He was engrossed in his fascination. He was his happiest when…
Fascinated with God
Does God fascinate you? Are you fascinated by God? I am! What fascinates us will draw us. Most of us are curious by nature and we are attracted to those things which fascinate us. For me there is a fascination in loving God. here is a fascination in pursuing God. THE DEFINITION OF FASCINATION What does…
God's plan: an inter-generational Godly heritage
Romans 11:16 And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy – just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too. (New Living Translation). Isaiah 59:21…