Building A Sure Foundation For Christian Growth

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Comment by R. Evan-Gombach on March 31, 2010 at 12:48am

You are forever welcome Dear Sister!

Yours in the Beloved,

Rich

Comment by R. Evan-Gombach on March 31, 2010 at 12:27am

Nice post dear sister! I'm familiar with a few of those in the list of useful books. I'll check into the others for sure. Here are a few more to add that would be useful to believers in "the way of the Cross" and the ascended life through union with Christ in His death, burial, resurrection and ascension.

"The Centrality and Universality of the Cross" by T. Austin-Sparks
"The Life That Wins" by Watchman Nee
"Dying to Live" by Mrs. Jessie Penn-Lewis
"Life on the Highest Plane" by Ruth Paxson
"The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus" by T. Austin-Sparks
"Humility" by Andrew Murray
"Absolute Surrender" by Andrew Murray
"The Radical Cross" by A.W. Tozer
"The Spiritual Man" by Watchman Nee
"Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ" by Madame Guyon
"The Secret of Christian Living" by Watchman Nee
"Union and Communion" by J. Hudson Taylor
"Wholly Sanctified" by A.B. Simpson
"The Spiritual Life" by Andrew Murray
"The Two Covenants" by Andrew Murray
"Union With God" by Madame Jeanne Guyon
"The True Vine" by Andrew Murray
"The Deeper Christian Life" by Andrew Murray
"Experiencing the Holy Spirit" by Andrew Murray
"The Secret of Christian Living" by Watchman Nee
"We Beheld His Glory" Vols. 1 and 2 by T. Austin-Sparks

Another helpful resource is that T. Austin-Sparks books are offered free of charge by going to www.Austin-Sparks.net and printing the Emmanuel Church catalog order form. There is much to choose from and they ship for free as well. It is a very good resource truly blessed. The books written by Emmanuel Church are also very anointed.

May the love of the Father, the grace of the Lord Jesus, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with your spirit!

Comment by R. Evan-Gombach on March 30, 2010 at 10:14pm

Grace and peace to all!
I thought I would add what the Cross means to us who have believed into Christ and the working power of the dying of the Lord Jesus in our experience today that we might also experience the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, filling up that which is lacking in His sufferings for the Body, which is the Church. The Christian who is to function in the power of His resurrection must also first experience the power of His death. No Calvary, no Pentecost. That is a blessing God wants each and every one of His children to know in living and vibrant experience. The cross is the tool that the Holy Spirit uses to put us to death that we might be filled with Christ, so that "death worketh in us, but life in you". Here is a little excerpt that I feel explains what our attitude towards God ought to be, but rarely seen in our day.
May the Lord bless and keep you all, and cause His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you!

Yours in the Beloved,
R. Evan-Gombach


The Secret of Rest
Marshall Broomhall

The secret of his (Hudson Taylor's) rest of heart, amid such tempests of hate, was his refusal to look at second causes. His times were in God's hands. He believed that it was with God, and GOD ALONE, he had to do. This is strikingly brought out in his article entitled ''Blessed Adversity.'' With the experiences of Job as his text, he wrote:

''Even Satan did not presume to ask God to be allowed himself to afflict Job. In the first chapter and the eleventh verse he says: 'Put forth Thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse Thee to Thy face.' Satan knew that none but God could touch Job; and when Satan was permitted to afflict him, Job was quite right in recognizing the Lord Himself as the doer of these things which He permitted to be done.

''Oftentimes shall we be helped and blessed if we bear in mind that Satan is servant, and not master, and that he and wicked men incited by him are only permitted to do that which God by His determinate council and foreknowledge has before determined shall be done. Come joy, or come sorrow, we may always take it from the hand of God.

''Judas betrayed his Master with a kiss. Our Lord did not stop short at Judas, nor did He even stop short at the great enemy who filled the heart of Judas to do this thing; but He said: 'the cup which My FATHER hath given Me, shall I not drink it?'

''How the tendency to resentment and a wrong feeling would be removed, could we take an injury from the hand of a loving Fa­ther, instead of looking chiefly at the agent through whom it comes to us! It matters not who is the postman--it is with the writer of the letter that we are concerned; it matters not who is the messenger--it is with God that His children have to do.

''We conclude, therefore, that Job was not mistaken, and that we shall not be mistaken if we follow his example, in accepting all God's providential dealings as from Himself. We may be sure that they will issue in ultimate blessings; because God is GOD, and therefore, 'all things work together for good to them that love Him.'

With peaceful mind thy path of duty run:
God nothing does, nor suffers to be done,
But thou wouldst do the same if thou couldst see
The end of all events as well as He.''

(From The Man Who Believed God, by Marshall Broomhall)

Comment by Pastor Bob B on March 30, 2010 at 4:13pm

Keri Jobe is one of my favorites. thanks for sharing. I know a lady who is from Maine who about 4 years back when this song first came out and she was leading it at a worship service, shared how God healed her sick baby as she sang this song over it in the hospital.

Comment by Grace by the Lake on March 30, 2010 at 4:01pm

Comment by Pastor Bob B on March 23, 2010 at 4:53am

Comment by CESAR HUSMILLO on March 22, 2010 at 10:37am

Thank you Nancy for sharing these scriptures to uplift the spirit of the Botha family as well as those who are in the dark. God bless.

Comment by Grace by the Lake on March 19, 2010 at 10:07pm

1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate

Comment by Ramona P. Jacobsz on March 7, 2010 at 10:23pm

Dearest Gentle Brother Bob
Please pray for the Botha family ... my sister-in-law passed away. Roedolf is the pastor son... Jessica, 12 years old, is extremely sad.. and Ruben (15) is being so brave but I know that he is hurting so badly - but trying to comfort Mom and Dad and Grandpa... Irene was the exact woman described in the Bible... She could do anything and everything... but the best is that
she was a devout Child of God... We know where she is but we will all miss her frightfully... Please uphold us in prayer...

Comment by Jacqueline Harris on March 7, 2010 at 9:48pm

I wanted that strength, and now I have It!

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