Prodical Son's Blog – January 2009 Archive (3)

ONE SHALL BE TAKEN



In Jer 33:1-3 we read: "Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying: Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it: the Lord is His name; Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."





The wonderful thing about God is that He has so much for us that we have never seen yet. Some… Continue

There was a book written about a person who was totally obsessed with the idea of fulfilling another person's goal in life. It was called "THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION." The dictionary says an obsession is "complete domination of the mind by one idea." I can see by this that I have an obsession: to be filled with all the fulness of God and come into the image of Jesus Christ, which is what I call "Sonship."



As God knows my heart, it is not a selfish desire. The reason I want to be like… Continue

In the last chapter of John, just before His ascension, Jesus spoke these words to Peter: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldst not."



In our youth and immaturity (spiritually) the Lord permits many things in us that He later strips from us as we become more mature in the Spirit. One… Continue