“Over the years I’ve learned a simple lesson: pay now or pay more later. It’s true in every area of life.”- John Eldredge As John Eldredge concludes the Summer section of Walking with God, he notes there’s a part of us that doesn’t want to be disturbed. Not even when that information will save us […]
“Look at the fruit — it will give you a good idea of the tree it came from.”- John Eldredge “Be self-controlled and alert. Your Enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith . . .”- 1 Peter 5:8-9 (NIV) Today in […]
“We have the Scriptures given to us by God, and they are the bedrock for everything else.”- John Eldredge As John Eldredge continues the Summer section of Walking with God, he addresses the importance of the Bible in our walk with God. Mr. Eldredge underscores: “God speaks to us through the Bible. And what is […]
“God is not just after behavior modification (as in, stop it), but real and deep and lasting change.”- John Eldredge “How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down the […]
I find that to hear the voice of God, we must be in a posture of quiet surrender. Starting with small questions helps us do that.”- John Eldredge As John Eldredge continues the Summer section of Walking with God, he discusses step one in learning to listen to the voice of God. That step? Ask […]
“When the sheep follow the shepherd, they find pasture. They find life. Life doesn’t magically come to us. We have to make ourselves available to it.”- John Eldredge “He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. . . . He goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they […]
“We are made for intimacy with God. He wants intimacy with us. That intimacy requires communication. God speaks to His people.”- John Eldredge “Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD […]
“I assume that an intimate, conversational walk with God is available and is meant to be normal.”- John Eldredge In the Prelude (“Learning to Hear the Voice of God”) section of Walking with God, John Eldredge begins with a story about a family outing to cut down their Christmas tree. After praying and asking God […]
“Our deepest and most pressing need is to learn to walk with God. To hear his voice. To follow him intimately (emphasis author’s).”- John Eldredge John Eldredge originally wrote Walking with God: How to Hear His Voice in 2008. In 2016, he published an expanded edition. Mr. Eldredge deliberately chose to structure his book around […]
“One of the reasons we have a hard time believing that God’s grace is working for good in our lives is because of how we define the word good. We have our own ideas of how God should work for our good . . .”- Kyle Idleman Pastor Kyle Idleman concludes Chapter 10 of Grace […]
“What if what feels like the end of the story is actually just the middle? When God is the author of your story, you can trust that his grace will have the final word.”- Kyle Idleman “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have […]
“I have learned that the weaker we are, the more we need to lean on God, and the more we lean on God, the stronger we discover Him to be.”- Joni Eareckson Tada “We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure. This happened that we might not rely on ourselves, but on […]