by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 20, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“(Concerning the man who has entered God’s Rest). He knows he is as weak and helpless as God has declared him to be, but paradoxically, he knows at the same time that he is in the sight of God of more importance than angels. In himself, nothing; in God, everything....
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 19, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The burden borne by mankind is a heavy and a crushing thing. The word Jesus used means a load carried or toil borne to the point of exhaustion. Rest is simply release from that burden. It is not something we do, it is what comes to us when we cease to do. His own...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 18, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“In the world of men we find nothing approaching the virtues of which Jesus spoke in the opening words of the famous Sermon on the Mount. Instead of poverty of spirit we find the rankest kind of pride; instead of mourners we find pleasure seekers; instead of meekness,...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 17, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The whole man must make the decision before the heart can know any real satisfaction. God wants us all, and He will not rest till He gets us all. No part of the man will do…Let us pray over this in detail, throwing ourselves at God’s feet and meaning everything we...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 16, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“In our desire after God let us keep always in mind that God also hath desire, and His desire is toward the sons of men, and more particularly toward those sons of men who will make the once-for-all decision to exalt Him over all. Such as these are precious to God...
