by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 8, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God, we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us, for it is written that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout all the earth. The sweet language of experience is ‘Thou God seest me.’ When the eyes of the soul...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 7, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God, we do not see ourselves—blessed riddance… While he looks at Christ the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 6, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Believing, then, is directing the heart’s attention to Jesus. It is lifting the mind to “behold the Lamb of God,” and never ceasing that beholding for the rest of our lives. At first this may be difficult, but it becomes easier as we look steadily at His wondrous...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 5, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Faith is all-important in the life of the soul. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith will get me anything, take me anywhere in the Kingdom of God, but without faith there can be no approach to God, no forgiveness, no deliverance, no salvation, no...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 4, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Whoever will listen will hear the speaking Heaven. This is definitely not the hour when men take kindly to an exhortation to listen, for listening is not today a part of popular religion. We are at the opposite end of the pole from there. Religion has accepted the...
