by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 30, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“What God in His sovereignty may yet do on a world-scale I do not claim to know: but what He will do for the plain man or woman who seeks His face I believe I do know and can tell others. Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 29, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The idea of cultivation and exercise, so dear to the saints of old, has now no place in our total religious picture. It is too slow, too common. We now demand glamour and fast flowing dramatic action. A generation of Christians reared among push buttons and automatic...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 28, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“(Spiritual) Receptivity is not a single thing; it is a compound rather, a blending of several elements within the soul. It is an affinity for, a bent toward, a sympathetic response to, a desire to have. From this it may be gathered that it can be present in degrees,...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 27, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The approach of God to the soul or of the soul to God is not to be thought of in spatial terms at all. There is no idea of physical distance involved in the concept. It is not a matter of miles but of experience.”
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 26, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“It will be a great moment for some of us when we begin to believe that God’s promise of self-revelation is literally true: that He promised much, but promised no more than He intends to fulfill. Our pursuit of God is successful just because He is forever seeking to...