In his commentary on 1 Peter 1:13, A.W. Tozer wrote:
"If ever there was an hour when we needed to be serious about our Christian faith, this is the hour!"
"So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit--steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed." 1 Peter 1:13 AMP
"Ears Wide Open… Listening…"
Pastor Kerry Willis
When i was just a boy, my Granny Margery and Aunt Edith, taught me so much about Holy Spiritual things by the way they lived and spoke.
One day i was with them when they stopped to visit a new convert to Christ, Mrs. Fanny. She was in the garage when we arrived and when she saw my Granny coming towards her, Mrs. Fanny, had a sudden outburst of joy. She didn’t understand how or why it happened and was a little embrassed until Granny assured her with words like these: “That’s the witness of the Spirit that you’ve been born again.”
Granny knew the Holy Spirit intimately and Mrs. Fanny immediately received Granny’s good words and let the joy just overflow again.
A.W. Tozer said this about “The Witness of the Spirit”: “The Witness of the Spirit is a sacred inner thing which cannot be explained. It is altogether personal and cannot be passed from one to another. The Spirit whispers its mysterious Presence to the heart, and the heart knows without knowing how it knows.”
And the Apostle Paul wrote: “Now we have received… the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.” 1 Corinthians 2:12
“Ears Wide Open… Listening…”
Pastor Kerry Willis
In my quiet time saturating in the Holy Word, today, this imagery inspired my soul:
“Then Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, The One who is the stairway between heaven and earth.” John 1:51 NLT
Jesus, truly You are “THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN!”
“Ears Wide Open… Listening…”
Pastor Kerry Willis
“Only a spiritually ignorant person TRIES to be a Christian. You cannot be a Christian by TRYING. You must be BORN into the life before you can live it.” Oswald Chambers
“Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’” Jesus’ words in John 3:5-7 NLT
“Ears Wide Open… Listening…”
Pastor Kerry Willis
i awoke with this prayer on my mind and on my lips, this morning:
"Dearest Lord Jesus, the desire of my heart is that You would reveal Your Presence through my life wherever i am, to whomever i am with, for as long as i live. Amen."
"Ears Wide Open… Listening…"
Pastor Kerry Willis
As i walked with the Lord in the outdoor cathedral on this new morning, this new song just came into my mind, and i offered it to Him as my gift of worship:
Oh Lord, i love You, there’s no one above You. Oh Lord, i need You, to always be near me.
Oh Lord, i want You, let me become Your will. O Lord, embrace me, speak peace be still.
"Ears Wide Open… Listening…"
Pastor Kerry Willis
