by Elaine Olsen | Sep 29, 2008 | christian perfection, living God's truth, peace, rest
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do; Forgetting what is behind and...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 22, 2008 | living God's truth, peace, rest
“‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 19, 2008 | christian perfection, living God's truth, Setting the Table for Communion
For a final time (at least as far as this series is concerned), please read our Scripture focus, Luke 24:13-36. May God bless the reading of his Word as only he can. “They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them,...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 17, 2008 | Setting the Table for Communion
“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 15, 2008 | christian perfection, living God's truth, Setting the Table for Communion, theology
“As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, ‘Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them.” (Luke 24:28-29). When was the last time...
