by Elaine Olsen | Oct 8, 2008 | christian perfection, grace, out of the mouths of babes, Raising Faith
“Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 6, 2008 | christian perfection, living God's truth
“He said to another man, ‘Follow me.’ But the man replied ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’ Still another man said, ‘I will follow you, Lord; but first let me...
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 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 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...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 11, 2008 | christian perfection, desert dwelling, living God's truth, theology
“All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on the earth. People who say such things show that they...
