A friend of mine puts out some inspirational thoughts called Soul Food. They are really good. I thought I'd share them with you and encourage you to sign up at his website.
Soul Food: Down Home Morsels for the Hungry Soul
He who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.—1 Corinthians 6:17
We must realize that we start with facts and not with feelings. The fact is, because
Christ’s Spirit and my spirit are one spirit, I am already intimate with Christ and
Christ is already intimate with me. We must learn to respond properly to that
positional fact so that our practice mirrors our position. In light of the fact of our
position in Christ we don’t need to wake up this morning and say, “I’m going to
try to be intimate with Christ today,” but “I am already intimate with Christ today,
and by moment-by-moment acts of faith I’ll practice that reality. I’ll live and act
each moment like it is true.”—Chip Kirk
Fifteen pounds per inch of air pressure are now pressing on my body. I do not feel
that pressure nor do I have to work up the faith to believe that there are 15 pounds
per inch of air pressure so that I can breathe. I could try to hold my breath until I
felt that pressure, but that would be both ridiculous and futile. So, I simply breathe.
Moment-by-moment I practice the presence of air as a matter of fact, and I breathe
and, subsequently, experience life.—Chip Kirk
Soul Food is a side dish of www.chipkirk.com
He who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.—1 Corinthians 6:17
We must realize that we start with facts and not with feelings. The fact is, because
Christ’s Spirit and my spirit are one spirit, I am already intimate with Christ and
Christ is already intimate with me. We must learn to respond properly to that
positional fact so that our practice mirrors our position. In light of the fact of our
position in Christ we don’t need to wake up this morning and say, “I’m going to
try to be intimate with Christ today,” but “I am already intimate with Christ today,
and by moment-by-moment acts of faith I’ll practice that reality. I’ll live and act
each moment like it is true.”—Chip Kirk
Fifteen pounds per inch of air pressure are now pressing on my body. I do not feel
that pressure nor do I have to work up the faith to believe that there are 15 pounds
per inch of air pressure so that I can breathe. I could try to hold my breath until I
felt that pressure, but that would be both ridiculous and futile. So, I simply breathe.
Moment-by-moment I practice the presence of air as a matter of fact, and I breathe
and, subsequently, experience life.—Chip Kirk
Soul Food is a side dish of www.chipkirk.com
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