From the bookshelf...
New from the March-April 1999 newsletter:
"The moving cloud was a very strange phenomenon which the children of Israel experienced on their way to the promised land. When they settled in one place, it was because the glory was there. In that place, they were blessed because of the glory; in that place, things went well-- because of the glory. When the cloud lifted, it would not have been unusual for them to want to stay in that place of blessing. But the blessing is not in a place; it’s in the cloud; it’s in God’s presence." (Ruth Heflin, Revival Glory)
"I want to declare, as did Moses: if God’s presence goes not with me, I just don’t want to go. I don’t want to go where He has not gone before me in the fullness of His glory, in that manifestation of His presence. He is causing the veil to be taken from our eyes, the blinders to fall away, the scales to drop. He is removing the hindrances and the limitations of our own minds and our own thinking, and is causing even the crust that has been upon our hearts through the cares of this life to be removed from us, that we might experience His glory in a new and greater way. He is revealing Himself unto us by the power of His Holy Spirit." (Ruth Heflin, Revival Glory)
"If you have been sidetracked by trying a particular method that has borne fruit for someone else, turn back to find the Lord’s presence." (Ruth Heflin, Revival Glory)
"Our spiritual power does not lie in money, genius, anointed plans, or dedicated work. Rather, power for spiritual conquest comes from the Holy Spirit as people seek God’s face in consecrated, diligent prayer and fasting." (Bill Bright, The Coming Revival - America’s Call to Fast, Pray, and Seek God’s Face)
"At least for many peoples. however, the present time is instead marked by a formidable challenge to undertake a ‘new evangelization,’ a proclamation of the Gospel which is always new and always the bearer of new things, an evangelization which must be new in its ardor, methods and expression." (Pope John Paul II, The Splendor of Truth, 106)
"An authentic Christian lifestyle is our most effective tool to crate in our children a distaste for all this world can offer them. May it be said of us, as of Jesus, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me’ (John 2:17). Parents impassioned about their relationship with Jesus Christ will infect their children with zeal for God and His Church." (Benny & Sheree Phillips, Raising Kids Who Hunger for God)
Also in this issue of the newsletter:
In His Word: Overcoming Fear (topical Bible study)
Overcoming the Fear of Man (main article)
