Keep on Digging

Keep on Digging

My child, even though you feel like a worker who has been digging the same hole for days and feels like he is not getting anywhere, keep on going. If you are working on something that is going to reap a great harvest, it takes diligence and it takes perseverance.
For indeed, underneath all the dust and the dirt you have been moving away, is a great underground stream full of water and full of life. So do not give up, but keep on digging. Keep on walking forward and do not grow weary of doing good, says the Lord. For what is to come is greater than what you pushed through with. What is at the end of this season, is a watershed and a fulfillment of a promise I have given you long ago, says the Lord.
So, rejoice and keep on digging, for this is of me and this is what I want you to do even now, says the Lord.

In This Manner, Pray

In This Manner, Pray

“In this manner, therefore, pray…Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” MATTHEW 6:9,10 When we pray “in this manner” we are transported and elevated beyond flesh-and-blood, beyond the natural, beyond the earthly, beyond the seen-and-felt universe in which we live. We are at once brought into alignment with Someone larger than ourselves, Someone higher, Someone greater. This Someone has an agenda, and is working all things together in one accord towards this agenda. What is the agenda? It is the Will and the Kingdom. So what is the Will and the Kingdom? The Will is “all things in Christ” and the Kingdom is the fulfillment of that Will, when Christ has the preeminence. All of God’s movements are towards this End. Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/the-irresistible-kingdom Like this? Share your comments: http://www.chipbrogden.com/july7 I am your brother,

Chip Brogden

Keep Your Eyes on the Target

Keep Your Eyes on the Target

Keep your eyes gazed up ahead, and do not take your eyes off the mark. When an archer shoots an arrow, he focuses in on the target and with every bone in his body, he manipulates it to make sure that he shoots with precision. My child, it is the same with you. When you pursue me and when you go after the dreams that I have put in your heart, it is so important to keep your focus.
When you keep your eyes gazed on Me, and what I am doing, you will know which way to go, you will know what steps to take next. That is because you know where you are going and you are not easily deterred. So, when you find yourself at a stand still and not sure what move to make, simply stop and put your eyes on Me, put your eyes on the dreams and goals that I have put in your heart. When you do, it will be clear what you should be putting your hands to.
So, look up to me, child and follow the plans that I have put into action. Keep stepping forward and rising up to each challenge. Keep your eyes on the goal, and indeed, your arrow will hit the mark.

Ascending Prayer

Ascending Prayer

“Pray then like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.’” – MATTHEW 6:9 ESV At once we are lifted up from the earthly situation and are made to focus upon a heavenly Father, a heavenly Kingdom, and a heavenly Will. I believe it is so important for us to see this. Prayer does not begin on the earth, it begins in the heavens. It does not begin with man, it begins with the Father. It does not begin with man’s need, but with God’s will. Our praying is ineffectual because we pray as earthly men with an earthly perspective concerning earthly things. See how far and above this manner of praying is when compared to the hypocrite, praying in public to be seen of men! Prayer ought to bring us up into the heavenlies, not bring us down deeper into the earth. It ought to focus our vision on the Father, not on man, or the problems of man. Spiritual prayer begins in the Spirit; heavenly prayer begins in the heavenlies. Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/the-irresistible-kingdom Like this? Share your comments: http://www.chipbrogden.com/july2 I am your brother,

Chip Brogden

Praying Through to Victory

Praying Through to Victory

“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” – MATTHEW 26:41 The purpose of prayer is to get aligned with the Mind, Will, Heart, Desire, Purpose, and Aim of God Himself. It is a fight and a struggle just to get to Gethsemane. It is a battle to get your siblings to stay awake with you for even one hour; and it is an all-out war to “pray thrice” or ten times or twenty times or one hundred times, as the case may be, until you have gotten the victory over yourself, and come away soaked with the blood, sweat, and tears of that early morning wrestling. But once the outcome is decided in God’s favor, what awesome power and Life one receives, to drink that Cup that looked so impossible before, and to go forth bearing the Cross in the strength and power of God Himself, to do whatever He requires! Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/the-irresistible-kingdom Like this? Share your comments: http://www.chipbrogden.com/july3 I am your brother,

Chip Brogden

The Ultimate Purpose

The Ultimate Purpose

“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.” COLOSSIANS 1:13 This Ultimate Purpose can be summed up into a single thought, a central idea, that you find weaving its way throughout the Bible and throughout human history. It is the theme of Jesus, the preaching of the apostles, and the understanding with which those first believers became followers of Christ. And this understanding of God’s Ultimate Purpose and Intention finds expression in something that the Bible refers to as The Kingdom of God. At the center of this Kingdom of God is a Person. Everything that God has done, is doing, and will do is centered around this Person. The Bible says that all things come from Him, through Him, and unto Him. This Person is the Lord Jesus Christ. It is God’s Will that the King and His Kingdom fill all things with His Light, His Love, and His Life; and so this Kingdom is constantly growing, expanding, and increasing. Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/the-irresistible-kingdom Like this? Share your comments: http://www.chipbrogden.com/july4 I am your brother,

Chip Brogden

His Government

His Government

“Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.” ISAIAH 9:7 He MUST increase. Isaiah tells us that there will be no end of the increase of His government and peace. In the beginning was the Word, and we can see how God has worked steadily from the beginning to increase Christ. From types and shadows in the Old Testament we see Christ coming into view. Then the Word is made flesh and dwells among us, and Christ is increased yet again. Next He comes to dwell within us, and this is a major increase. Finally, He begins to conform us to His own image through His indwelling Life. If we are growing up into Him then He is increasing daily. Eventually every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Beyond this, we are told that God will continue to reveal His Son in the ages to come, bringing us into depths and dimensions of Christ that we cannot fathom. Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/the-irresistible-kingdom Like this? Share your comments: http://www.chipbrogden.com/july1 I am your brother,

Chip Brogden