July 11, 2008

"Believers must take time and effort to hike into the forest of Gods Word and to harvest the logs of truth from that massive timberland. They must by reflection split the logs and stack them in the fireplace of their own heart while they pray for illumination from God to set those logs ablaze. The resulting fire will provide the light that directs their paths and the heat that fuels their passion for God. Unfortunately many people only accumulate a few sticks of kindling from their pastors Sunday sermons- not because he doesn't present some great truths from God's Word, but because they reflect little upon those truths, even during the message! Even when God does ignite those splinters of truth, their fire blazes only momentarily because there is so little truth for the Spirit to burn." - (Jim Berg-Change Into His Image, p. 93)

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