thought for today

The ultimate goal of Christian experience

“To know God and to find one’s full satisfaction in that knowledge is the ultimate goal of Christian experience. The Lord’s greatest delight comes when His people discover the ultimate value lies in the knowledge of God. Nothing in the material world can complete with the delights that are present in His Person.” Max Anders

The absolute oneness of God

“I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.” Mahatma Gandhi

The best way of knowing God

“I cannot help thinking that the best way of knowing God is to love many things. Love this friend, this person, this thing, whatever you like, and you will be on the right road to understanding Him better.” Vincent Van Gogh

The essential feature and necessity of life

“The essential feature, and necessity of life is to know reality, which means knowing God.” Malcolm Muggeridge

The heart that knows God…

“The heart that knows God can find God anywhere.” Aiden Wilson Tozer

Divine Therapy

“As the years go by, I find myself experiencing God’s extraordinary concern, consideration, healing, and what I call in my books, the divine therapy.” Thomas Keating

Thinking of God instead of experiencing God

“We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that we- that I- exist. No matter how much he thinks of God or goes to church, or how much he believes in religious ideas , if he, the whole man, is deaf toContinue reading “Thinking of God instead of experiencing God”

Experiencing God’s love

It’s not about finding ways to avoid God’s judgment and feeling like a failure if you don’t do everything perfectly. It’s about fully experiencing God’s love and letting it perfect you. It’s not about being somebody you are not. It’s about becoming who you really are. Stormie Omartian

Experience and enjoy the wonder of God

“The more you rely on intellectual and philosophical concepts of God, the more difficult it becomes to simply experience and enjoy the wonder of God.” ― Mac MacKenzie