Spending way over my teaching budget limited me in my shopping today at Staples. I frugally chose things I knew would be needed for my classroom. I grabbed some circle magnets, a clipboard, and a box of labels. Mom said we had a clipboard at home that I could use as I met her at the counter. “Sorry, I don’t need this anymore” I politely said to the young cashier as I handed the clipboard to him. Receiving it with an annoyed face he responded, “Do you know who has …

From Will:
Another short essay from Tozer.
The Fruit of Loving Obedience
Obedience is both the evidence and the definition of our love for Christ and the condition for receiving the Holy Spirit. We demonstrate our love not simply in an intellectual comprehension of Christ’s teachings but by applying them to our lives.
A young married man once called one me expressing a desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Prompted by the Spirit, I said, “Go and do the next thing God tells you to do!” He left my study hurt that …

From Will:
From the book “Tozer on the Holy Spirit”.
“We are becoming what we love. We are to a large degree the sum of our loves and we will of moral necessity grow into the image of what we love most; for love is among other things a creative affinity; it changes, molds, shapes, and transforms. It is without doubt the most powerful agent affecting human nature next to the direct action of the Holy Spirit of God within the soul.

From Will:
From the book “Alone with God” by Michael Warden.
It is possible to lose the Promised Land once it is gained, but in only one way – through idolatry. Idolatry is worshipping anything other than God. Such idols take many seductive forms – family, career, entertainment, comfort, money, pleasure, education, and even religion. Pride itself is a very common form of idolatry – the worship of self.

Another email from Will:
Short story #2 entitled, “Distracted By Serving”.
“Not long ago, I spent 2 weeks teaching at a Christian college overseas. While traveling, I wrote out a prayer list that I determined to use every day. I was greatly enriched by keeping this commitment to pray, and I returned home confident that I would continue the practice. I didn’t! Soon I was so busy with church, family, and work that I prayed only in bits and snatches. I had lapsed into one of the most common snares of …