Jesus Communicates His Heart (John Wimber)
Jesus Communicates His Heart “Jesus also talks to his disciples in a way that beautifully demonstrates the intimate relationship he had with them. This is a dynamic and profound passage, filled with love, tenderness, and pathos. Jesus has spent three years with these men, and he is now just hours from the end of this […]
The Pattern For Us To Follow (John Wimber)
The Pattern For Us To Follow “Jesusā intimacy with the Father set the pattern for us to follow. He demonstrated this intimacy in the way he talked to his Father in prayer. Jesus didnāt use formal, religious language when he prayed. He used dinner table talk of a close family. āAbbaā is an Aramaic word […]
Born Again (John Wimber)
Born Again “My intimacy with God has nothing to do with my performance; it has everything to do with his commitment to me. Jesus Christ offers you and me the relationship that he had with the Father before the world was formed (thatās part of what Jesus prayed in John 17:21-26, and Jesus gets his […]
The Basis For Intimate Prayer (John Wimber)
The Basis For Intimate Prayer “I donāt have intimate prayer with the Father based on my good attitudes or actions. I come on the basis of his righteousness. He justified, established, sanctified, called, saved and brought me into the same relationship that he had with the Father before the world was founded. He hears me […]
Nurturing Our Relationship With God (John Wimber)
Nurturing Our Relationship With God “Thereās an ebb and flow in all relationships. There are times when Iām much more intimate with the Father, and times when Iām much less intimate with him. There are times when I feel like he loves me, and there are other times when everything in me denies that. Relationship […]
An Intimate Understanding (John Wimber)
An Intimate Understanding “Intimacy must begin with an intimate understanding of who you are talking to. As a young Christian, I had the misconception of God the Father as someone rather austere and far off Ā in the heavens. I had the notion that one of the reasons that Jesus sat before the throne of God […]
Intimacy Begins With Personal Relationship (John Wimber)
Intimacy Begins With Personal Relationship “Intimacy begins with personal relationship. You canāt be emotionally intimate with someone you donāt know. The New Testament gives us a glimpse into the intimate relationship between the Father and the Son. Even after a full day of preaching, healing, casting out demons, dealing with hostile religious leaders, and hearing […]
Prayer Is Opening The Door (John Wimber)
Prayer Is Opening The Door “Along the way, the Lord began speaking to me concerning prayer. He taught me that intimacy with God isnāt measured by the length of time I spend on my knees each day. For me, intimate prayer is a continual conversation with God that lasts throughout the day. Intimate prayer is […]
The Father Is Glad To Hear From Us (John Wimber)
The Father Is Glad To Hear From Us “Being intimate with the Father, talking to him throughout the day, sharing my deepest feelings and thoughts with him ā thatās the kind of interchange God wants to have with me (and you) on a continual basis. Our heavenly Father is glad to hear from us, and […]
A Letter From Phil: Recent Events & The Ministry Of Reconciliation
“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting peopleās sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.ā |Ā 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 Friends, These are troubling times in which […]