God lives and works today.
He has the power to change lives and
nations.
But perhaps you're wondering, if that's really true,
why can't I see Him at work in
the world today?
Why doesn't He help me out of all
my problems and difficulties?
I pray but I never seem to get
an answer.
The following program by Basilea Schlink will tell
us how we can actually experience His help.
Why am I so often depressed and laden
with cares?
Why is it so often that my prayers
seem to rise no further than the ceiling
and the atmosphere lies heavily like a thick
blanket?
I found from my own experience that it
was because I was lacking divine life.
We become so taken up with the difficulties,
worries, and discord we have encountered in life
at home and at work that the divine
life, the life that comes from God, has
no room in us.
But when Jesus has become our true life
and we have been plugged into the life
current of God, then this life is more
powerful than anything else.
How can I obtain this life from God?
The answer is simple.
According to how much we let go of
and give away that which makes up our
human life, to that extent we receive divine
life.
For example, if a Christian doesn't give up
his rights in this or that matter or
sever a wrong relationship to a person, then
the divine stream of life is already barred
to him.
When Jesus declares to us, whoever loses his
life, then he's referring to all that makes
up our life, everything that captivates our thoughts,
that stimulates us spiritually, mentally, or emotionally, everything
that distracts us from prayer, everything we fear
we might lose one day.
Whoever does not renounce all that he has,
here Jesus' challenge is meant to be taken
literally.
Nothing should captivate him who desires to be
captivated by Jesus alone.
Yes, blessed is he who responds to this
call of Jesus.
He will discover that his empty hands will
be filled to overflowing.
To this I can testify from my own
life when I dare to make this leap.
With what longing Jesus waits for people upon
whom he can bestow his divine life.
Right now Jesus is standing before us and
he says, pray for this divine life.
You shall receive it if you give away
all that has filled your hands previously.
How rich, how deeply satisfying this divine life
can make you, the life that comes from
Jesus.
If you believe in him, then as the
Bible says, streams of living water shall flow
forth from you into your family and to
the place where you work.
So lose, forsake your life and that which
constitutes it and makes it worthwhile.
Break off wrong attachments to people, work, possessions,
and things.
And you shall receive the present of divine
life.
You shall win the abundance and the wealth
of a fulfilled life, trusting in God and
working in his strength.
Let my whole life be self-offering.
This precious grace grant me, O Lord.
For through death comes life eternal.
So sacrifice rich reward.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of
Canaan.
To learn more about how God lives and
works today, visit us at our website www
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God bless you.