"To be forged upon the anvil of God's purpose, to be at once His hammer, His tongs, and His molten iron; to hear words that rend the heart, see visions that pierce the chest; to be emptied like an urn, again and again and again until one desires only rest, only an end to the refilling — and to know one cannnot live without the refilling. To be given words that one dare not speak, and to feel those words churning and boiling in the belly until one must speak them aloud, or die. To be despised, soon or late, by everyone except Adonai — and to desire it so, while hating it. This is to be a prophet."
"[Paul defended himself before an angry Jewish mob by recounting his conversion to Christianity. He told them about being blinded when Jesus spoke to...."
"Dear Father, transcendent in knowledge and wisdom, Grant that I may know the love of Christ, a love which surpasses knowledge, that I may be filled....."
"There are times when all the promises and doctrines of the Bible are of no avail, unless a gracious hand shall apply them to us. We are thirsty, but....."
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