There’s the old joke, “I prayed to be humble, and God answered my prayer.” People have told me that they were praying for brokenness and humility. My thought when I hear this request: “Don’t pray for brokenness and humility. Ask God for your next step of faith, and by stepping forward, you will find brokenness
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I read Watchman Nee’s book The Release of the Spirit 45 years ago. While reviewing it this time, I caught myself thinking. . . Wow, what great teaching! Why didn’t I really listen to this teaching back then and live it out through the years? I’m such an idiot! The book teaches brokenness and starts
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Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24, ESV). I read a book in the 1970s that I have never forgotten. It was titled The Calvary Road by Roy Hession. The opening paragraph rearranged my understanding of the gospel … Revival is