Author Archives: thoughtsmjdisler

SIMPLE GIFTS

Posted on June 28, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

Christ’s thinking and teaching … dwelt when He pleased in the loftiest region of truths. … Words fell from Him the infinite depth of whose thought we have not fathomed yet. And yet, dwelling in this inner light and breathing … Continue reading →

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SUPREME BLESSEDNESS

Posted on June 18, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

There is no inner life that is not also an outer life There is an outer way and an inner way and both are one. He who asks, with the ground swell of his whole inner being, for the things … Continue reading →

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The GIFT

Posted on June 7, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

“Fear not, little flock, it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:32) Fear is the great enemy of man. But fear is a mental attitude and as such can be converted into something else. Fear … Continue reading →

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DIVINE NATURE

Posted on May 30, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

Spiritual character building is from within outward. Spiritual character lives in man; it is what God has engraved on man’s soul, ready for development through man’s spiritual efforts. Man builds spiritual character by consciously functioning in God-Mind, where, laying hold … Continue reading →

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SANCTUARY

Posted on May 20, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

If men always maintained a sanctuary of the spirit in the inner life, it would not be necessary to seek “the silence” self-consciously. It is inner silence as a habit that is desirable. The ideal is to penetrate beyond mere … Continue reading →

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MOTHERS DAY, 2019

Posted on May 12, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

Proverbs 31:10-31 The Bible in Modern English; Section the Fourth Translated by Ferrar Fenton Fourth Edition, 1906 The Good Wife (Translator’s Note – Every couplet of the following exquisitely beautiful poem begins in the original with a letter of the … Continue reading →

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ETERNAL SPRINGS

Posted on April 28, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

We have seen life gathered up into one central grand meaning–that meaning is Christ. We feel that He represents Life and only as lesser life gets into contact with Him does it live. We offer Him to the inwardly disrupted … Continue reading →

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EASTER

Posted on April 21, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

Eternity is not too vast for a soul to grow in, if the soul wills to grow. “If a man die, shall he live again?” Our heart as well as our head seeks an answer. Knowing that such a hope … Continue reading →

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NEW BIRTH

Posted on April 12, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

To become actively responsive to the divine life, we must be strong in our hope, firm in faith, that we may be helped into a spiritual state, in which we are habitually in the affirmative. It is the affirmative attitude … Continue reading →

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PRICELESS POSSESSION

Posted on March 30, 2019 by thoughtsmjdisler

There are many believers in the inward light as the direct witness of the Spirit, the true reason for worship. Every earnest Christian has some experience of inward piety akin to divine love. We all believe that “the pure in … Continue reading →

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