Yesterday I shared a quote by Major Ian Thomas. I was
impressed with what I read about him and what he acom-
plished in his lifetime--and how it has been passed down
to the next generation. Here is part of his testimony:
"By the age of 19, every moment of my day was packed
tight with doing things. Thus by the age of 19, I had been
reduced to a state of complete spiritual exhaustion, until
I felt that there was no going on..."
"In my despair I discovered that the Lord Jesus Christ
gave Himself FOR me, so that risen from the dead, He
might give Himself TO me, He who IS the Christian life.
I learned to say, 'Lord Jesus, I can't, You never said I
could, but You can, and always you said you would.
That is all I know.' From that moment life became the
adventure that God always intended it to be."
You can read his whole testimony by clicking into the
website and then scrolling down to "Learn more about
Major W Ian Thomas." Today I looked more deeply into
the website and visited some of the 25 camps. It seems
that Major combined the Christian life with adventures
outside and he had a great love for young people.
https://torchbearers.org/who-we-are/history/
He and his wife gathered Christian men and women at
the end of the WW 2 and shared the truth that Christ is
Life. That He, the resurrected Lord lives within and that
He desires to be our power. It had an amazing impact on
the young people who named the experience as becoming
"Torchbearers" of His light. It is interesting to me that all
four of his son's and their wives joined the ministry which
continues to this day. Thomas died in 2007 at 92 but his
wife is still alive.
Reader, it was in 2005 that I came across the truth that
there is another way to live the Christian life that is not
connected to "oughts." I had plenty of intellectual know-
ledge but it seemed disconnected from my heart and I
was desperately dry. In the process I came across the
books of men like, T Austen-Sparks, Andrew Murray,
Watchman Nee, Oswald Chambers and others who under-
stood that we--
"have been crucified with Christ. (past tense.)
And now it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in
me..."
Are you terribly dry and tired of trying to be a Christian?
impressed with what I read about him and what he acom-
plished in his lifetime--and how it has been passed down
to the next generation. Here is part of his testimony:
"By the age of 19, every moment of my day was packed
tight with doing things. Thus by the age of 19, I had been
reduced to a state of complete spiritual exhaustion, until
I felt that there was no going on..."
"In my despair I discovered that the Lord Jesus Christ
gave Himself FOR me, so that risen from the dead, He
might give Himself TO me, He who IS the Christian life.
I learned to say, 'Lord Jesus, I can't, You never said I
could, but You can, and always you said you would.
That is all I know.' From that moment life became the
adventure that God always intended it to be."
You can read his whole testimony by clicking into the
website and then scrolling down to "Learn more about
Major W Ian Thomas." Today I looked more deeply into
the website and visited some of the 25 camps. It seems
that Major combined the Christian life with adventures
outside and he had a great love for young people.
https://torchbearers.org/who-we-are/history/
He and his wife gathered Christian men and women at
the end of the WW 2 and shared the truth that Christ is
Life. That He, the resurrected Lord lives within and that
He desires to be our power. It had an amazing impact on
the young people who named the experience as becoming
"Torchbearers" of His light. It is interesting to me that all
four of his son's and their wives joined the ministry which
continues to this day. Thomas died in 2007 at 92 but his
wife is still alive.
Reader, it was in 2005 that I came across the truth that
there is another way to live the Christian life that is not
connected to "oughts." I had plenty of intellectual know-
ledge but it seemed disconnected from my heart and I
was desperately dry. In the process I came across the
books of men like, T Austen-Sparks, Andrew Murray,
Watchman Nee, Oswald Chambers and others who under-
stood that we--
"have been crucified with Christ. (past tense.)
And now it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in
me..."
Are you terribly dry and tired of trying to be a Christian?
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