Travelling by the countryside, we often enjoy the beautiful scenery of trees of diverse kind basking in their glory. We do enjoy this beauty too in our gardens. However, it is expedient to note that what we see and like is an outward manifestation of a process going on in the soil. What excite all is the fruit- the visible manifestation of growth. However, the way to bear fruits is to take roots downward. The roots must reach and go beyond the underlying rock. Christ remains our rock. We must keep digging deeper into Christ. Just as natural forces bring out fruits in a tree taking roots...

Manifestation...the man in the manifest carrying out the manifesto God does not want to stay perpetually in the heavens; he wants to be around here with us. However, God is Spirit so he came through Jesus. Jesus could not remain physically, so he allowed his Spirit to be multiplied in us that he might manifest himself through us in accordance to the plan he has for us as individuals from the foundations of the earth. Since Christ wants to flow through all, he allows a portion of his measure to be released through individuals. Christ had the measure in full but distributed it in parts to all...

God created us for intimacy. Another word for intimacy is fellowship. The root word is a dear one. That's the word applied in John chapter fifteen as abide, friends. So referring to someone as a darling is saying my intimate one. God has always been interested in fellowship- in intimacy. He made us in his image. That is we share some characteristics with God. One of the characteristic God has is communication. Between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit there was an intimate relationship, which involves a constant communication. In addition, God wanted that communication in the new...