Flame in the Woods Volume One

<p>Believers we live in dark times. Times of great depravity decadence cruelty violence mayhem idolatry and danger. Picture this world like a dark wood: it is an eerie foreboding scary and full of threats and pitfalls. It is a dark place of monsters and beasts. In this dark wood we are all in danger of getting lost in the eerie darkness. This world after all promises us all kinds of pleasures yet is nothing more than poison. Yet all these temptations seductions and gratifications only lead down a path of self-destruction. In the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel were lost in the woods and couldn't find their way home. Just so we are all 'lost' without Christ. Without Christ we are all doomed to be devoured by the devil who is every witch monster and beast rolled into one. The reality is without Christ there is no fairy tale ending. Hansel and Gretel were fortunate to escape with their lives but this is not the truth for those who reject the Lord. The flame that leads us out of the woods and into safety in Jesus no one else and nothing else. Jesus is the Light of the World. Light changes everything. Where light enters darkness must leave. Jesus did not say I show the light or I point to the light. He declared I am the light of the world. This was not poetry-it was a claim of divine identity divine authority and divine mission. In Him we find our way out of the woods and into eternal hope. The two volumes of Flame in the Woods are a collection of prophetic thoughts and ideas but also devotions leading us to Christ and the importance of abiding in His majesty.</p>