Quotes from Bob Sorge

. . .by lifting our hands we symbolically receive everything God is doing in our lives.

The wisest thing you'll ever do in this life is to draw close to God and to seek Him with all your heart.

The nature of the enemy's warfare in your life is to cause you to become discouraged and to cast away your confidence. Not that you would necessarily discard your salvation, but you could give up your hope of God's deliverance. The enemy wants to numb you into a coping kind of Christianity that has given up hope of seeing God's resurrection power.

Those who walk in radical obedience have made themselves ready for the storm, and they will overcome.

Nothing is more dangerous to the kingdom of darkness than a man or woman who has found the unceasing wellspring of heaven's life.

He is everything, and as we are joined to Him the poverty of our personal identity is lost in the fullness of His eternal greatness.

So the power of prayer is found, not in convincing God of my agenda, but in waiting upon Him to hear His agenda.

The release of power accelerated and released forces that were both positive and negative. When we understand the accelerating power of miracles, we understand why Jesus so often told those He healed to tell no one about it. Because when they broadcasted His miracles, it fueled the envy of His enemies. When their envy reached its fullness, His enemies crucified Him. By fueling their envy, every miracle took Jesus a step closer to His crucifixion

By lifting our hands, however, we are indicating to the Lord that we want to open up our hearts and lives to his Holy Spirit. But this is one of the most difficult things for us to do.

Don't come to Jesus and try to be intellectually stimulating to Him. There's nothing you could say that would cause Him to respond, "Wow, that's a neat insight!" You may as well abort all attempts to be cerebral with Jesus; He simply doesn't try to engage us at that level. Just come and love Him. He's looking for heartfelt sincerity, for visceral passion, for authentic relationship.

To be set on fire, you must get close to God. When you feel cold, distant, and "out of it" spiritually, it's time to retreat to the closet, place yourself before the fireplace of His word, and allow the intensity of His face to restore your fervency.

I take, O cross, thy shadow For my abiding place I ask no other sunshine than The sunshine of His face Content to let the world go by To know no gain nor loss My sinful self my only shame My glory all the cross. (Elizabeth C. Clephane, Public Domain)

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things (Philippians 4:8).

Sin is like a cancer; God's presence is like radiation on that cancer.

When there's wickedness in our hearts, God will wait until that wickedness surfaces. He is capable of applying as much heat as it takes to surface the garbage in our hearts, no matter how much we might try to mask our sinfulness with piety.

Finally, by lifting our hands we symbolically receive everything God is doing in our lives.

Humility says, "Lord, I am empty without Your fullness; I am broken without Your wholeness; I am helpless without Your strength; I am clueless without your wisdom. Apart from You I am nothing. I need You!

Holiness is proximity to the throne.

Learn how to collect manna for yourself. Christians who rely on a weekly sermon to feed themselves are probably malnourished.

Prayeressness is the first sign of prideful independence. We begin to trim back our secret time with God when we're feeling great about ourselves, energetic and optimistic about our future, and confident about the path we're taking. It's the first sign that we're getting full of ourselves.

For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

Feelings of guilt will never motivate anyone to spend more time with God; in actuality, they will discourage you and make you feel like a failure. Guilt has the potential to totally snuff out whatever small flame there presently might be.

The longing of your breast is to be a living flame, ignited with the exhilaration of beholding His beauty, worshiping Him with uninhibited abandon, and deployed into the world with self-controlled, calculated zeal that does not love its own life even unto death.

When we learn to dwell in the secret place of the Most High, we're positioned to discover the key to true kingdom fruitfulness. Reproductive power is unlocked in the shadow of the Almighty.