Everyday Connection

I started out very early in my walk with God by reading a lot of books by many of the "deeper life" Christian teachers.  After reading the accounts of these men I developed a desire for knowing God that was far beyond the level of anyone I saw around me.  It was during this time a good friend and mentor prescribed to me the following prayer; He said to me, Rich, if you really want ALL that God has for you in this life then just pray this prayer. "Lord, bring me to the end of myself and give me a revelation of who I am IN Christ!"  That was in 1983.  And as I prayed that prayer for the next 3 years God was more than faithful to take me up on my request. I stopped praying the prayer after three years, only because the trials became so intense I saw no possible way that I could continue. After many years of waiting on God and because I saw the trials as coming from the hand of a punishing God and not a loving Father, I became completely disillusioned with anything having to do with God.  So in 1997 I walked awa