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Posted on: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Spontaneous Love
Love suffers long and is kind . . . —1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is not premeditated—it is spontaneous; that is, it bursts forth in extraordinary ways. There is nothing of precise certainty in Paul’s description of love. … |
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Posted on: Monday, April 28, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Gracious Uncertainty
. . . it has not yet been revealed what we shall be . . . —1 John 3:2 Our natural inclination is to be so precise—trying always to forecast accurately what will happen next—that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. We … |
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Posted on: Sunday, April 27, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: What You Will Get
I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go —Jeremiah 45:5 This is the firm and immovable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him— “I will give your life to you . . . … |
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Posted on: Friday, April 25, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Supreme Climb
Take now your son . . . and offer him . . . as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you —Genesis 22:2 A person’s character determines how he interprets God’s will (see Psalm 18:25-26). Abraham interpreted God’s command to mean that he had to kill his son, and … |
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Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: “Ready in Season”
Be ready in season and out of season —2 Timothy 4:2 Many of us suffer from the unbalanced tendency to “be ready” only “out of season.” The season does not refer to time; it refers to … |
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Posted on: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success
Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you . . . —Luke 10:20 Worldliness is not the trap that most endangers us as Christian workers; nor is it sin. The trap we fall into is extravagantly desiring spiritual … |
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Posted on: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Do You Worship The Work?
We are God’s fellow workers . . . —1 Corinthians 3:9 Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. … |
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Posted on: Monday, April 21, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Light That Never Fails
We all, with unveiled face, beholding . . . the glory of the Lord . . . —2 Corinthians 3:18 A servant of God must stand so very much alone that he never realizes he is alone. In the early stages of the Christian life, … |
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Posted on: Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Don’t Hurt the Lord
Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? —John 14:9 Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us-astounded at how “un-simple” we are. It is our own opinions that make us dense and slow to … |
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Posted on: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: All or Nothing?
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment . . . and plunged into the sea —John 21:7
Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. … |
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Posted on: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Can You Come Down From the Mountain?
While you have the light, believe in the light . . . —John 12:36
We all have moments when we feel better than ever before, and we say, “I feel fit for anything; if only I could always be … |
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Posted on: Monday, April 14, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Failure To Pay Close Attention
The high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days —2 Chronicles 15:17
Asa was not completely obedient in the outward, visible areas of his life. He was obedient in what he considered the most important areas, but … |
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Posted on: Sunday, April 13, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Inner Invincibility
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me . . . —Matthew 11:29
Whom the Lord loves He chastens . . .” (Hebrews 12:6). How petty our complaining is! Our Lord begins to bring us to the point … |
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Posted on: Friday, April 11, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Complete and Effective Dominion
Death no longer has dominion over Him. . . . the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God . . . —Romans 6:9-11
Co-Eternal Life. Eternal life is the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human level. And it is this same life, not simply a copy of… |
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Posted on: Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: What To Do When Your Burden Is Overwhelming
Cast your burden on the Lord . . . —Psalm 55:22
We must recognize the difference between burdens that are right for us to bear and burdens that are wrong. We should never bear the burdens … |
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Posted on: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Complete and Effective Divinity
If we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection . . . —Romans 6:5
Co-Resurrection. The proof that I have experienced crucifixion with Jesus is that I have a definite likeness to Him. The Spirit of Jesus entering me rearranges… |
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Posted on: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Complete and Effective Decision About Sin
. . . our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin —Romans 6:6
Co-Crucifixion. Have you made the following decision about sin—that it must be completely killed in you? It takes a long time to come to the point… |
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Posted on: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Have You Seen Jesus?
After that, He appeared in another form to two of them . . . —Mark 16:12
Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many people who have never seen Jesus have received and share in God’s grace. But … |
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Posted on: Monday, April 07, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: His Resurrection Destiny
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory? —Luke 24:26
Our Lord’s Cross is the gateway into His life. His resurrection means that He has the power to convey His life to me. When I … |
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Posted on: Friday, April 04, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: His Agony and Our Access
Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples . . . . ’Stay here and watch with Me’ —Matthew 26:36, 38
We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony … |
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Posted on: Saturday, April 05, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Collision of God and Sin
. . . who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree . . . —1 Peter 2:24
The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin. Never associate the idea of martyrdom with the Cross of Christ. It … |
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Posted on: Sunday, April 06, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Why We Lack Understanding
He commanded them that they should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead —Mark 9:9
As the disciples were commanded, you should also say nothing until the Son of Man has risen in you— until the life of the risen … |
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Posted on: Thursday, April 03, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Way to Permanent Faith
Indeed the hour is coming . . . that you will be scattered . . . —John 16:32
Jesus was not rebuking the disciples in this passage. Their faith was real, but it was disordered and unfocused, and was not at work in … |
