Monday, June 30, 2014

New! The Strictest Discipline

 

 

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Posted on: Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Strictest Discipline

 

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell —Matthew 5:30

Jesus did not say that everyone must cut off his right hand, but that “if your right hand causes you to sin” in your walk …


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New! Do It Now!

 

 

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Posted on: Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Do It Now!

 

Agree with your adversary quickly . . . —Matthew 5:25

In this verse, Jesus Christ laid down a very important principle by saying, “Do what you know you must do— now. Do it quickly. If …


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New! Held by the Grip of God

 

 

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Posted on: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Held by the Grip of God

 

I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me —Philippians 3:12

Never choose to be a worker for God, but once God has placed His call on you, woe be to you if you “turn aside …


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Friday, June 27, 2014

New! The Overshadowing of God's Personal Deliverance

 

 

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Posted on: Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Overshadowing of God’s Personal Deliverance

 

. . . I am with you to deliver you,’ says the Lord —Jeremiah 1:8

God promised Jeremiah that He would deliver him personally— “. . . your life shall be as a prize to you . . .” (Jeremiah …


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Thursday, June 26, 2014

New! Drawing on the Grace of God- Now

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Drawing on the Grace of God— Now

 

We . . . plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain —2 Corinthians 6:1

The grace you had yesterday will not be sufficient for today. Grace is the overflowing favor of God, and you can always count on it …


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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

New! Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

 

. . . what shall I say? ’Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ’Father, glorify Your name’ —John 12:27-28

As a saint of God, my attitude toward sorrow and difficulty should not be to ask that they be prevented, but to ask that God …


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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

New! Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin

 

 

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Posted on: Monday, June 23, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin

 

This is your hour, and the power of darkness —Luke 22:53

Not being reconciled to the fact of sin— not recognizing it and refusing to deal with it— produces all the disasters in life. You may …


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Monday, June 23, 2014

New! The Ministry of the Inner Life

 

 

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Posted on: Friday, June 20, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Ministry of the Inner Life

 

You are . . . a royal priesthood . . . —1 Peter 2:9

By what right have we become “a royal priesthood”? It is by the right of the atonement by the Cross of Christ that this has …


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New! The Unchanging Law of Judgment

 

 

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Posted on: Saturday, June 21, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Unchanging Law of Judgment

 

With what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you —Matthew 7:2

This statement is not some haphazard theory, but it is an eternal law of God. Whatever judgment you give will be the very way you …


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New! "Acquainted With Grief"

 

 

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Posted on: Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:00 PM
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He is . . . a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief —Isaiah 53:3

We are not “acquainted with grief” in the same way our Lord was acquainted with it. We endure it and live through it, but we …


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Friday, June 20, 2014

New! Have You Come to "When" Yet?

 

 

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Posted on: Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Have You Come to “When” Yet?

 

The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends —Job 42:10

A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a determined effort and selfish desire to be right with God are never found in the …


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Thursday, June 19, 2014

New! My Utmost for His Highest

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: My Utmost for His Highest

 

. . . do you love Me? . . . Tend My sheep —John 21:16

Jesus did not say to make converts to your way of thinking, but He said to look after His sheep, to see that they get …


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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

New! Keep Recognizing Jesus

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Keep Recognizing Jesus

 

. . . Peter . . . walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid . . . —Matthew 14:29-30

The wind really was boisterous and the waves really were high, but Peter didn’t see them at first. He didn’t consider them at all; he …


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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

New! Beware of Criticizing Others

 

 

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Posted on: Monday, June 16, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Beware of Criticizing Others

 

Judge not, that you be not judged —Matthew 7:1

Jesus’ instructions with regard to judging others is very simply put; He says, “Don’t.” The average Christian is the most piercingly critical individual known. Criticism …


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Monday, June 16, 2014

New! Get Moving! (2)

 

 

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Posted on: Saturday, June 14, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Get Moving! (2)

 

Also . . . add to your faith . . . —2 Peter 1:5

In the matter of drudgery. Peter said in this passage that we have become “partakers of the divine nature” and that we should now be “giving…


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New! "Will You Lay Down Your Life?"

 

 

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Posted on: Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: “Will You Lay Down Your Life?”

 

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. . . . I have called you friends . . . —John 15:13, 15

Jesus does not ask me to die for Him, but to lay down my life for Him. Peter said to the Lord, “I will lay …


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New! Get Moving! (1)

 

 

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Posted on: Friday, June 13, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Get Moving! (1)

 

Abide in Me . . . —John 15:4

In the matter of determination. The Spirit of Jesus is put into me by way of the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I then have…


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Friday, June 13, 2014

New! Getting There (3)

 

 

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Posted on: Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Getting There (3)

 

. . . come, follow Me —Luke 18:22

Where our individual desire dies and sanctified surrender lives. One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of our own individual temperament.…


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Thursday, June 12, 2014

New! Getting There (2)

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Getting There (2)

 

They said to Him, ’Rabbi . . . where are You staying?’ He said to them, ’Come and see’ —John 1:38-39

Where our self-interest sleeps and the real interest is awakened. “They . . . remained with Him that day . . . .” That is about…


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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

New! Getting There (1)

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:00 PM
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Come to Me . . . —Matthew 11:28

Where sin and sorrow stops, and the song of the saint starts. Do I really want to get there? I can right now. The questions that…


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Monday, June 2, 2014

New! Put God First

 

 

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Posted on: Friday, May 30, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Put God First

 

Jesus did not commit Himself to them . . .for He knew what was in man —John 2:24-25

Put Trust in God First. Our Lord never put His trust in any person. Yet He was never suspicious, never bitter, and never lost hope for…


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New! The Staggering Question

 

 

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Posted on: Saturday, May 31, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: The Staggering Question

 

He said to me, ’Son of man, can these bones live?’ —Ezekiel 37:3

Can a sinner be turned into a saint? Can a twisted life be made right? There is only one appropriate answer— “O Lord God, You …


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New! Are You Obsessed by Something?

 

 

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Posted on: Sunday, June 01, 2014 10:00 PM
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Subject: Are You Obsessed by Something?

 

Who is the man that fears the Lord? —Psalm 25:12

Are you obsessed by something? You will probably say, “No, by nothing,” but all of us are obsessed by something— usually by ourselves, or, if …


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