August 27th:
"The pathway to holiness begins with an act of total surrender of my will and total acceptance of the will of God."
"Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." (Romans 12:1)
Monday, August 27, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
God Sees & Attends
August 23rd:
"If God sees the doe in the throes of her agony and attends the delivery of her fawn in the forest, we may believe that an aching heart does not escape His notice."
"Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth? Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young? They bow down, they bring forth their young, they deliver their offspring." (Job 39:1-3)
"If God sees the doe in the throes of her agony and attends the delivery of her fawn in the forest, we may believe that an aching heart does not escape His notice."
"Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth? Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young? They bow down, they bring forth their young, they deliver their offspring." (Job 39:1-3)
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Concentrate on Knowing
August 22nd:
"Concentrate on knowing God--growing in grace. We have the promise that 'no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.' (Ps. 84:11)"
"Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? ...He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness." (Psalm 15:1, 2)
"Concentrate on knowing God--growing in grace. We have the promise that 'no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.' (Ps. 84:11)"
"Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? ...He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness." (Psalm 15:1, 2)
A Faithful Steward
August 21st:
"You have exactly what God has measured out as being sufficient time. There is always time to get done what He wants you to do. Pray that He will make you a faithful steward of the time He gives you."
"But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, 'You are my God.' My times are in Your hand." (Psalm 31:14, 15)
"You have exactly what God has measured out as being sufficient time. There is always time to get done what He wants you to do. Pray that He will make you a faithful steward of the time He gives you."
"But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, 'You are my God.' My times are in Your hand." (Psalm 31:14, 15)
Reluctant to Part
August 20th:
"The heart that is reluctant to receive joyfully all of God's good gifts is also reluctant to part with any of them."
"Freely you have received, freely give." (Matthew 10:8)
"The heart that is reluctant to receive joyfully all of God's good gifts is also reluctant to part with any of them."
"Freely you have received, freely give." (Matthew 10:8)
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Every Reason to be Confident
August 19th:
"As Christians, we have every reason to be confident in Him whose Word stands forever. He wants us to trust Him. Whatever else you doubt, don't ever doubt the goodness and love of God."
"Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in Heaven." (Psalm 119:89)
"As Christians, we have every reason to be confident in Him whose Word stands forever. He wants us to trust Him. Whatever else you doubt, don't ever doubt the goodness and love of God."
"Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in Heaven." (Psalm 119:89)
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Be Still My Soul
August 18th:
"Speak that word to me today, dear Lord: peace. Let your calm spirit--through the many potentially rough minutes of this day, in every task--say to my soul, Be still."
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." (Isaiah 26:3)
Pray & Seek
I got a few days behind. =)
August 16th:
"Don't ever imagine that anything is too small to pray about. If it concerns you, it concerns God."
"Pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
August 17th:
"The transformation of the mind produces a transformed vision of reality. What the world calls 'real' will lose its clarity. What it calls 'unreal' will gain clarity and power."
"If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above." (Colossians 3:1)
August 16th:
"Don't ever imagine that anything is too small to pray about. If it concerns you, it concerns God."
"Pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
August 17th:
"The transformation of the mind produces a transformed vision of reality. What the world calls 'real' will lose its clarity. What it calls 'unreal' will gain clarity and power."
"If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above." (Colossians 3:1)
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Not What My Hands Have Done
I heard/sang this song for the first time up at our church Family Camp and was really encouraged by it! I pray you are encouraged as well by the reality of the amazing truth and grace of the Gospel.
"Not What My Hands Have Done"
(click on link above to hear song)
Not what my hands have done can save my guilty soul
Not what my toiling flesh has borne can make my soul whole
Not what I feel or do can give me peace with God
Not all my prayers and sighs and tears can bear my awful load
Chorus
These guilty hands are raised, filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath Your wings
These holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of Your grace
And now I wear Your righteousness
Thy work alone oh Christ can ease this weight of sin
Thy blood alone, oh Lamb of God, can give me peace within
Thy Love to me, oh God, not mine oh Lord to Thee
Can rid me of this dark unrest and set my spirit free
Chorus
These guilty hands are raised, filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath Your wings
These holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of Your grace
And now I wear Your righteousness
Thy grace alone, oh God, to me can pardon speak
Thy power alone, oh Lamb of God, can this sore bondage break
No other work save Thine, no other blood will do
No strength but that which is divine can bear me safely through
Chorus
These guilty hands are raised, filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath Your wings
These holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of Your grace
And now I wear Your righteousness
I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might
He calls me His, I call Him mine, My God, my Joy, my Light
My Lord has saved my life and freely pardon gives;
I love because He first loved me, I live because He lives
"Not What My Hands Have Done"
(click on link above to hear song)
Not what my hands have done can save my guilty soul
Not what my toiling flesh has borne can make my soul whole
Not what I feel or do can give me peace with God
Not all my prayers and sighs and tears can bear my awful load
Chorus
These guilty hands are raised, filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath Your wings
These holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of Your grace
And now I wear Your righteousness
Thy work alone oh Christ can ease this weight of sin
Thy blood alone, oh Lamb of God, can give me peace within
Thy Love to me, oh God, not mine oh Lord to Thee
Can rid me of this dark unrest and set my spirit free
Chorus
These guilty hands are raised, filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath Your wings
These holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of Your grace
And now I wear Your righteousness
Thy grace alone, oh God, to me can pardon speak
Thy power alone, oh Lamb of God, can this sore bondage break
No other work save Thine, no other blood will do
No strength but that which is divine can bear me safely through
Chorus
These guilty hands are raised, filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath Your wings
These holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of Your grace
And now I wear Your righteousness
I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might
He calls me His, I call Him mine, My God, my Joy, my Light
My Lord has saved my life and freely pardon gives;
I love because He first loved me, I live because He lives
He Can Manage
August 15th:
"He manages perfectly, day and night, year in and year out, the movements of the stars, the wheeling of the planets, the staggering coordination of events. There is no doubt that He can manage the timing of my days and weeks."
"You established the earth, and it abides. They continue this day according to Your ordinances, for all are Your servants." (Psalm 119:90, 91)
"He manages perfectly, day and night, year in and year out, the movements of the stars, the wheeling of the planets, the staggering coordination of events. There is no doubt that He can manage the timing of my days and weeks."
"You established the earth, and it abides. They continue this day according to Your ordinances, for all are Your servants." (Psalm 119:90, 91)
Gratitude Springs
August 14th:
"Gratitude springs from acceptance of the gifts, the conditions and the circumstances that God gives us."
"In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
"Gratitude springs from acceptance of the gifts, the conditions and the circumstances that God gives us."
"In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
Monday, August 13, 2012
Self-Preservation vs. Self-Abandonment
August 13th:
"Lord, deliver me from the faithless desire for self-preservation when obedience to You requires self-abandonment."
"Whoever desires to save his life will lose it." (Matthew 16:25)
"Lord, deliver me from the faithless desire for self-preservation when obedience to You requires self-abandonment."
"Whoever desires to save his life will lose it." (Matthew 16:25)
Discipliene, Faith, & Understanding
Since I got behind several days due to being gone...
August 9th:
"Loving God requires submission to His discipline--He rebukes, chastens, refines with fire, purifies by trial. Do we love Him enough to say yes to all that?"
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten." (Revelations 3:19)
August 10th:
"A life free from suffering would be a life in which faith in God would be a mere frill. A human life, on the contrary, is one in which faith is a necessity."
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...who comforts us in all our tribulation." (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4)
August 11th:
"When you are tempted, remember that Jesus understands the wilderness in which you find yourself. You aren't alone. He is touched with the feeling of your infirmity, and He is ready to help."
"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Hebrews 4:15)
August 9th:
"Loving God requires submission to His discipline--He rebukes, chastens, refines with fire, purifies by trial. Do we love Him enough to say yes to all that?"
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten." (Revelations 3:19)
August 10th:
"A life free from suffering would be a life in which faith in God would be a mere frill. A human life, on the contrary, is one in which faith is a necessity."
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...who comforts us in all our tribulation." (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4)
August 11th:
"When you are tempted, remember that Jesus understands the wilderness in which you find yourself. You aren't alone. He is touched with the feeling of your infirmity, and He is ready to help."
"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Hebrews 4:15)
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Spiritual Struggles
August 12th:
"Spiritual decisions are often followed by spiritual struggles. Satan cannot bear that any of us do the will of God."
"For the good that I will to do, I do not do, but the evil I will not to do, that I practice." (Romans 7:19)
"Spiritual decisions are often followed by spiritual struggles. Satan cannot bear that any of us do the will of God."
"For the good that I will to do, I do not do, but the evil I will not to do, that I practice." (Romans 7:19)
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
With the Person of Jesus Christ
August 8th:
"Decisions must be made in the integrity of the heart before God. It's not a rulebook that we go by; it's a Person. Our faith is a living relationship with the Person of Jesus Christ. He did not say to us, "This is the way, the truth, and the life." He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." (John14:6)
"Decisions must be made in the integrity of the heart before God. It's not a rulebook that we go by; it's a Person. Our faith is a living relationship with the Person of Jesus Christ. He did not say to us, "This is the way, the truth, and the life." He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." (John14:6)
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
It Can Be Got Through
August 7th:
"My father used to point out that no matter how thick a book may be, it can be got through if you spend fifteen minutes a day at it. Read your Bible."
"Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You." (Psalm 119:11)
"My father used to point out that no matter how thick a book may be, it can be got through if you spend fifteen minutes a day at it. Read your Bible."
"Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You." (Psalm 119:11)
Monday, August 6, 2012
Minister to One Another
August 6th:
"Maybe you haven't been able to discern any specific gift that God has given to you, but I believe that eternity may show that you yourself have been a gift to somebody."
"As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." (1 Peter 4:10)
"Maybe you haven't been able to discern any specific gift that God has given to you, but I believe that eternity may show that you yourself have been a gift to somebody."
"As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." (1 Peter 4:10)
Sunday, August 5, 2012
God Has Not Moved
August 5th:
"Many Christians are like young sailors who think that the shore and the land is moving when it is the ship that they are on that is moving. We can count on it that God has not moved."
"I am the LORD, I do not change." (Malachi 3:6)
"Many Christians are like young sailors who think that the shore and the land is moving when it is the ship that they are on that is moving. We can count on it that God has not moved."
"I am the LORD, I do not change." (Malachi 3:6)
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Learning Day by Day
August 4th:
"We cannot make ourselves holy. But when we surrender ourselves to the Lord, learning day by day to treat all that comes to us with peace of soul, He will see to our growth in grace."
"I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry." (Philippians 4:12)
"We cannot make ourselves holy. But when we surrender ourselves to the Lord, learning day by day to treat all that comes to us with peace of soul, He will see to our growth in grace."
"I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry." (Philippians 4:12)
Friday, August 3, 2012
No Light At the End of the Tunnel
August 3rd:
"Maybe you see no way out of your situation, no light at the end of the tunnel. In God's time He will deliver you. He is your strength."
"And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom." (2 Timothy 4:18)
"Maybe you see no way out of your situation, no light at the end of the tunnel. In God's time He will deliver you. He is your strength."
"And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom." (2 Timothy 4:18)
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Suffering & Glory
August 2nd:
"Those whose lives have had the deepest spiritual impact in the world are those who have suffered. In God's mysterious providence, the cross and the crown, suffering and glory, are linked."
"God forbid that I should glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." (Galatians 6:14)
"Those whose lives have had the deepest spiritual impact in the world are those who have suffered. In God's mysterious providence, the cross and the crown, suffering and glory, are linked."
"God forbid that I should glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." (Galatians 6:14)
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Discipline So We Might Share
August 1st:
Not always fun or easy...but encouraging to think that God does not want to leave us in our sin and pride.
"God's purpose for us is holiness--His own holiness which we are to share--and the sole route to that end is discipline."
"God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness." (Hebrews 12:10)
Not always fun or easy...but encouraging to think that God does not want to leave us in our sin and pride.
"God's purpose for us is holiness--His own holiness which we are to share--and the sole route to that end is discipline."
"God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness." (Hebrews 12:10)
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