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A Living Sacrifice
A Living Sacrifice Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.—Romans 12:1 God takes great pleasure in worthy sacrifices. In the Old Testament God gave detailed instructions for how HisRead More …
Daily Help
God neither chose us nor called us because we were holy, but he called us that we might be holy, and holiness is the beauty produced by his workmanship in us. The excellencies which we see in a believer are as much the work of God as the atonement itself.Read More …
Streams in the Desert
“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:38.) SOME of us are shivering and wondering why the Holy Spirit does not fill us. We have plenty coming in, but we do not give it out.Read More …
Revenge
Revenge Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for His wrath. For it is written: Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay, says the Lord.—Romans 12:19 One of the hardest areas in which to trust God is in the matter of justice. When we perceive an injustice, we wantRead More …
Daily Help
When the two disciples had reached Emmaus, and were refreshing themselves at the evening meal, the mysterious stranger who had so enchanted them upon the road, took bread and brake it, made himself known to them, and then vanished out of their sight. They had constrained him to abide withRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret. Matt. 6:6. This is faith’s stronghold; here she weapons herself for the daily conflict. Silence in that closet of prayer bespeaks death throughout all the house. When thatRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord.” (Phil. 3:8.) THIS is the happy season of ripening cornfields, of the merry song of the reapers, of the secured and garnered grain. But let me hearken to the sermon of the field.Read More …
Prepare Your Mind
Prepare Your Mind Therefore, get your minds ready for action, being self-disciplined, and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.—1 Peter 1:13 Your mind is a wonderful thing! You can memorize life-changing passages of Scripture that can undergird youRead More …
Daily Help
Jesus wears all the glory which the pomp of heaven can bestow upon him, which ten thousand times ten thousand angels can minister to him. You cannot with your utmost stretch of imagination conceive his exceeding greatness: yet there will be a further revelation of it when he shall descendRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord.” (Phil. 3:8.) THIS is the happy season of ripening cornfields, of the merry song of the reapers, of the secured and garnered grain. But let me hearken to the sermon of the field.Read More …
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