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IN TOUCH DAILY: FEBRUARY 11
Unconditional Surrender James 4:1-10 Sometimes we’re amazed by a believer’s perseverance and confidence in God’s promises. With such people, we often sense a spiritual abundance that many of us wish we had. So, how do we get that? By following … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 20
The Right Kind of Help And I, if I am lifted up…will draw all peoples to Myself. —John 12:32 Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ died. If sympathy is all that human beings … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 2
Christian Perfection Not that I have already attained, or am already perfect… —Philippians 3:12 It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us one … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: AUGUST 30
Usefulness or Relationship? Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. —Luke 10:20 Jesus Christ is saying here, “Don’t rejoice in your successful service for Me, … Continue reading
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THE PURSUIT OF GOD: DAY 43
Chapter 10 The Sacrament of Living (PART 4) In all charity, and with no desire to reflect unkindly upon any Christian, however misled, I would point out that the Roman Catholic church represents today the sacred-secular heresy carried to its … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 2
Christian Perfection Not that I have already attained, or am already perfect… —Philippians 3:12 It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us one … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: JULY 3
MORNING “The ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven wellfavoured and fat kine.” Genesis 41:4 Pharaoh’s dream has too often been my waking experience. My days of sloth have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: FEBRUARY 19
MORNING “Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them.” Ezekiel 36:37 Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: JANUARY 24
MORNING “Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler.” Psalm 91:3 God delivers his people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From, and out of. First, he delivers them from the snare–does not let … Continue reading
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