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If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. — 2 Corinthians 5:17 Our Lord never tolerates our prejudices — He is directly opposed to them and puts them to death. We tend to think that God has some special interest in our...

There are people who say: "I believe the Bible - but not the supernatural, only what I can explain rationally." These people read the Bible like with a razor blade. They remove everything they don't like. Now it can't be that other people are not allowed to do the same and to detach this or...

Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together… — Hebrews 10:24-25 We are all capable of being spiritually lazy saints. We want to stay off the rough roads of life, and our primary objective is to secure a peaceful...

Enter by the narrow gate….Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life…. — Matthew 7:13-14 If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all efforts of worth and excellence are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but its...

…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 protect me so that I may...

…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 nourished in the knowledge of Him. We consider what we do in the way of Christian work as service, yet Jesus Christ calls service...

…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. We make our temperament and our natural desires barriers to coming to Jesus. Yet the first thing we...

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 all some of us ever do. We stay with Him a short time, only to wake up to our own...

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 truly matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these word — "Come to Me." Our Lord’s words are not, "Do this, or...

…work out your own salvation…for it is God who works in you… — Philippians 2:12-13 Your will agrees with God, but in your flesh there is a nature that renders you powerless to do what you know you ought to do. When the Lord initially comes in contact with our conscience, the first thing our...

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? — Romans 8:35 God does not keep His child immune from trouble; He promises, "I will be with him in trouble…" (Psalm 91:15). It doesn’t matter how real or intense the adversities may be; nothing can ever separate him from his relationship to God...

Because you have kept My command to persevere… — Revelation 3:10 Perseverance means more than endurance — more than simply holding on until the end. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, but our...

…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 think that we must reach some predetermined goal, but that is not the nature...

Do you seek great things for yourself? — Jeremiah 45:5 Are you seeking great things for yourself, instead of seeking to be a great person? God wants you to be in a much closer relationship with Himself than simply receiving His gifts — He wants you to get to know Him. Even some large thing we...

"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 he was not entirely right...

"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 where we can have fellowship with Him, only to hear us moan and groan, saying, “Oh Lord, just let me be like other...

I'm a philatelist and just came across this stamp of mine from 1969: Nowadays it would be unimaginable that Genesis 1:1 could be printed on an official stamp. But back in 1969 they did it! I find it remarkable how much the lawlessness and godlessness has increased over the last 50 years.

Complete and Effective Decision About Sin By Oswald Chambers "…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...

Inspired by @Haley Taylor and following a recent thread from @Christian Bowler this is my personal testimony not of my conversion but of God's grace. There was a time when I had found the love of my life. She loved me more than anything, and I loved her more than anything. The year we spent...

The biologist Dr. Henry Zuill wrote the following: In recent years, much consideration and research has gone into studying biodiversity. In general, biodiversity studies have focused on conservation and how to preserve ecosystems. They have provided a whole new understanding and approach to...