Daily Devotions
"I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Colossians 2:2-3 NLT
MARCH 12
"A just man falls seven times, and rises up again."- Proverbs 24:16
If we are not successful in achieving a goal we should not be discouraged. Many people fail at first, but they do not give up. They keep on trying, and with God’s help, they reach their goals. God will raise us up when we fall if our aims are in harmony with his will for us. Micah 7:8
March 12
The end of the commandment is love from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an undissembled faith. (1 Timothy 1:5)
WE are to have clearly before our minds the fact that the ultimate object of all the divine dealings for us and with us, and the ultimate significance of all the divine promises made to us, is the development of love, which is Godlikeness, for God is love. And to have this love developed in us, in the sense and to the degree intended by the Lord, it is necessary that it shall come from a pure heart, in full accord with the Lord, and His law of love, and wholly antagonistic to the Adversary and his law of selfishness.
March 12
Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee,...to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. Deuteronomy 8:2
THERE is a particular reason why God should permit persecution to come upon his consecrated ones. "The Lord your God doth prove you," test you. Why? What is he proving? We profess to be his loyal children. We profess to be laying down all that we have. And now "the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 13:3) How much will you endure? How patiently will you endure? To what extent will you endure? Those who will endure most, and endure most patiently, will give evidence of the best character. And those who demonstrate the best character will have the highest positions in the kingdom. Each will get a position according to his faithfulness. But as star differeth from star in glory, so it will be in the kingdom. He who fights the greatest fight against his own nature and demonstrates most the love and zeal of his heart, such is the one who will have a high place.
Devotional Books
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
Poems of Dawn
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