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
AUGUST 5
"I have given them (Jesus’ followers) thy (God’s) Word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."- John 17:14
Many people of his day disliked Jesus because his goodness exposed their lack of obedience to God’s principles. Jesus knew his followers would find this to be true in their lives also. 1 John 3:13
August 5
We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)
REMEMBERING this, all the Lord's people should be content with the lot which Providence seems to mark out for them--not indolent, but content, when they have done all that their hands find to do,--not restless, peevish, dissatisfied, complainers against God and His providence. It may be that the Lord is fitting and preparing us individually for some special service, and that the permitted experiences alone will prepare us for that service....We are to remember also that we are incompetent to judge of our own imperfections, and hence incompetent to judge of the experiences which would be most helpful to us.
August 5
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful. I Timothy 1:12
AH, YES, what a blessed satisfaction it is to us to know that while the Lord knows of our every word and every deed he is pleased to count us something different, even from our words and our deeds—something better! Our words do not always represent the full sentiments of our hearts; our conduct does not come up to the standard: after the words have been spoken and after the deeds have been done--perhaps to the very best of our ability--we realize that they have come short of the glory of God, and short of our own ideals, desires, and efforts. How consoling it is to us, then, to know that our imperfect work shall be acceptable through Christ to God; that the Lord counts us according to our intentions, according to our wills. Praise his name! We would have no hope of coming up to any standard of perfection which he would approve, were it not for his gracious arrangement by which our imperfections are covered by our Redeemer's perfection and sacrifice, and our works accepted according to the intentions and desires of our hearts.
Devotional Books
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
Poems of Dawn
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