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 17
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over .... With the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."- Luke 6:38
Picture a cup of flour which, when first filled, is truly full. But if you shake it down, press it down, and pile more on top, you can get even more flour into the cup. Since God has blessed us with so many good things, let us be generous and share what we have with others liberally. Matthew 7:2
August 17
Quench not the Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:19)
THE Spirit of the Lord amongst His people is compared to "a flame of sacred love" for the Lord and all connected with His cause: this flame is enkindled through the divine message in each one individually, when begotten of the Holy Spirit, and appertains, therefore, to the church collectively, under the guidance of that Spirit. In proportion as the church grows in knowledge and in love and in fellowship with the Lord this "flame of sacred love" will make it a light in the world,--a city set on a hill, which cannot be hid
August 17
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. I John 3:18
THIS is a personal matter. Each one of us is under this testing. If not yet, sooner or later, undoubtedly, this willingness to sacrifice in the interests of the brethren will prove each one of us either loyal, faithful to our covenant, or contrariwise--unfaithful. Let us make this matter of love for the brethren and laying down our lives for the brethren a matter of personal study and of practical application to our own hearts, minds, thoughts, words, actions. And let us pray for one another, as well as exhort one another along these lines, striving to be filled with our Master's Spirit.
Devotional Books
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
Poems of Dawn
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