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 20
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with [the] God and the Word was [a] god."- John 1:1,2
If you have an Emphatic Diaglott, you might look at this scripture in the interlinear, or left- hand side of the page. You will find there the extra words that make this scripture understandable. Jesus was not the Almighty God, but he was a mighty one, a god. Just as an earthly father and son are two separate individuals, so also are God and Jesus; they are, however, united, one, in purpose."- John 17:21
March 20
If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed; and ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free. (John 8:31,32)
DIVINE truth is never found except in the divinely appointed channels: and those channels are the Lord and the apostles and prophets. To continue in the doctrine set forth in their inspired writings, to study and meditate upon them, to trust implicity in them, and faithfully to conform our characters to them, is what is implied in continuing in the Word of the Lord. If we thus continue in the Word of the Lord, as earnest and sincere disciples, we shall indeed "know the Truth;," we shall be "firm in the faith," and "able to give a reason for the hope that is in us," to "earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints," to "war a good warfare," to "witness a good confession," and firmly to "endure hardship as good soldiers of Jesus Christ," even unto the end of our course.
March 20
Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,...and I will receive you, and will be a father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. II Corinthians 6:17, 18
WHAT a promise! What a suggestion--that we, by nature defiled and imperfect, should not only have the notice of our sovereign Creator, but should be invited to become his children and be given the assurance of his parental affection for us--that "like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that reverence him." How wonderful it seems! And then, as the apostle elsewhere declares, this is not the end of the matter, but merely the beginning, for he says, "If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
Devotional Books
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
Poems of Dawn
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