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
JULY 8
"God resists the proud, and gives grace (or favor) to the humble."-1 Peter 5:5
Proud people think they do not need God; they feel they can do everything by themselves. Humble individuals trust God rather than themselves. In the desire to do important things, pride often pushes others out of the way, and takes charge. God resists this attitude, and favors, instead, those who turn to him for direction and leading. Proverbs 29:23
July 8
The church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the Truth. (1 Timothy 3:15)
THE Lord's church, the only one to which the name ecclesia, body or church, is properly applicable, is so insignificant, so unostentatious, and comparatively so poor in this world's riches, that it is not recognized nor recognizable from the worldly standpoint. It is neither man-made nor man-ruled; nor are its members enrolled on earth, but in heaven. (Hebrews 12:23) Its head and bishop is the Lord, its law is His Word: it has but one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; and it is built upon the testimonies of the holy apostles and prophets--Jesus Christ Himself being its chief corner-stone.
July 8
These last have wrought but one hour, and Thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. Matthew 20:12
WHOEVER is begotten of the Spirit, and therefore able to appreciate and run for the prize of the "high calling" of the Gospel age, may know that he is called by the only call yet issued: and if willingly he shall sacrifice his all, he may be as sure of the prize as any other one running the same race. Such a disposition is an evidence of a timely consecration and acceptance and therefore of a begetting of the Spirit. Press nobly on, then, dear fellow-laborers, whether you have entered the harvest field recently or earlier; we serve the one Lord, in the one faith; and by the one baptism into his death; and for all such he has the crown of life reserved.
Devotional Books
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
Poems of Dawn
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