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
SEPTEMBER 11
"He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you."- Acts 3:20
Jesus went away after his first advent to prepare a place where his followers could be with him. Now he has returned, and although we cannot see him, he is fulfilling the signs of his presence given to us in Matthew, chapter twenty- four. Deuteronomy 18:15
September 11
Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple. (Luke 14:27)
THE Lord's cross-bearing consisted in the doing of the Father's will under unfavorable conditions. This course brought upon Him the envy, hatred, malice, strife, persecution, etc., of those who thought themselves to be God's people, but whom our Lord, who read their hearts, declared to be of their father, the devil....Since we are walking in the same "narrow way" that our Master walked, we may reasonably expect that our crosses will be of similar kind to His--oppositions to our doing the will of our Father in heaven--oppositions to our serving His cause and letting the light shine out as our Master and Leader directed.
September 11
[Love] believeth all things. I Corinthians 13:7
HAVE I the love that "believeth all things"; that is unwilling to impute evil to another unless forced so to do by indisputable evidences; that would rather believe good than evil about everybody; that would take no pleasure in hearing evil, but would be disposed to resent it? Perfect love is not suspicious, but is, on the contrary, disposed to be trustful. It acts on the principle that it is better, if necessary, to be deceived a hundred times than to go through life soured by a suspicious mind--far better than to accuse or suspect even one person unjustly. This is the merciful disposition, as applied to thoughts, and of it the Master said, "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."
Devotional Books
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
Poems of Dawn
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