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04/14/2025 – “Inner Invincibility” / “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me …” (Matthew 11:29).

“Whom the LORD loves He chastens …” (Hebrews 12:6). How petty our complaining is! Our Lord begins to brings us to the point where we can have …

04/10/2025 – “Complete and Effective Decision About Sin” / Romans 6:6

“… our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin” (Romans 6:6)

“Co-Crucifixion. …

04/06/2025 – “His Agony and Our Access” / “Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples … ‘Stay here, and watch with Me'”. (Matthew 26: 36,38)

“We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and …

03/22/2025 – “The Burning Heart” / “Did not our heart burn within us …?” (Luke 24:32).

“We need to learn this secret of the burning heart. Suddenly Jesus appears to us, fires are set ablaze, and we are given wonderful visions; but then we must …

03/16/2025 – “The Master Will Judge” / 2 Corinthians 5:10

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good …

“03/09/2025 – “Turning Back or Walking with Jesus?”/ “Do you also want to go away?” (John 6:67)

“What a penetrating question! Our Lord’s words often hit home for us when He speaks in the simplest way. In spite of the fact that we know who …

03/08/2025 – “The Surrendered Life” / “I have been crucified with Christ…” (Galatians 2:20)

“To become one with Jesus Christ, a person must be willing not only to give up sin, but also to surrender his whole way of looking at things. Being …

02/21/2025 – “The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance”/ “Be still, and know that I am God…” Psalm 46:10 / Oswald and Biddy biographies – links attached

“Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. Perseverance means more than …

02/17/2025 – “Taking the Initiative Against Depression” / 1 of 5 daily devotions today – Why? See comment below

“The angel in this passage did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable. He simply told Elijah to do a very …

01/19/2024 – “Vision and Darkness” / “When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him” (Genesis 15:12)

“Whenever God gives a vision to a Christian, it is as if He puts him in the “stadow of His hand” (Isaiah 49:2). The saint’s duty is to be …