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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 …

01/10/2025 – “THE OPENED SIGHT” / “I now send you, to open their eyes … that they may receive forgiveness of sins …’ (Acts 26: 17-18).// Note: “… Conversion is not regeneration. This is a neglected fact in our preaching today…”

“This verse is the greatest example of the true essence of the message of a disciple of Jesus Christ in all of the New Testament.

God’s first sovereign work of grace …

12/29/2024 – “Deserter or Disciple?” / “From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more” (John 6:66)

“When God by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision of His will, you must ‘walk in the light’ of that vision (1 John 1:7). Even …

12/28/2024 – “Continuous Conversion” / “… unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3).

“These words of our Lord refer to our initial conversion, but we should continue to turn to God as children, being continuously converted every day of our lives. If …