Backsliding
2008-07-03 04:13:15
Thoughts about backsliding are most eloquently expressed through Charles Spurgeon’s daily devotional for today.
Gen 41:4 (Geneva) And the ill favored and lean fleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine: so Pharaoh awoke.
Pharaoh’s dream has too often been my waking experience. My days of sloth have ruinously destroyed all that I [...]
THE GOD OF STOLEN BARBECUE GRILLS
2008-07-02 05:31:39
Psa 9:9-10 (ESV) 9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 10 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
I wondered if I made a serious mistake after moving into my new apartment last [...]
A Vacation From God
2008-07-01 05:18:31
Psa 46:7, 11 (BBE) The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah.
I became sick more than a week ago and instead of waking up to a 4:00 AM alarm, I’ve been allowing myself the extra time in the morning to get more sleep. No alarm clock. It’s [...]
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Progressive Sanctification
2008-06-23 05:13:47
Phil 1:6 (ASV) being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ.
I have a tendency to focus on how far I have yet to go in my spiritual journey. It’s almost as if I’m striving to get on God’s spiritual [...]
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Vitamin C For The Soul
2008-06-19 05:09:21
Rom 12:12 (GNB) Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times.
Five years ago I began taking Vitamin
C on a daily basis to enhance my immune system. The result? When everyone around me is sick with the flu or a terrible cold, I usually only have a [...]
MOSES, MANDELA AND CAPTIVITY
2008-07-16 05:58:59
Time Magazine’s cover story this week: “Mandela at 90; The Secrets of Leadership,” by Richard Stengel, illustrates principles the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, followed to fight apartheid:
“He liberated a country from a system of violent prejudice and helped unite white and black, oppressor and oppressed, in a way that had never been [...]
Vision Quest
2008-07-15 05:42:28
Pro 2:3-5 (ESV) 3…yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
During the earlier years of my spiritual conversion my journey [...]
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The Lord Promising His Spirit to Teach Us
2008-07-14 05:25:39
by Charles Spurgeon
The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things . . . When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all the truth. (Joh_14:26 and Joh_16:13)
We have been meditating upon the Lord’s promise to build His church. “I [...]
Noesis
2008-07-13 08:40:31
1 John 4:16 (ESV) So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
My former husband yearned to have a personal relationship with Christ. Although he went to Bible College, he did not [...]
Matthew 6:25 And Chicken Of the Sea Tuna
2008-07-12 08:12:12
Matthew 6:25 (ESV) “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
I open a can of tuna fish and in a few minutes, [...]
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CARPE DIEM and Eph 6:13-17
2008-08-01 05:23:45
After services were over in the new church I visited, upon exiting the parking lot, I passed by a thought provoking sign. It simply said,
“You Are Now Entering The Mission Field.”
Although I haven’t returned to that particular place of worship, I’ll never forget its final admonition.
Each day, I am like a boot camp recruit, [...]
Acts 2:28 And Those Ordinary Days
2008-07-31 05:27:50
Acts 2:28 (ESV) You have made known to me the paths of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.
I have learned a lot from the adversities and setbacks in my life. In fact, my most important lessons result when I am driven to my knees in utter hopelessness and despair. During [...]
Bird’s Nests and Psalm 91:4
2008-07-30 05:23:26
Psalm
91:4 (GNB) He will cover you with His wings; you will be safe in His care; His faithfulness will protect and defend you.
I love to read Reader’s Digest Magazine. In fact, I utilized many of their short stories and “fillers” to illustrate a important point when I used to teach.
A favorite Reader’s Digest “parable” [...]
Psalm 73:23 by Charles Spurgeon
2008-07-29 05:11:34
Today’s Devotional is by Charles
Spurgeon:
Psalm
73:23 (ESV) Nevertheless I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
“Nevertheless,”-As if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance which David had just been confessing to God, not one atom the less was it true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly [...]
ON BEING UNFINISHED
2008-07-28 05:40:24
Phi 3:14 (ESV) I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Strange things happen to my posts while blogging for God. Some mornings, after agonizing over every word’s correctness, succinctness, and appropriate grammar, my writing may be ready to publish after about three hours. Other days, [...]
The Workplace Prayer
2008-08-15 04:40:48
I found this inspiring prayer about a year ago. The author is ‘anonymous’ (no relation to me).
Lord Jesus, as I enter this workplace, I bring your presence with me. I speak your peace, Your grace, and Your perfect order into the atmosphere of my workplace.
I acknowledge Your Lordship over all that will be spoken, thought, [...]
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Cheerful Holiness
2008-08-14 05:00:35
Today’s devotional is by Charles Spurgeon.
Psalm 92:4 For Thou, Jehovah hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Then what a joyful Christian you ought to be! How you should [...]
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Slow Avalanches and 2 Corinthians 10:5
2008-08-13 05:43:42
2 Corinthians
10:5 …casting down imaginations and
every high thing that is exalted against the
knowledge of God and bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ
When I first started my Gmail account about two years ago, prize notifications, offers for free laptops, and gifts from Nigerian Princes slowly crept into my inbox. It all began with one [...]
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Thunderstorms And Psalm 107:29
2008-08-12 05:31:59
Psalm 107:29 He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Thunderstorms in the northeast have been relentless during July and August. Last night’s news reported for the first ten days of August, so far, we’ve gotten six times the amount of rain than we received last year for the entire [...]
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Fear, Persecution and Greater Trust
2008-08-11 05:03:21
Philippians 4:6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Forgetting God’s promises appears to be an inherent part of the human condition. At first, the Apostles witnessed Jesus walking on water, and feeding a crowd of five thousand with only [...]
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Vacations And Daily Bread
2008-09-05 08:17:46
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread
I’ve been enjoying my vacation tremendously. So much so, that I’m getting quite accustomed to sleeping late and staying in pajamas until almost noon. Without the structure and busyness of my regular work-day, it’s been an effort for me to want to write to my blog. In [...]
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John 14:23
2008-09-04 08:34:38
The Oasis at Goose Creek, SC
John 14:23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”
I returned to the Boston area on Tuesday, from The Oasis, Goose Creek, South Carolina and I already [...]
The Return Home
2008-09-02 05:51:59
To my online friends and readers: I am flying back today and will be returning to my regular writing beginning tomorrow.
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Humidity, Peanuts and Hebrews 13:8
2008-08-29 14:09:39
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
When I landed at Charleston’s airport yesterday at 7:00 PM, the temperature was listed as 85 degrees. However, in South Carolina, the air is saturated with moisture… so the heat feels heavy and hot, and this water-logged “stuff” presses against your body and, movement slows, [...]
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The Family of Christians
2008-08-28 07:08:39
Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
I’m packed and ready for my flight to South Carolina today. Because I love to read, whenever I’m away from home I make certain I have Christian reading material with me. In this instance, there is more than enough waiting for [...]
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Psalm 61:2
2008-09-24 05:41:22
Psalm
61:2 “When my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.”
My workplace “battlefield” is teaching me more than I ever could imagine. In trying to keep things in perspective, I continuously tell myself that the negativity and stress there is refining my character. Some days however, my character refuses [...]
A Charles Spurgeon Devotional on Believing
2008-09-23 05:22:05
Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, “If you can!’ All things are possible for one who believes.”
A certain man had a demoniac son, who was afflicted with a dumb spirit. The father, having seen the futility of the endeavours of the disciples to heal his child, had little or no faith in Christ, and [...]
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Continuity and Acts 3:20
2008-09-22 05:40:32
Acts 3:20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus.
Since my computer’s demise almost three weeks ago, it’s been a struggle for me to get back into writing. Even my desire to be on the computer has lessened. The early [...]
Job 36:15 And Lessons From A Stray Cat
2008-09-18 05:51:25
Job 36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears by adversity.
The stray, gray tiger cat has been visiting my house throughout the summer. As she allows me to get nearer, I’ve discovered her many medical problems from living in the wild and without nutrition.
First, I treated the fleas, and after [...]
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, Stray
In His Presence
2008-09-17 05:46:38
Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
I’m discovering subtle differences in my connection to God depending on which medium I use to be in relationship with Him. For instance, when I blog, I feel His presence most completely, as if I am truly united [...]
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