Posted on 01/21/2007 3:26:40 AM PST by .30Carbine
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Does everything in my life fill His heart with gladness, or do I constantly complain because things don’t seem to be going my way? A person who has forgotten what God treasures will not be filled with joy. It is wonderful to remember that Jesus Christ has needs which we can meet— "Give Me a drink" (John 4:7). How much kindness have I shown Him in the past week? Has my life been a good reflection on His reputation?
God is saying to His people, "You are not in love with Me now, but I remember a time when you were." He says, "I remember . . . the love of your betrothal . . ." (Jeremiah 2:2). Am I as filled to overflowing with love for Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him? Does He ever find me pondering the time when I cared only for Him? Is that where I am now, or have I chosen man’s wisdom over true love for Him? Am I so in love with Him that I take no thought for where He might lead me? Or am I watching to see how much respect I get as I measure how much service I should give Him?
As I recall what God remembers about me, I may also begin to realize that He is not what He used to be to me. When this happens, I should allow the shame and humiliation it creates in my life, because it will bring godly sorrow, and "godly sorrow produces repentance . . ." (2 Corinthians 7:10).
In 1910 Chambers married Gertrude Hobbs. They had one daughter, Kathleen, who still resides in London (as of 1992).
In 1911 he founded and became principal of the Bible Training College in Clapham, London, where he lectured until the school was closed in 1915 because of World War I. In October 1915 he sailed for Zeitoun, Egypt (near Cairo), where he ministered to Australian and New Zealand troops as a YMCA chaplain. He died there November 15, 1917, following surgery for a ruptured appendix.
My Utmost for His Highest, his best-known book, has been continuously in print in the United States since 1935 and in this, the last decade of the century, remains in the top ten titles of the religious book bestseller list with millions of copies in print. It has become a Christian classic. [from the flyleaf of the book]
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Thanks for the ping.
What a beautiful reminder that we were saved because of LOVE.
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Amen.
Thank you for this beautiful devotion!
Hope you are enjoying this Lord's day.
I am always amazed how what God is speaking to me in other ways is clarified, confirmed, built upon by what I read in Chambers the next day, or the next!
I am grateful to testify that the love I have for Jesus Christ is as on-fire blazing full of joy and glory glowing as the day I was first saved! Hallelujah! Oh, our Gracious Lord! Make it so for every one who is Thine!
Thank you for that lovely testimony, dear Kate! Yes, my day is full of light! I hope yours is too - light and wonder!
I haven't always been referred to as 'the smartest one', or the 'quick learner'. But when God has been speaking just to me personally and I am hearing and redirecting myself according to what I'm hearing, And then He confirms it through something or someone else that I'm reading, it is truly a witness of the Holy Spirit and that I can hear Him without someone else to interpret it or drum it into me. He is so good, and patient and personal. That in itself makes you want to spend more time with Him.
have a blessed day.
Amen! Your witness is a huge encouragement and you a joy-bringer! Thank you so much, grame; you have a blessed day too!
Another body blow for good by Oswald.
Thanks.
Mercifully, God has brought me to the point where this one doesn't sting near as much as it did 30 years ago.
Nice to see He knows what He's doing in conforming me to the image of His Son.
Now, if He'd only work a little faster! LOL.
My emotions can still cover quite a range on a number of issues. But I'm emphatically more settled than ever
That God is God and always will be God.
That God is good all the time; that all the time, God is good.
That HE IS WORTHY our Praise and our Love.
Hmmmmm, Vision,
would you like, or not like
to be on the
end times/dreams VISIONS/ prophecy
PING LIST?
I am grateful to testify that the love I have for Jesus Christ is as on-fire blazing full of joy and glory glowing as the day I was first saved! Hallelujah! Oh, our Gracious Lord! Make it so for every one who is Thine!
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Yes, Lord, hear our prayer.
And particularly be close to those who lack such overflowing wonderfulness but slog ahead for you with all the Love and faithfulness they know how to offer up.
But when God has been speaking just to me personally and I am hearing and redirecting myself according to what I'm hearing, And then He confirms it through something or someone else that I'm reading, it is truly a witness of the Holy Spirit and that I can hear Him without someone else to interpret it or drum it into me. He is so good, and patient and personal. That in itself makes you want to spend more time with Him.
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True, true.
Sure, put me on.
Done. You've been added to the
END TIMES/DREAMS/VISIONS/PROPHECY PING LIST.
Thanks.
Please let me and MarySecretary know if and when you need a break from it.
It's not a frequent ping list though things can go in spurts--nothing for weeks to months then 3-5 articles/posts.
I have dealt with having visions just about all of my life and feel quite blessed by it.
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