One thing that can keep us going in the coming hard times is an understanding of God's glory. Now, this may sound like a high, lofty concept to you, one that's best left to theologians. But I'm convinced the subject of God's glory has very real, practical value for every true believer. By grasping it, we unlock the door to an overcoming l […]
Sola Scriptura
The Bible is the sole written divine revelation and alone can bind the conscience of believers absolutely.
Sola Fide
Justification is by faith alone. The merit of Christ imputed to us by faith is the sole ground of our acceptance by God, by which our sins are remitted.
Solus Christus
Christ is the only mediator through whose work we are redeemed.
Sola Gratia
Our salvation rests solely on the work of God’s grace for us and in us.
Be so blessed and encouraged with this spiritually, practical word from Oswald Chambers this morning.
July 20th.
DEPENDENT ON GOD’S PRESENCE
“They that wait upon the Lord . . . shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31
There is no thrill in walking; it is the test of all the stable qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest reach possible for strength. The word “walk” is used in the Bible to express the character – “John looking on Jesus as He walked, said, Behold the Lamb of God!” There is never any thing abstract in the Bible, it is [...]
We find out very quickly when faced with adversity, whether we are following a religious creed or following the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, by how we respond.
Our confidence has to be rightly placed, i.e. in Jesus Himself. Oswald shares that, “Many hundreds who accept creeds but refuse to act on their belief; the consequence is they fling their creeds overboard and ignore the central test of Christianity, viz., Who is Jesus Christ to me?”
If our confidence is placed in following a creed or a tradition, we will turn tail and flee with faltering hearts when we see it [...]
I have used this passage by Oswald before, but I feel it is one that needs to be read more than once. Not only read, but ingested that the fragrance of Christ may fill us so entirely that we might grasp the enormity of what the cross was really about. If you follow a crossless gospel or your church is taking you the way of a crossless gospel, run far away as far as you can from it – it cannot and will not bring you salvation dear reader. There is only [...]
“Perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” 2 Corinthians 7:1
“Having therefore these promises.” I claim the fulfilment of God’s promises, and rightly, but that is only the human side; the Divine side is that through the promises I recognize God’s claim on me. For instance, am I realizing that my body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, or have I a habit of body that plainly will not bear the light of God on it? By sanctification the Son of God is formed in me, then I have to transform my [...]
Do you ever find that your Christian walk is frustrating? Are you trying so hard to be a Christian, yet finding yourself instead so confused and flip-flopping from feeling you are on top of it, only to find yourself failing over an over and want to crawl away in guilt or lash out in anger at the seeming futility of trying to make it work or ‘feel real’? You may even be feeling so sick of yourself and feeling a failure and don’t see the point of going on.
A new year brings new things. What will 2010 bring for you and me?
Some people make new year’s resolutions with gusto, which more often than not, last but a few months and end up being sent packing to the “forgotten place of good intentions”
I used to make these resolutions with a positive attitude and a sincere heart and was utterly resolved to see them through each year. Yet inevitably, they lasted a few short weeks and petered out into nothing more than a few words scrawled on a page in a book that usually [...]
When last did you think about the Lord’s forgiveness? I am not talking about glancing thoughts, I am talking about deep-on-your-knees-in-your-heart thinking. We speak about it so easily, and freely and without really giving it much thought. We all do or have done, at some time or another. I know I certainly have. But have you ever wondered why it is so easy for us to accept this forgiveness?
Forgiveness is so easy for us to accept, because it cost Jesus the agony of the cross of Calvary…
From today’s reading in My Utmost for His Highest.
Perhaps you have never thought of prayer in any other way other than “you need, you ask and God delivers…” Whether this is how you understand prayer or not, I would really encourage you to read on, and be blessed by them and learn from someone who walked close to the Lord and who through his teaching of it, changed my own understanding of why we pray, 180 degrees…
Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you [...]
A river touches places of which its source knows nothing, and Jesus says if we have received of His fulness, however small the visible measure of our lives, out of us will flow the rivers that will bless to the uttermost parts of the earth. We have nothing to do with the outflow – “This is the work of God that ye believe. . . .” God rarely allows a soul to see how great a blessing he is.
A river is victoriously persistent, it overcomes [...]
Am I living with the Lord 24/7 fully dependent on Him regardless of the size of the storm roaring about me?
Am I living so surrendered to Him that I have the simplicity of knowing that there is nothing going on, that He does not have under His full control?
And am I prepared to step off the boat in Him, when there is no solid ground beneath my feet, but knowing fully that He will make a way and that the outcome will be His?
Oh dear precious Lord, these thoughts are the cry of my heart this day. Do whatever you [...]
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