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All The Heavens
Faith, Not Emotion
By Oswald Chambers
May 01
For we live by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7
At times, we are conscious of receiving God’s attentions; we feel the light of his inspiration shining upon us, and we delight to do his will. But when he begins to use us in ways we don’t like, putting us to work at tasks that seem lowly or unimportant, we take on a pathetic attitude. We begin to talk about trials and difficulties, not understanding that God wants us to do our duty in obscurity.
None of us would work in spiritual obscurity if we had the choice. We’d prefer to be illuminated saints, with gilded haloes shining about our heads, on display for all to see. But gilt-edged saints are no good. They are unfit for daily life and completely unlike God. We are men and women, not half-fledged angels. We are here to do the work of the world, and to do it with an infinitely greater power of endurance than those who haven’t been born from above.
Can we do our duty when God has shut up heaven? If we’re always trying to recapture rare moments of inspiration, it’s a sign that it isn’t really God we’re after. Instead, we’re making a fetish of a feeling, insisting that God deliver that feeling to us again and again. How many of us simply refuse to do anything until God inspires us? He never will—not until we take action. God wants us to walk by faith. He wants us to get up on our own, without the touch of his inspiration. When we do, we have the surprising revelation that God was there all along.
Never live for the rare moments. They are God’s surprises. God will give us the touch of inspiration when he sees we aren’t in danger of being led astray by it. We must never make moments of inspiration the standard for our lives. Our standard is our duty.
By Oswald Chambers
May 01
For we live by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7
At times, we are conscious of receiving God’s attentions; we feel the light of his inspiration shining upon us, and we delight to do his will. But when he begins to use us in ways we don’t like, putting us to work at tasks that seem lowly or unimportant, we take on a pathetic attitude. We begin to talk about trials and difficulties, not understanding that God wants us to do our duty in obscurity.
None of us would work in spiritual obscurity if we had the choice. We’d prefer to be illuminated saints, with gilded haloes shining about our heads, on display for all to see. But gilt-edged saints are no good. They are unfit for daily life and completely unlike God. We are men and women, not half-fledged angels. We are here to do the work of the world, and to do it with an infinitely greater power of endurance than those who haven’t been born from above.
Can we do our duty when God has shut up heaven? If we’re always trying to recapture rare moments of inspiration, it’s a sign that it isn’t really God we’re after. Instead, we’re making a fetish of a feeling, insisting that God deliver that feeling to us again and again. How many of us simply refuse to do anything until God inspires us? He never will—not until we take action. God wants us to walk by faith. He wants us to get up on our own, without the touch of his inspiration. When we do, we have the surprising revelation that God was there all along.
Never live for the rare moments. They are God’s surprises. God will give us the touch of inspiration when he sees we aren’t in danger of being led astray by it. We must never make moments of inspiration the standard for our lives. Our standard is our duty.
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God of Wonders - Third Day
Grace and Salt for Each Outsider: Colossians 4:5–6 | Desiring God
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Grace and Salt for Each Outsider: Colossians 4:5–6
What does it mean to have your speech seasoned with salt? Salt-seasoned words reveal the gospel of grace to those who have not yet tasted it.
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From Bondage to Purpose
After her encounter with Jesus, Mary Magdalene’s life was never the same. She went from being outcast and broken to becoming one of His most devoted followers. Luke 8:3 tells us that she, along with other women, supported Jesus and His disciples out of their own resources. Mary, once powerless and trapped, was now empowered to serve and contribute to the work of God’s kingdom.
Her transformation is a reminder that Jesus doesn’t just free us from our struggles—He calls us into a life of purpose. No matter how broken or hopeless we may feel, Jesus can heal, restore, and invite us into something greater than ourselves.
Jesus Still Brings Freedom Today
Mary Magdalene’s struggle was with evil spirits, but today people face all kinds of bondage. It might not look the same, but things like addiction, fear, shame, anxiety, and unhealthy habits can hold us captive. Many people seek comfort or escape in temporary things—money, relationships, substances, or distractions—but these only mask the pain rather than provide true freedom.
Jesus is still the One who brings freedom. Just as He had the power to deliver Mary, He has the power to break the chains in your life. No struggle is too hard for Him to overcome. As Jeremiah 32:17 says, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You."
After her encounter with Jesus, Mary Magdalene’s life was never the same. She went from being outcast and broken to becoming one of His most devoted followers. Luke 8:3 tells us that she, along with other women, supported Jesus and His disciples out of their own resources. Mary, once powerless and trapped, was now empowered to serve and contribute to the work of God’s kingdom.
Her transformation is a reminder that Jesus doesn’t just free us from our struggles—He calls us into a life of purpose. No matter how broken or hopeless we may feel, Jesus can heal, restore, and invite us into something greater than ourselves.
Jesus Still Brings Freedom Today
Mary Magdalene’s struggle was with evil spirits, but today people face all kinds of bondage. It might not look the same, but things like addiction, fear, shame, anxiety, and unhealthy habits can hold us captive. Many people seek comfort or escape in temporary things—money, relationships, substances, or distractions—but these only mask the pain rather than provide true freedom.
Jesus is still the One who brings freedom. Just as He had the power to deliver Mary, He has the power to break the chains in your life. No struggle is too hard for Him to overcome. As Jeremiah 32:17 says, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You."
Forwarded from Thieves Of Wonders️️️ (Jasmina❣️)
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Evening
"I am the rose of Sharon."
Song of Solomon 2:1
Whatever there may be of beauty in the material world, Jesus Christ possesses all that in the spiritual world in a tenfold degree. Amongst flowers the rose is deemed the sweetest, but Jesus is infinitely more beautiful in the garden of the soul than the rose can be in the gardens of earth. He takes the first place as the fairest among ten thousand. He is the sun, and all others are the stars; the heavens and the day are dark in comparison with him, for the King in his beauty transcends all. "I am the rose of Sharon." This was the best and rarest of roses. Jesus is not "the rose" alone, he is "the rose of Sharon," just as he calls his righteousness "gold," and then adds, "the gold of Ophir"--the best of the best. He is positively lovely, and superlatively the loveliest. There is variety in his charms. The rose is delightful to the eye, and its scent is pleasant and refreshing; so each of the senses of the soul, whether it be the taste or feeling, the hearing, the sight, or the spiritual smell, finds appropriate gratification in Jesus. Even the recollection of his love is sweet. Take the rose of Sharon, and pull it leaf from leaf, and lay by the leaves in the jar of memory, and you shall find each leaf fragrant long afterwards, filling the house with perfume. Christ satisfies the highest taste of the most educated spirit to the very full. The greatest amateur in perfumes is quite satisfied with the rose: and when the soul has arrived at her highest pitch of true taste, she shall still be content with Christ, nay, she shall be the better able to appreciate him. Heaven itself possesses nothing which excels the rose of Sharon. What emblem can fully set forth his beauty? Human speech and earth-born things fail to tell of him. Earth's choicest charms commingled, feebly picture his abounding preciousness. Blessed rose, bloom in my heart forever!
"I am the rose of Sharon."
Song of Solomon 2:1
Whatever there may be of beauty in the material world, Jesus Christ possesses all that in the spiritual world in a tenfold degree. Amongst flowers the rose is deemed the sweetest, but Jesus is infinitely more beautiful in the garden of the soul than the rose can be in the gardens of earth. He takes the first place as the fairest among ten thousand. He is the sun, and all others are the stars; the heavens and the day are dark in comparison with him, for the King in his beauty transcends all. "I am the rose of Sharon." This was the best and rarest of roses. Jesus is not "the rose" alone, he is "the rose of Sharon," just as he calls his righteousness "gold," and then adds, "the gold of Ophir"--the best of the best. He is positively lovely, and superlatively the loveliest. There is variety in his charms. The rose is delightful to the eye, and its scent is pleasant and refreshing; so each of the senses of the soul, whether it be the taste or feeling, the hearing, the sight, or the spiritual smell, finds appropriate gratification in Jesus. Even the recollection of his love is sweet. Take the rose of Sharon, and pull it leaf from leaf, and lay by the leaves in the jar of memory, and you shall find each leaf fragrant long afterwards, filling the house with perfume. Christ satisfies the highest taste of the most educated spirit to the very full. The greatest amateur in perfumes is quite satisfied with the rose: and when the soul has arrived at her highest pitch of true taste, she shall still be content with Christ, nay, she shall be the better able to appreciate him. Heaven itself possesses nothing which excels the rose of Sharon. What emblem can fully set forth his beauty? Human speech and earth-born things fail to tell of him. Earth's choicest charms commingled, feebly picture his abounding preciousness. Blessed rose, bloom in my heart forever!
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Rose of Sharon (Song of Songs 2:1)
"There is a way by which anyone, however sinful and unworthy, may draw near to God the Father. Jesus Christ has opened that way by the sacrifice He made for us upon the cross. The holiness and justice of God need not frighten sinners and keep them back. Only let them cry to God in the name of Jesus, only let them plead the atoning blood of Jesus, and they shall find God upon a throne of grace, willing and ready to hear. The name of Jesus is a never-failing passport for our prayers. In that name a person may draw near to God with boldness and ask with confidence. God is ready to hear them. Think of this. Is not this encouragement."
~J.C. Ryle
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that He opened for us through the curtain, that is, through His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:19-22
~J.C. Ryle
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that He opened for us through the curtain, that is, through His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:19-22
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Be Alright - Evan Craft, Danny Gokey
After this Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, and He remained there with them and was baptizing.
John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized (for John had not yet been put in prison).
Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification.
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness--look, He is baptizing, and all are going to Him."
John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before Him.'
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
He must increase, but I must decrease."
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
He bears witness to what He has seen and heard, yet no one receives His testimony.
Whoever receives His testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.
For He whom God has sent utters the words of God, for He gives the Spirit without measure.
The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 3:22-36
John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized (for John had not yet been put in prison).
Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification.
And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness--look, He is baptizing, and all are going to Him."
John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before Him.'
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
He must increase, but I must decrease."
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
He bears witness to what He has seen and heard, yet no one receives His testimony.
Whoever receives His testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.
For He whom God has sent utters the words of God, for He gives the Spirit without measure.
The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 3:22-36
He Must Increase, I Must Decrease | Desiring God
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He Must Increase, I Must Decrease
Only when we decrease and Christ increases will we have full joy.
The Father Has Given All Things into Jesus’s Hands | Desiring God
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The Father Has Given All Things into Jesus’s Hands
The Gospel of John lifts Jesus up as coming from God, being full of God, and speaking and ruling as God.
Do You Wish You Had Accomplished More? | Desiring God
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Do You Wish You Had Accomplished More?
Has your career or ministry not unfolded like you expected? Take heart. If God has called you to this, he is doing far more through you than you can see.
The Joy of Living in Jesus’s Shadow | Desiring God
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The Joy of Living in Jesus’s Shadow
One key to happiness is learning the joy and freedom of being found in Jesus’s shadow. John the Baptist, one of the most important men in history, joyfully retreated to the background when Christ came. We all need to learn that kind of fearless, hardworking…