June 20 Have You Come to “When” Yet? “The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends” (Job 42:10). A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a determined effort and selfish ....

v June 19 The Service of Passionate Devotion “… do you love Me? … Tend My sheep” (John 21:16). Jesus did not say to make converts to your way of thinking, but He said to ....

June 18 Keep Recognizing Jesus “… Peter … walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid …” (Matthew 14:29–30). The wind really was ....

June 17 Beware of Criticizing Others “Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matthew 7:1). Jesus’ instructions with regard to judging others is very simply put; He says, “Don’t.” The average Christian is the most ....

   June 16 “Will You Lay Down Your Life?” “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends … I have called you friends …” (John 15:13, 15). Jesus does ....

June 15 Get Moving! “Also … add to your faith …” (2 Peter 1:5). In the matter of drudgery. Peter said in this passage that we have become “partakers of the divine nature” and that ....

June 14                                                        Get Moving! “Abide in Me …” (John 15:4). In the matter of determination. The Spirit of Jesus is put into me by way of the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I ....

 June 13                                                                  Getting There “… come, follow Me” (Luke 18:22). Where our individual desire dies and sanctified surrender lives. One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of our own ....

June 12                                                                    Getting There “They said to Him, ‘Rabbi … where are You staying?’ He said to them, ‘Come and see’ ” (John 1:38–39). Where our self-interest sleeps and the real interest is awakened. ....

June 11                                                      Getting There “Come to Me …” (Matthew 11:28). Where sin and sorrow stops, and the song of the saint starts. Do I really want to get there? I can right now. The ....