June 27 The Overshadowing of God’s Personal Deliverance “ ‘… I am with you to deliver you,’ says the Lord” (Jeremiah 1:8). God promised Jeremiah that He would deliver him personally—“… your life shall be ....

  June 26 Drawing on the Grace of God—Now “We … plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain” (2 Corinthians 6:1). The grace you had yesterday will not be sufficient for ....

June 25                                    Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow “… what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ‘Father, glorify Your name’ ” ....

  June 24                               Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin “This is your hour, and the power of darkness” (Luke 22:53). Not being reconciled to the fact of sin—not recognizing it and refusing to deal ....

  June 23 “Acquainted With Grief” “He is … a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3). We are not “acquainted with grief” in the same way our Lord was acquainted with it. We ....

June 22 The Unchanging Law of Judgment “With what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you” (Matthew 7:2). This statement is not ....

June 21 The Ministry of the Inner Life “You are … a royal priesthood …” (1 Peter 2:9). By what right have we become “a royal priesthood”? It is by the right of the atonement ....

  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 ....