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May 19 “Out of the Wreck I Rise” “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” (Romans 8:35). God does not keep His child immune from trouble; He promises, “I will be with him in trouble …” (Psalm 91:15). It doesn’t matter how real or intense the adversities may be; nothing can […]
Read MoreMay 18 Living Simply—Yet Focused “Look at the birds of the air … . Consider the lilies of the field …” (Matthew 6:26, 28). Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin”—they simply are! Think of the sea, the air, the sun, the stars, and the moon—all of these simply are […]
Read MoreMay 17 His Ascension and Our Access “It came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven” (Luke 24:51). We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord’s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life was […]
Read MoreMay 16 The Habit of Recognizing God’s Provision “… you may be partakers of the divine nature …” (2 Peter 1:4). We are made “partakers of the divine nature,” receiving and sharing God’s own nature through His promises. Then we have to work that divine nature into our human nature by developing godly habits. […]
Read MoreMay 15 The Habit of Rising to the Occasion “… that you may know what is the hope of His calling …” (Ephesians 1:18). Remember that you have been saved so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in your body (see 2 Corinthians 4:10). Direct the total energy of your powers so that you […]
Read MoreMay 14 The Habit of Enjoying Adversity “… that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body” (2 Corinthians 4:10). We have to develop godly habits to express what God’s grace has done in us. It is not just a question of being saved from hell, but of being saved […]
Read MoreMay 13 The Habit of Keeping a Clear Conscience “… strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men” (Acts 24:16). God’s commands to us are actually given to the life of His Son in us. Consequently, to our human nature in which God’s Son has been formed (see Galatians 4:19), His commands […]
Read MoreMay 12 The Habit of Having No Habits “If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful …” (2 Peter 1:8). When we first begin to form a habit, we are fully aware of it. There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and godly, but this awareness […]
Read MoreMay 11 “Love One Another” “… add to your … brotherly kindness love” (2 Peter 1:5, 7). Love is an indefinite thing to most of us; we don’t know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the loftiest preference of one person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that this sovereign preference […]
Read MoreMay 10 Take the Initiative “… add to your faith virtue …” (2 Peter 1:5). Add means that we have to do something. We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We cannot save nor sanctify ourselves—God does that. But […]
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