Ministries (Page 288)

Ministries (Page 288)

Daily Devotional – The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance

The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance from Utmost.org February 22, 2016 Be still, and know that I am God… —Psalm 46:10  Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. Perseverance means more than just hanging on, which may be only exposing our fear of letting go and falling. Perseverance is our supreme effort of refusing to believe that our hero is going to be conquered.…

Verse of the Day – 1 John 4:1 KJV

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:  because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Like Eddie said in last night’s service:   Read your Bible, become familiar with the Word of God.  Know the Word of God.

Daily Devotional – Do You Really Love Him?

Do You Really Love Him? February 21, 2016 from Utmost.org She has done a good work for Me. —Mark 14:6 If what we call love doesn’t take us beyond ourselves, it is not really love. If we have the idea that love is characterized as cautious, wise, sensible, shrewd, and never taken to extremes, we have missed the true meaning. This may describe affection and it may bring us a warm feeling, but it is not a true and accurate description…

Daily Devotional – Taking the Initiative Against Daydreaming

Taking the Initiative Against Daydreaming from Utmost.org February 20, 2016 Arise, let us go from here. —John 14:31  Daydreaming about something in order to do it properly is right, but daydreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong. In this passage, after having said these wonderful things to His disciples, we might have expected our Lord to tell them to go away and meditate over them all. But Jesus never allowed idle daydreaming. When our purpose is…

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Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery February 19, 2016 Arise, shine… —Isaiah 60:1 When it comes to taking the initiative against drudgery, we have to take the first step as though there were no God. There is no point in waiting for God to help us— He will not. But once we arise, immediately we find He is there. Whenever God gives us His inspiration, suddenly taking the initiative becomes a moral issue— a matter of obedience. Then we must act…

Verse of the Day – 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 KJV

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

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Taking the Initiative Against Despair February 18, 2016 Rise, let us be going. —Matthew 26:46 In the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples went to sleep when they should have stayed awake, and once they realized what they had done it produced despair. The sense of having done something irreversible tends to make us despair. We say, “Well, it’s all over and ruined now; what’s the point in trying anymore.” If we think this kind of despair is an exception, we…

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Is Your Mind Stayed on God? February 11, 2016 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. —Isaiah 26:3  Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a servant’s life. If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no…

Verse of the Day – Ephesians 1:9-10 KJV

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: Ephesians 1:9-10 KJV