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Daily Devotional – The Burning Heart

The Burning Heart – From Utmost.org March 22, 2016  Did not our heart burn within us…? —Luke 24:32  We need to learn this secret of the burning heart. Suddenly Jesus appears to us, fires are set ablaze, and we are given wonderful visions; but then we must learn to maintain the secret of the burning heart— a heart that can go through anything. It is the simple, dreary day, with its commonplace duties and people, that smothers the burning heart—…

Verse of the Day – Isaiah 25:8 KJV

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Daily Devotional – Identified of Simply Interested?

Identified or Simply Interested? – From Utmost.org March 21, 2016  I have been crucified with Christ… —Galatians 2:20  The inescapable spiritual need each of us has is the need to sign the death certificate of our sin nature. I must take my emotional opinions and intellectual beliefs and be willing to turn them into a moral verdict against the nature of sin; that is, against any claim I have to my right to myself. Paul said, “I have been crucified…

Verse of the Day – John 12:13 KJV

Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna:  Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Daily Devotional – Abraham’s Life of Faith

Abraham’s Life of Faith March 19, 2016  He went out, not knowing where he was going. —Hebrews 11:8  In the Old Testament, a person’s relationship with God was seen by the degree of separation in that person’s life. This separation is exhibited in the life of Abraham by his separation from his country and his family. When we think of separation today, we do not mean to be literally separated from those family members who do not have a personal…

Daily Devotional – The Servant’s Primary Goal

The Servant’s Primary Goal – From Utmost.org March 17, 2016  We make it our aim…to be well pleasing to Him. —2 Corinthians 5:9  “We make it our aim….” It requires a conscious decision and effort to keep our primary goal constantly in front of us. It means holding ourselves to the highest priority year in and year out; not making our first priority to win souls, or to establish churches, or to have revivals, but seeking only “to be well…

Daily Devotional – The Discipline of Dismay

The Discipline of Dismay – From Utmost.org March 15, 2016  As they followed they were afraid. —Mark 10:32  At the beginning of our life with Jesus Christ, we were sure we knew all there was to know about following Him. It was a delight to forsake everything else and to throw ourselves before Him in a fearless statement of love. But now we are not quite so sure. Jesus is far ahead of us and is beginning to seem different…