'Ministry and Outreach' Tagged Posts
Daily Devotional – No Regrets
No Regrets – from Billygraham.org June 2, 2016 If we are living now by the Holy Spirit’s power, let us follow the Holy Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. —Galatians 5:25 (TLB) When Bill Borden, son of the wealthy Bordens, went out to China as a missionary, many of his friends thought he was foolish to “waste his life,” as they put it, trying to convert a few heathens to Christianity. But Bill loved Christ and he loved…
Letters from Roscoe – Doing Things for the Right Reason
Doing things for the Right Reason … Lately things have been pretty hard around here. Cindy’s mom passed away, and she is still there in Florida trying to deal with her Mom’s estate. My wife is a strong woman, she is a woman of even stronger faith and I know she will get through this and be the stronger for it. Things have also been quiet too. Ever since the day her Mom passed, I haven’t felt the Lord urging…
Daily Devotional – Faith Produces Works
Faith Produces Works – Billygraham.org May 17, 2016 . . . doing service as to the Lord . . . —Ephesians 6:7 A true sacrament is not a mere creed, or ordinance, or form, but it is a life of service to God and to man. The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of…
Letters from Roscoe
Why am I writing this? For whose glory is it anyway? Often since I became a Christian in Training and started writing this series of ‘Letters from Roscoe’, I have had to ask myself ‘Who are you doing this for?’. That thought always makes me stop and do some soul searching. The answer is: “I write this for HIM.” I write this in the hope that YOU will read it. I write it in the hope that YOU will think about it.…
Daily Devotional – The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success
The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success – From Utmost.org April 24, 2016 Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you… —Luke 10:20 Worldliness is not the trap that most endangers us as Christian workers; nor is it sin. The trap we fall into is extravagantly desiring spiritual success; that is, success measured by, and patterned after, the form set by this religious age in which we now live. Never seek after anything other than the approval…
Daily Devotional – Do You Worship the Work?
Do You Worship The Work? – From Utmost.org April 23, 2016 We are God’s fellow workers… —1 Corinthians 3:9 Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom…
Daily Devotional – All or Nothing?
All or Nothing? – From Utmost.org April 17, 2016 When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment…and plunged into the sea. —John 21:7 Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times externally, but it will amount to nothing. The true deep crisis of abandonment, or total surrender, is…
Daily Devotional – The Failure to Pay Close Attention
The Failure To Pay Close Attention – From Utmost.org April 15, 2016 The high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days. —2 Chronicles 15:17 Asa was not completely obedient in the outward, visible areas of his life. He was obedient in what he considered the most important areas, but he was not entirely right. Beware of ever thinking, “Oh, that thing in my life doesn’t matter much.” The fact that it…
Daily Devotional – Our Lord’s Surprise Visits
Our Lord’s Surprise Visits – From Utmost.org March 29, 2016 You also be ready… —Luke 12:40 A Christian worker’s greatest need is a readiness to face Jesus Christ at any and every turn. This is not easy, no matter what our experience has been. This battle is not against sin, difficulties, or circumstances, but against being so absorbed in our service to Jesus Christ that we are not ready to face Jesus Himself at every turn. The greatest need is…
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…
Daily Devotional – Total Surrender
Total Surrender – from Utmost.org March 12, 2016 Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.” —Mark 10:28 Our Lord replies to this statement of Peter by saying that this surrender is “for My sake and the gospel’s” (10:29). It was not for the purpose of what the disciples themselves would get out of it. Beware of surrender that is motivated by personal benefits that may result. For example, “I’m going to give myself…
Daily Devotional – Turning Back or Walking with Jesus?
Turning Back or Walking with Jesus? – From Utmost.org March 9, 2016 Do you also want to go away? —John 6:67 What a penetrating question! Our Lord’s words often hit home for us when He speaks in the simplest way. In spite of the fact that we know who Jesus is, He asks, “Do you also want to go away?” We must continually maintain an adventurous attitude toward Him, despite any potential personal risk. “From that time many of His…
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