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April 1, 2018 | |
| Even unto the Death | Andrew Murray, 1900 | Submission | |
All through His life He had been "in all points tempted like as we are".... In this last hour of the powers of darkness they make one great assault on the very citadel of His being, and seek to tempt Him with the sorest of all temptations... the assertion of our self-will. | ||
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November 1, 2006 | |
| Fellowship Is of the Spirit | Jennie C. Rutty, 1900 | Fellowship | |
A great many... have only an intellectual understanding without an actual experience in the soul. They... are often received as the children of God by those who do not discern between the "fellowship of the Spirit" and a mere fellowship of doctrine. | ||
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March 30, 2004 | |
| Only a Servant | Kristina Roy, 1900 | Story | |
The sick landlady praised the servant, "He takes care of me like a son, and he is a wise man. He persuaded my husband to let him put up a stove in the kitchen.... Others barely do what they are told to; this one does the needed things without being told." | ||
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August 1, 2018 | |
| The Salvation of All | Andrew Murray, 1900 | Salvation | |
If we only knew God and His love, how we would look upon every person we see as one... for whom [He] longs. We would begin to wonder at the mystery of grace that has taken the Church... as a partner in the great work of making that love known. | ||
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May 1, 2016 | |
| In Perfect Peace | James R. Miller, 1892 | Peace | |
How many of us really have Christ's peace today?... Is grace not able to help us to attain that peace?... We may say with perfect confidence that.... It is a state into which every believer in Christ may enter... and in which he may dwell in all life's changes. | ||
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January 25, 2020 | |
| In the Beginning God | James R. Miller, 1902 | Consecration | |
God's face should be the first we see in the morning when we open our eyes. His voice should be the first we hear with its benediction of love and grace. He should be the first to whom we speak, lifting up our hearts in praise and in supplication. | ||
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December 1, 2004 | |
| Sanctification | Jacob W. Byers, 1902 | Sanctification | |
Jesus requires the undivided heart and every affection. You cannot refuse him. He has done too much for you. He suffered without the gate that He might sanctify you with His own blood. He gave Himself... and now how can you withhold anything from Him? | ||
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June 6, 2004 | |
| Christian Conduct | Charles E. Orr, 1903 | Truth | |
Christianity brings a heaven to the home as well as in the public life. Christianity is Christ in the heart, and where Christ is, there is heaven; consequently a Christian has a heaven within him, and he has this heaven at home as well as abroad. Praise God! | ||
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October 1, 2018 | |
| Having the Mind of Christ | James R. Miller, 1903 | Consecration | |
We say we want to be like Christ.... But what do we mean by being like Christ? Are we not in danger of getting into our vision of it, merely an easy kind of life, a gentle piety, a dainty charity, a fashionable holiness, a pleasing service? | ||
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June 1, 2017 | |
| In Our Father’s Hands | James R. Miller, 1903 | Assurance | |
When Jesus said, "My Father is the husbandman," He was communicating to His disciples that the care of their lives is in the hands of God, whose name is Love.... There is no "chance"—all things are under control of God's infinite wisdom and love. | ||
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January 1, 2016 | |
| The Face of the Master | James R. Miller, 1903 | Jesus/Savior | |
The face of Jesus Christ must have been very beautiful... with the true beauty produced by a pure and spotless life. Sin disfigures the countenance, and there was no sin in Him.... What goes on in the depths of our being, comes up to the surface. | ||
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March 25, 2020 | |
| Would Our Way Be Better? | James R. Miller, 1903 | Submission | |
Would it be better if we could direct all our own affairs?... If we could do so, no doubt many of our circumstances would be quite different.... We would have only prosperities, with no adversities; only joys, with no sorrows. We would exclude all pain and trouble from our life. | ||
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August 15, 2016 | |
| “At Thy Word, I Will” | James R. Miller, 1904 | Obedience | |
Many people suffer from the ignorance of those whom they trust as guides. But in Jesus Christ we have a Leader who never errs in wisdom. He never gives wrong advice. He is never mistaken in His decision as to what we ought to do. | ||
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January 1, 2024 | |
| Divine Grafting | George D. Watson, 1904 | Communion | |
In regenerating and sanctifying the believing soul, the Holy Spirit pursues this same great law of grafting the life of Christ into the believing heart, and the graces and fruit of the Spirit upon the natural faculties and functions of the human spirit. | ||
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March 1, 2018 | |
| Finding the Way | James R. Miller, 1904 | Guidance | |
We have the privilege to pray, "Show me the way I should go," and expect to be answered. There will be a Hand extended to guide us, to open the path for us, and to help us over the hard pinches of the road. | ||
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November 6, 2004 | |
| Food for Lambs | Charles E. Orr, 1904 | Guidance | |
Jesus, the true shepherd, came seeking for you, and now that you have given yourself to His loving care, always confide in Him and yield to His guidance. Ever keep your hand in His and follow where He leads, and your life will be full of joy. | ||
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May 1, 2019 | |
| One Thing I Do | James R. Miller, 1904 | Work | |
If in our hearts the great master purpose is to live for Christ only, we will grow continually away from all that is worldly and unworthy, toward things which are spiritual and Divine. Paul describes himself as "...stretching forward to the things which are before." | ||
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October 1, 2017 | |
| Successful Child Training | Charles E. Orr, 1904 | Parenting | |
Here he lies an infant in your arms. He is at your mercy.... You can lead him in the paths of virtue to a generous Christian manhood, or you can neglect him and allow him to go to shame and ruin. Let this thought be impressed deeply upon your consciousness. | ||
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September 1, 2016 | |
| The Sympathy of Christ | James R. Miller, 1904 | Comfort | |
Christ in heaven sympathizes with His friends on the earth in all their experiences.... We believe all this as a doctrine, but what meaning has it for us in our own lives? What is Christ in heaven to us in a personal, practical way? | ||
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August 1, 2019 | |
| Obedience That Pleases Christ | James R. Miller, 1905 | Obedience | |
The most triumphant word anyone can say at the end of his life is, "I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." And it is the only way to receive the approving verdict, "Well done, good and faithful servant... enter thou into the joy of thy lord." | ||
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August 1, 2010 | |
| The Promises of God | Emil Kreutz, 1905 | Promise | |
I am satisfied many do not appreciate the promises of God as they ought. There are promises in the good old Bible that apply themselves to our every need. He has promised to "supply all our needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." | ||
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July 1, 2019 | |
| When the Song Begins | James R. Miller, 1905 | Joy | |
What is the secret? When does the song begin? What is it that gives to the believer in God this quenchless joy? In the record of the opening of the temple by Hezekiah we find a sentence which suggests the answer. | ||
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January 1, 2019 | |
| Go Forward | James R. Miller, 1908 | Growth | |
There is always danger that we become contented with our routine, and indisposed to go beyond it.... But, besides this monotonous round... there should always be something larger going on. "You have gone around this mountain long enough: turn northward." | ||
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February 15, 2005 | |
| The Hidden Life | Charles E. Orr, 1908 | Experience | |
A walk with God is a satisfactory walk. He who walks with God is delighted all the way.... In God's ways there are no disappointments. When our wills are submitted to Him and we humbly and submissively walk where He leads us, we meet with no disappointments. | ||
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May 25, 2004 | |
| How John Became a Man | Isabel C. Byrum, 1909 | Biography | |
He had not meant to be wicked, but he suddenly realized that his life had been wasted; and he concluded that he was not ready to meet Christ. But John believed that Christ would come to the earth, and he felt that he would give anything to be ready to meet Him. | ||