The Holy Spirit cannot conquer the world with unbelief, nor can He save the world with a worldly Church. He calls for a crusade, a campaign, and an adventure of saving passion. For this enterprise He wants a separated, sanctified and sacrificial people.
-- Rev. Samuel Chadwick
Lord, I want to be in this world but not of this world. Yes, by faith, please include me in the adventure of Your saving passion. Make me (by the indwelling presence of Your Holy Spirit) to be a separated, sanctified, and sacrificial saint for Your glory, that is, make me exclusively Yours. In the Name of Jesus, I ask these things. Amen.
High Priestly Prayer of Jesus to the Father for His Disciples:
(15) My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. (16) They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. (17) Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. (18) As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. (19) For them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. -- John 17:15-19 (NIV)
By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
Grateful
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Souls Ablaze for God
Spirit-filled souls are ablaze for God.
They love with a love that glows.
They serve with a faith that kindles.
They serve with a devotion that consumes.
They hate sin with fierceness that burns.
They rejoice with a joy that radiates.
Love is perfected in the fire of God.
-- Rev. Samuel Chadwick
Back and forth they talked. "Didn't we feel on fire as He (The Resurrected Jesus) conversed with us on the road, as He opened up the Scriptures for us?" -- Luke 24:32 The Message
Holiness Unto the LORD!
Grateful
They love with a love that glows.
They serve with a faith that kindles.
They serve with a devotion that consumes.
They hate sin with fierceness that burns.
They rejoice with a joy that radiates.
Love is perfected in the fire of God.
-- Rev. Samuel Chadwick
Back and forth they talked. "Didn't we feel on fire as He (The Resurrected Jesus) conversed with us on the road, as He opened up the Scriptures for us?" -- Luke 24:32 The Message
Holiness Unto the LORD!
Grateful
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Do You "Really" Love Me?
There's an old love song imbeded in my brainwaves (from way back in my teen years). It's an inspiring tune that declares deep devotion with these words: I love you more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow.
Recalling the lyrics of this old love song these days, causes me, as one who claims to be a fully devoted lover of the Lord, to immediately ask a couple of personal and penetrating questions:
(1) Has there been any period of my life when I have loved Jesus more than I love Him presently?
(2) Will I really love my Lord more tomorrow than I do today?
I have had the sacred privilege many times to stand on the banks of the Sea of Galilee in the place that remembers where John 21 actually happened. In John 21:15-23, Jesus challenged the deep devotion of His disciple, Simon Peter. Yes, there where the waves met the shoreline, the seeking Savior asked the floundering fisherman not once, not twice, but three times a personal and penetrating question: Do you love Me? It would not be a stretch to add one word to the question Jesus asked. Do you "really" love Me?
I believe that Jesus still asks those of us who claim to be fully devoted to Him, Do you "really" love Me? Can we answer with these words? I love You more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow? Is our love for the One called Wonderful ever-increasing everyday!
O, how I "really" want to love You, my Jesus...
...more today than yesterday, and even more tomorrow!
Grateful
Recalling the lyrics of this old love song these days, causes me, as one who claims to be a fully devoted lover of the Lord, to immediately ask a couple of personal and penetrating questions:
(1) Has there been any period of my life when I have loved Jesus more than I love Him presently?
(2) Will I really love my Lord more tomorrow than I do today?
I have had the sacred privilege many times to stand on the banks of the Sea of Galilee in the place that remembers where John 21 actually happened. In John 21:15-23, Jesus challenged the deep devotion of His disciple, Simon Peter. Yes, there where the waves met the shoreline, the seeking Savior asked the floundering fisherman not once, not twice, but three times a personal and penetrating question: Do you love Me? It would not be a stretch to add one word to the question Jesus asked. Do you "really" love Me?
I believe that Jesus still asks those of us who claim to be fully devoted to Him, Do you "really" love Me? Can we answer with these words? I love You more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow? Is our love for the One called Wonderful ever-increasing everyday!
O, how I "really" want to love You, my Jesus...
...more today than yesterday, and even more tomorrow!
Grateful
Friday, February 25, 2011
Worries, Cares, & Problems?
Let Him have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about and watching everything that concerns you.
-- 1 Peter 5:7 (TLB)
And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust Him, too, for each day's problems: live in vital union with Him.
-- Colossians 2:6 (TLB)
By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
Grateful
-- 1 Peter 5:7 (TLB)
And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust Him, too, for each day's problems: live in vital union with Him.
-- Colossians 2:6 (TLB)
By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
Grateful
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Does The Love of Christ Control Us?
For the love of Christ controls and urges and impels us...
-- 2 Corinthians 5:14 (Amplified Version)
We are ruled by Christ's love for us.
-- 2 Corinthians 5:14 (CEV)
Love never fails...
Grateful
-- 2 Corinthians 5:14 (Amplified Version)
We are ruled by Christ's love for us.
-- 2 Corinthians 5:14 (CEV)
Love never fails...
Grateful
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Everything New
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” -- Words of our Lord in Revelation 21:5 (NIV)
Lord, when I think of the most wonderful words to define "revival", I know of no other words more wonderful than Your words recorded in Revelation 21:5 -- "everything new."
Indeed, "revival" is intimately aligned with "renewal" -- You making everything new again!
Holiness Unto the LORD!
Grateful
Lord, when I think of the most wonderful words to define "revival", I know of no other words more wonderful than Your words recorded in Revelation 21:5 -- "everything new."
Indeed, "revival" is intimately aligned with "renewal" -- You making everything new again!
Holiness Unto the LORD!
Grateful
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tell Everyone About Me...
I baptize you with water so that you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
-- Words of John the Baptist in Matthew 3:11 (CEV)
But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about Me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world.
-- Promise of Jesus in Acts 1:8 (CEV)
I'll be Your witness, Lord, Your witness, Lord... to the end of my life!
Grateful
-- Words of John the Baptist in Matthew 3:11 (CEV)
But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about Me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world.
-- Promise of Jesus in Acts 1:8 (CEV)
I'll be Your witness, Lord, Your witness, Lord... to the end of my life!
Grateful
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