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thewatchman
It is crystal clear that a mental assent to the Gospel will save no one, nor will a mere empty profession of faith in Christ. So many flatter themselves that they are born again because they have been baptized, joined some “church of their choice” received the Lord’s supper who do not have a keen and humbling sense of sin. Professing to be Christians, they are filled with a vain and presumptuous confidence that all is well with their souls, deluding themselves with hopes of mercy while continuing to live in a course of self-will and self-pleasing.
Dec 14, 2014
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Psalm 119
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Dec 14, 2014
thewatchman
Our only hope is to return to the God of the Scriptures and the truth that the center of all meaning in life is not ourselves but God. God is the center of the universe and the essence of all wisdom and all truth. The purpose of life derives from God’s desire to see His own glory and behold His own beauty. Thus it is time for Christians to be called back to the truth that the meaning of life is to be found in “the glory of God alone.”
Dec 15, 2014
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Psalm 119
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Dec 15, 2014
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Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Dec 17, 2014
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Thank you for the quote and your kindness. I wish I knew what to do or say. I am grateful that you are strong in the Lord and that your husband being a child of the most High God is with Him now. Please don't feel you need to reply again to me. This is just my way of letting you know I am thinking about you and your family. Hugs to you
Dec 17, 2014
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“Faith creates nothing; it simply reckons upon that which is already there.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God
Dec 23, 2014
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2 Cor. 1:3-4
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Dec 24, 2014
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1 Thess. 4
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Dec 24, 2014
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—Selected
Dec 25, 2014
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Be much alone with God. Do not put Him off with a quarter of an hour morning and evening. Take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Talk everything over with Him. Pour out every thought, feeling, wish, plan, and doubt to Him. He wants converse with His creatures. Shall His creatures not want converse with Him? He wants, not merely to be on “good terms” with you, if one may use man’s phrase, but to be intimate. Shall you decline the intimacy and be satisfied with mere acquaintance? What! Intimate with the world, with friends, with neighbors, but not with God? That would look ill indeed. Folly, to prefer the clay to the potter, the marble to the sculptor, this little earth and its lesser creatures to the mighty Maker of the universe, the great “All and in all!”
Dec 29, 2014
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Dec 31, 2014
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Jan 1, 2015
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Deuteronomy 11: 11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year
Jan 1, 2015
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Jan 3, 2015
Tammy
Thank you for the birthday wishes dear friend.
Jan 3, 2015
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The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.
Jan 4, 2015
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Our danger is to water down God’s word to suit ourselves. God never fits His word to suit me; He fits me to suit His word.
Not Knowing Whither, 901 R ~Oswald Chambers~
Jan 4, 2015
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The secret of praying is praying in secret.
Jan 5, 2015
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We have come to a place in time where we measure the correctness of our plans simply by their seeming to contribute to our favorite aim. We estimate the soundness of our doctrine, not from its tendency to exalt and glorify God…but entirely by the apparent facility with which it enables us to get sinners to turn from their ways.
Jan 5, 2015
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Thank you, I am about the same. I have been laying down mostly. Im trying to get rid of this deep cough and aches and pains. I don't need anything. I have Dayquil and Nyquil here. I hope you are doing ok and well. I love you too and thank you for checking in. I love you too.
Jan 5, 2015
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God and eternal things are my only pleasure.
Jan 8, 2015
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Our only hope is to return to the God of the Scriptures and the truth that the center of all meaning in life is not ourselves but God. God is the center of the universe and the essence of all wisdom and all truth. The purpose of life derives from God’s desire to see His own glory and behold His own beauty. Thus it is time for Christians to be called back to the truth that the meaning of life is to be found in “the glory of God alone.”
Jan 9, 2015
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The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance. Notes on Isaiah, 1376 R
~Oswald Chambers~
Jan 10, 2015
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Jan 12, 2015
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To those who have had no agony Jesus says, “I have nothing for you; stand on your own feet, square your own shoulders. I have come for the man who knows he has a bigger handful than he can cope with, who knows there are forces he cannot touch; I will do everything for him if he will let Me. Only let a man grant he needs it, and I will do it for him.”
The Shadow of an Agony ~Oswald Chambers!
Jan 13, 2015
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Hey my sweet friend...... <3 Hugs to you. I am checking in to see if I see you around and see how you are doing, Coming here is kind of like going neighbor/friend knocking. I remember sometimes a lady who used to come here , her Carla and me would sometimes have imagination luncheons. Ramona , the lady I am speaking of, would help me visualize beautiful and awesome scenery and us sitting and visiting .. sipping tea. I loved that so much . I hear that the bible talks about how no one here on earth has ever seen such beauty as heaven is. Im rattling on and on. I love you.. hugs and love to you.
Jan 13, 2015
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Jan 16, 2015
Hank Roberts
Hello, my friend. Please tell me a little about yourself.
Jan 17, 2015
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The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic séance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer.
Jan 19, 2015
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I just wrote you a note and something happened and the page changed.
Its you who makes me smile when I hear from you or even when I see you posting here and there.
My health isn't getting better and my phobias of not wanting to leave my house have worsened. Its even more difficult for me to check my mail at night time. I know I need to see a doctor. It will take courage for me to make the appointment and then more courage to go. Im a big coward but this fear is real. I try quoting the scripture , fear not for the Lord God is with you". I just need to put that in my heart.
How are you doing? Is it winter weather where you are? It gets cold here but I think the last couple days have been sort of warm. No big snow yet and I hope if we do it wont be with ice. You have a dog don't you? How is your dog? Maybe sometime you can share a picture of it here. Love to you. Im just rattling on . love to you.
Jan 21, 2015
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Jan 21, 2015
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“If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.”
― Oswald Chambers
Jan 25, 2015
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Jan 30, 2015
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I love you......
Jan 30, 2015
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Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own.
~Oswald Chambers~
Disciples Indeed, 386 R
Feb 2, 2015
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“If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God. ”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
Feb 4, 2015
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“All God's revelations are sealed to us until they are opened to us by obedience. You will never get them open by philosophy or thinking. Immediately you obey, a flash of light comes. Let God's truth work in you by soaking in it, not by worrying into it. Obey God in the thing He is at present showing you, and instantly the next thing is opened up. We read tomes on the work of the Holy Spirit when... five minutes of drastic obedience would make things clear as a sunbeam. We say, "I suppose I shall understand these things some day." You can understand them now: it is not study that does it, but obedience. The tiniest fragment of obedience, and heaven opens up and the profoundest truths of God are yours straight away. God will never reveal more truth about Himself till you obey what you know already. Beware of being wise and prudent.”
― Oswald Chambers
Feb 7, 2015
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Faith and Obedience
Here is the way John states it: "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of error." Such language as this is too plain to confuse anyone who honestly wants to know the truth. Our problem is not one of understanding, I repeat, but of faith and obedience. The question is not a theological one, What does this teach? It is a moral one, Am I willing to accept this and abide by its consequences? Can I endure the cold stare? Have I the courage to stand up to the slashing attack of the "liberal"? Dare I invite the hate of men who will be affronted by my attitude? Have I independence of mind sufficient to challenge the opinions of popular religion and go along with an apostle? Or briefly, can I bring myself to take up the cross with its blood and its reproach?
Verse
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one how is in the world.1 John 4:4
Thought
Our problem is not one of understanding, I repeat, but of faith and obedience.
Prayer
Holy Father, give us the strength to take up the cross and to be associated with Your blood.
https://www.cmalliance.org/devotions/tozer?id=1549
Feb 8, 2015
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“Jesus Christ became a curse for us by divine decree. Our part in realizing the tremendous meaning of His curse is the conviction of sin. Conviction is given to us as a gift of shame and repentance; it is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the sin in people, and Calvary is the measure of His hatred.”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest: Traditional Updated Edition
Feb 9, 2015
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To those who have had no agony Jesus says, “I have nothing for you; stand on your own feet, square your own shoulders. I have come for the man who knows he has a bigger handful than he can cope with, who knows there are forces he cannot touch; I will do everything for him if he will let Me. Only let a man grant he needs it, and I will do it for him.”
The Shadow of an Agony
~Oswald Chambers~
Feb 10, 2015
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Sharp Separation
For myself, I fear any kind of religious stir among Christians that does not lead to repentance and result in a sharp separation of the believer from the world. I am suspicious of any organized revival effort that is forced to play down the hard terms of the Kingdom. No matter how attractive the movement may appear, if it is not founded in righteousness and nurtured in humility it is not of God. If it exploits the flesh it is a religious fraud and should not have the support of any God-fearing Christian. Only that is of God which honors the Spirit and prospers at the expense of the human ego. "That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."
Verse
For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world.1 John 2:16
Thought
No matter how attractive the movement may appear, if it is not founded in righteousness and nurtured in humility it is not of God.
Prayer
As we turn away from this world, Lord, let us glorify You with our lives.
https://www.cmalliance.org/devotions/tozer
Feb 12, 2015
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The end of life is not to do good, although many of us think so. It is not to win souls, although I once thought so. The end of life is to do the will of God whatever it may be.
Author: Henry Drummond
Feb 13, 2015
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Feb 14, 2015
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If a man cannot prove his religion in the valley, it is not worth anything. Shade of His Hand, 1200 L ~Oswald Chambers~
Feb 15, 2015
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There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed. Our Brilliant Heritage ~Oswald Chambers~
Feb 16, 2015
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“The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
Feb 18, 2015
Tammy
Feb 18, 2015
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You can never conquer sin with an excuse.
Author: Author Unknown
Feb 20, 2015
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It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
Feb 21, 2015