St. Ephrem, the Syrian
Be gentle with every person you meet--they are fighting a great battle.
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Oswald Chambers from his book "Disciples Indeed"
The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealings and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word.
I think those quotes are beautiful. Thank you for posting them.
"what you do to/for the lowliest person you are doing to/for me." - Jesus
"It is only because He became like us that we can become like Him."
Dietrich Bonhoffer - The Cost of Discipleship
from the writings Oswald Chambers
"My relationship to Jesus is not on the ground of Christian evidence, that I can pass an examination on the doctrines of the Person of Christ, but suddenly by the great surprise of the indwelling Spirit of God I see who Jesus is, the Son of the Living God, absolute Lord and Master. The basis of the Christian life is an inner illumination that reveals to me who Jesus is, and on that revelation and the public confession of it, Jesus says He will build His church."
Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
"Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him... Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness... and so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness on which the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself."
Reason is not automatic, those who deny it cannot be conquered by it.
Eaglesway- Tentmaker forum
"The kingdom of God is the manifested glory of God. It transforms (restoration) and translates (revelation) things."
from Ray Prinzing -Daily Overcoming
To be silent, to be quieted, literally means the end of all projection of self. The end of all action of our own will. A ceasing from running to and fro seeking to fill up the inner void.
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The word "rest" is literally, "to be silent, quiet, standing still." There is a ceasing from our own works, an entering into His rest, and it comes as He fills us with Himself. ... resting in His sufficiency, rejoicing in His love.
from Thomas a' Kempis (The Inner Life)
"In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue. There is no salvation, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross."
Zeph 3:17
The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.
Amen, hallelujah!
From Tentmaker.org, 'The Cross and Identifying With Christ Quotes'.
- "Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion, a mere example. He is that, but he is infinitely more; He is salvation itself, He is the Gospel of God. --Oswald Chambers"
Exo 3:14 And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'
from spirithome.com
"Intercessory prayer aims to build people into what God wants of them, not to tear them down."
Awareness knows only the present. To be free from past and future is to taste freedom for the first time. And in that experience one becomes whole, healthy; all wounds are healed. That well-being is the beginning of transformation.
from the writings of Oswald Chambers
"In the new birth God does three impossible things, impossible, that is, from the rational standpoint. The first is to make a man's past as though it had never been; the second, to make a man all over again, and the third, to make a man as certain of God as God is of Himself. New birth does not mean salvation from hell, but something more radical, something which tells in a man's actual life."
from the writings of Oswald Chambers
"Jesus Christ never preached down to the level of His audience; He did not rely on human understanding, but on the interpreting power of the Holy Spirit in a human mind. The disciples frequently misunderstood what our Lord said, but He relied on the work of the Holy Spirit to guide them into all TRUTH."
Eaglesway Tentmaker Forum 10/8/12 Thread: "No Hope..."
"They simply have no hope now. They can not see the resurrection as we do who are believers in Christ. Therefore they have no hope that reaches through the veil. Paul is talking about mourning and the emotional state after losing a beloved one. We are not to grieve AS THEY DO. It doesn't mean we can't grieve, it means our grieving is not HOPELESS. We grieve the loss of that person's company but we are comforted by the HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION."
reFORMer Tentmaker Forum, Oct 8,2012 on thread: Prophecy
"It is important that not only is the true understanding of at least the 12 mysteries in the New Testament dependent on the initiation into that understanding by the work of the Holy Spirit within us, we can only continue to perceive these mystical realties by the continuing work of the Holy Spirit. Detached from Him whatever we remember about them withers and dies."
2 Cor 12:9 AMP
But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness.
from the devotionals of Clay Curtis
The Grace of God
These are the words of the Lord to the apostle Paul. This is the banner of all believers. God used men to pen what He purposed to be written providing us with His Word. Do you see His sufficiency in doing so? Think of the pictures and types set forth in scripture, wrought out by the lives of men and women whom God directed for the purpose of showing forth the person and work of Christ Jesus the Lord. Oh the sufficiency of His grace! Who could justify sinners? Who could reconcile man to God? Who could speak and cause the dead come forth? Unable, unwilling, undesirable sinners robed in His righteousness raised with Him justified, sealed by the Spirit of promise the earnest of the inheritance. The resurrected Lord of hosts seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession on our behalf, determining, directing, disposing of the whole matter is the God of all sufficient grace. As we go about our pilgrimage through this vast wilderness let us find comfort, assured that God's grace is sufficient.
Robert E. Lee
"Knowing that intercessory prayer is our mightiest weapon and the supreme call for all Christians today, I pleadingly urge our people everywhere to pray. Believing that prayer is the greatest contribution that our people can make in this critical hour, I humbly urge that we take time to pray--to really pray. Let there be prayer at sunup, at noonday, at sundown, at midnight--all through the day. Let us all pray for our children, our youth, our aged, our homes. Let us all pray for our churches. Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word 'concern' out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice."
from Prayer Quotes - E.M.Bounds
"God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil."
Quote from: goodreport on October 03, 2012, 06:24:18 PM
from spirithome.com
"Intercessory prayer aims to build people into what God wants of them, not to tear them down."
Awesome!
excerpts from Ray Prinzing: Daily Overcoming -- Hope for EVERY tree
"The cutting down simply bespeaks of death to the old realm, that there might be a change, a sprouting up of the new. There is a new life that is forming within us, it is HIS LIFE, age-abiding and glorious. It does not emerge as a full grown expression in an instant, but it sprouts and grows. We "grow in GRACE and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," and as we grow the change takes place by degree. There is hope for EVERY tree, for though every individual shall be cut down, face the death to the old nature, yet they shall all sprout again, for "as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order..." (1 Cor 15:22-23) How this creation needs that scent of water -- that living water of His life. And we rejoice to know that God is preparing those vessels, through whom shall flow "Rivers of living water," to bring His life to a weary, dry groaning creation.
....."There is hope, there is an expectation, not for the renewing or reviving of the old tree, but of that NEW GROWTH, a new life that shall spring forth out of the old stump."
Hope for EVERY tree (Job 14:7,9)
from Tentmaker Forum, Eaglesway on "Unbelief=sin of the world" 10/24/12
"The message of the gospel is, 'God has saved the world, believe it.' "
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"I rejoice that God has called me to participate in the salvation of all, to offer hope to the downtrodden, to warn the wicked in love and humility, knowing that they are all appointed to salvation in HIS time."
Thank you Jabcat, I've been hunting for a quotable quote
from Jabcat Tentmaker Forum 11/4/12
...although a true believer will follow in Jesus' footsteps, that's not what the scriptures say makes one spiritually reborn, which Jesus said must occur before one can enter the kingdom. I believe the scriptures teach that it is not by the Law, or not by works, not by effort to do good deeds, including what we may imagine as "following Jesus' footsteps". Following Him is an act of obedience as the indwelling Holy Spirit empowers us to do so, after we're spiritually reborn and infilled. Salvation is through the gift of grace through faith in Yeshua and His finished work on the cross. That happens when the Holy Spirit convicts us of our need for the Savior and gives us faith and strength to believe on His Name as our Savior."
"It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Savior and Power for fruitbearing and His joy in possessing us, as His bride and His delight; it is the consciousness of this joy which is our real strength. Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing; His joy in us knows no change." Hudson Taylor
from Daily Overcoming Ray Prinzing
Isa 26:20
Come, My people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
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To enter into our chambers, therefore, is to learn to live in this inner realm with Christ. Applied to our spiritual walk, the obvious is the exterior, manifested in the flesh realm, the outer circle, the fringes, and we pass through the laws of do and don't, with our walk and actions dealt with from the surface, exterior viewpoints. Then we progress to the soul-realm, the mind, with its intellectual reasoning's which need to be brought into subjection to the truth. The will and emotions which dominate our thinking must be renewed into the mind of Christ. But there is also this third dimension, this inner chamber, the inward parts of our being, where our spirit dwells. "He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit." And here is the source of our life, here the inner springs are to flow, here the kingdom is to be formed and brought forth, till it reaches out and reigns over all.
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Oswald Chambers: My Utmost for His highest
1 Thess 5:23
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
"Your whole spirit..." The great, mysterious work of the Holy Spirit is in the deep recesses of our being which we cannot reach. Read Psalm 139. The psalmist implies --"O Lord, You are the God of the early mornings, the God of the late nights, the God of the mountain peaks, and the God of the sea. But, my God, my soul has horizons further away than those of early mornings, deeper darkness than the nights of earth, higher peaks than any mountain peaks, greater depths than any sea in nature. You who are the God of all these, be my God. I cannot reach to the heights or to the depths; there are motives I cannot discover, dreams I cannot realize. My God, search me."
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Augustine of Hippo from "Confessions"
"Great are You, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise, Your power is immense and Your wisdom beyond reckoning. And so we men, who are a due part of Your creation, long to praise You -- we also carry our mortality about with us, carry the evidence of our sin and with it the proof that You thwart the proud. You arouse us so that praising You may bring us joy, because You have made us and drawn us to Yourself, and our heart is unquiet until it rests in you."
reFORMer from Tentmaker Forum Prophecy thread 11/18/12
"The new song (of the 144,000) cannot be learned by others in part because, Overcoming death and entering into immortality is not learned. It is similar to being born again in this regard. It is something God must perform. This is the third in a row of songs that concern a big change in the people of God wrought by Overcomers' ministries. The same changes are in view, only in an ultimate intensification this third time. We are to be brought closer to God by the transformation of our physical bodies into incorruptible bodies of glory. Our identity as being born of God will be revealed when the physical is born of resurrection. All creation will be set free."
"Nothing is more painful than a broken heart. ... When trouble gets into a person's heart, all troubles are magnified, blessings are unseen, and it is well nigh impossible to bear the daily experience of life. Getting out of bed is misery. Living is torment. Nobody understands a broken heart but one whose heart has been broken. ...
Yet, in a spiritual sense, I can think of nothing more promising, nothing more hopeful, nothing more blessed than a broken heart. You may think that sounds strange. But a heart broken before God is a heart touched by the finger of His grace for whom the sweet balm of salvation is prepared."
...He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted!" What a marvellous word of grace from our Savior.
(freegrace.net)
Oswald Chambers from My Utmost for His Highest
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"The New Testament example of the Christian experience is that of a personal, passionate devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ. Every other kind of so-called Christian experience is detached from the Person of Jesus. There is no regeneration--no being born again into the kingdom in which Christ lives and reigns supreme. There is only the idea that He is our pattern. In the New Testament Jesus Christ is the Savior long before He is our pattern. Today He is being portrayed as the figurehead of a religion -- a mere example. He is that, but He is infinitely more. He is salvation itself; He is the gospel of God!
Jesus said, "...when He, the Spirit of truth has come...He will guide you into all truth... He will glorify Me. (John 16:13-14). When I commit myself to the revealed truth of the New Testament, I receive from God the gift of the Holy Spirit, who then begins interpreting to me what Jesus did. The Spirit of God does in me internally all that Jesus Christ did for me externally."
From Richard Kelly Hoskins:
"History does not change because the human heart does not change."
Laz sez:
That's about to change...
Mother Teresa
To fear is to expect punishment
To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
C.H. Spurgeon
"Cleanseth," says the text, not "shall cleanse." There are multitudes who think that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh! how infinitely better to have cleansing now than to depend on the possibility of forgiveness when I come to die. Some imagine that a sense of pardon is an attainment only obtainable after many years of Christian experience. But forgiveness of sin is a present thing, a privilege for this day, a joy for this very hour. ... The text, being written in the present tense, also indicates continuance; it was cleanseth yesterday, it is cleanseth today, it will be cleanseth tomorrow: it will be always so with you, Christian, until you cross the river; every hour you may come to this fountain, for it cleanseth still. Notice, likewise, the completeness of the cleansing. "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from ALL sin. Reader, I cannot tell you the exceeding sweetness of this word. ... Blessed completeness!"
Laz sez:
"Chaos" is the name we give to our failure to perceive the principles behind the events around us.
Ded says,
A woman that has men open and/or hold doors for her is not showing weakness or subservience, but power.
Quote from: Lazarus Short on November 30, 2012, 02:00:25 AM
From Richard Kelly Hoskins:
"History does not change because the human heart does not change."
Laz sez:
That's about to change...
Ahahahaha touché!!!
Quote from: ded2daworld on December 02, 2012, 03:34:37 PM
Ded says,
A woman that has men open and/or hold doors for her is not showing weakness or subservience, but power.
Aha! So you've figured us out. :laughing7:
bump OP.
Quote from: goodreport on September 25, 2012, 03:54:41 AM
St. Ephrem, the Syrian
Be gentle with every person you meet--they are fighting a great battle.
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Oswald Chambers from his book "Disciples Indeed"
The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealings and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word.
"It may take you a while to shed your current belief that God is vindictive, but at least open up your heart to the idea that God's punishment is for the purpose of correction and will end with the result of restoration and reconciliation for all! Jeremiah 10:24 states... O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing." - Thomas J. Kissinger
I took some time to review topics that I started as goodreport and decided to bring back a few Quotable Quotes for you all to enjoy as well.
Quote from: goodreport on October 24, 2012, 05:34:49 PM
from Tentmaker Forum, Eaglesway 10/24/12
"The message of the gospel is, 'God has saved the world, believe it.' "
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"I rejoice that God has called me to participate in the salvation of all, to offer hope to the downtrodden, to warn the wicked in love and humility, knowing that they are all appointed to salvation in HIS time."
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Quote from: goodreport on December 01, 2012, 02:14:56 AM
Mother Teresa
To fear is to expect punishment
To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
C.H. Spurgeon
"Cleanseth," says the text, not "shall cleanse." There are multitudes who think that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh! how infinitely better to have cleansing now than to depend on the possibility of forgiveness when I come to die. Some imagine that a sense of pardon is an attainment only obtainable after many years of Christian experience. But forgiveness of sin is a present thing, a privilege for this day, a joy for this very hour. ... The text, being written in the present tense, also indicates continuance; it was cleanseth yesterday, it is cleanseth today, it will be cleanseth tomorrow: it will be always so with you, Christian, until you cross the river; every hour you may come to this fountain, for it cleanseth still. Notice, likewise, the completeness of the cleansing. "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from ALL sin. Reader, I cannot tell you the exceeding sweetness of this word. ... Blessed completeness!"
Quote from: goodreport on November 18, 2012, 01:59:36 AM
Augustine of Hippo from "Confessions"
"Great are You, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise, Your power is immense and Your wisdom beyond reckoning. And so we men, who are a due part of Your creation, long to praise You -- we also carry our mortality about with us, carry the evidence of our sin and with it the proof that You thwart the proud. You arouse us so that praising You may bring us joy, because You have made us and drawn us to Yourself, and our heart is unquiet until it rests in you."
Quote from: goodreport on November 08, 2012, 03:03:11 AM
"It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Savior and Power for fruitbearing and His joy in possessing us, as His bride and His delight; it is the consciousness of this joy which is our real strength. Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing; His joy in us knows no change." Hudson Taylor
Quote from: goodreport on November 04, 2012, 08:29:43 PM
from Jabcat Tentmaker Forum 11/4/12
...although a true believer will follow in Jesus' footsteps, that's not what the scriptures say makes one spiritually reborn, which Jesus said must occur before one can enter the kingdom. I believe the scriptures teach that it is not by the Law, or not by works, not by effort to do good deeds, including what we may imagine as "following Jesus' footsteps". Following Him is an act of obedience as the indwelling Holy Spirit empowers us to do so, after we're spiritually reborn and infilled. Salvation is through the gift of grace through faith in Yeshua and His finished work on the cross. That happens when the Holy Spirit convicts us of our need for the Savior and gives us faith and strength to believe on His Name as our Savior."
Quote from: goodreport on November 19, 2012, 12:25:56 AM
reFORMer from Tentmaker Forum Prophecy thread 11/18/12
"The new song (of the 144,000) cannot be learned by others in part because, Overcoming death and entering into immortality is not learned. It is similar to being born again in this regard. It is something God must perform. This is the third in a row of songs that concern a big change in the people of God wrought by Overcomers' ministries. The same changes are in view, only in an ultimate intensification this third time. We are to be brought closer to God by the transformation of our physical bodies into incorruptible bodies of glory. Our identity as being born of God will be revealed when the physical is born of resurrection. All creation will be set free."
from Daily Overcoming Ray Prinzing for April 14
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God is preparing that which shall become "bread for the hungry". Jesus is the LIVING BREAD which came down from heaven", (John 6:51), was broken for the whole world. And now, that which is becoming HIS BODY, becoming in Him "one bread", (1 Cor 10:16), is also being bruised, broken, as a living sacrifice which shall become the ministration of His life for ALL of His creation.
Would you be poured out as wine upon the altar to Me?
Would you be broken as bread to feed the hungry?
Would you be so one in Me that I may do just as I will
To make you life, and light, and love, My Word fulfill?
You who have been puzzled by these pressures and processes which have engulfed you, be encouraged that "it pleased Him... it was the will of the Lord," to bruise us in this hour, until broken and contrite we might become bread for the nations. "He took the five loaves...He blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves...to the Multitude." Matt 14:19).
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Ignatius once said, "God has made me bread for His elect, and if it be needful that the bread must be ground in the teeth of the lion to feed His children, blessed be the name of the Lord."
Everything must give way to a mellowness, a brokenness in us. Thus His life shall be manifested to a creation waiting to be fed.
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by coincidence???? Oswald Chambers' Daily Devotional for April 14
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"...the joy of the Lord is your strength" (Neh 8:10). Where do the saints get their joy? If we did not know some Christians well, we might think from just observing them that they have no burdens at all to bear. But we must lift the veil from our eyes. The fact that the peace, light, and joy of God is in them is proof that a burden is there as well. The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see only the wine and not the burden. No power on earth can conquer the Spirit of God living within the human spirit; it creates an inner invincibility.
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Jer. 15:16
Thy word was found, and I did eat, and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
eat: as soon as Thy words were found by me, I eagerly laid hold of and appropriated them.
Thy word ... joy Ps 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
called by thy name: I am Thine, Thy minister
Hab 3:18-19
v 18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
v 19 The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds' feet, and He will make me to walk upon my high places.
Heb 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the JOY that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 7:25
Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
from Oswald Chambers
The place for the consoler is not that of one who preaches, but of a friend who says nothing, but prays to God about the matter. The biggest thing you can do for those who are suffering, who are lost, is not to talk platitudes, not to ask questions, but to get into contact with God and "the greater works" will be done by prayer.
John 14:12-14 (AMP)
v 12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.
v 13 And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My name [as presenting all that I Am], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.
v 14 [Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I Am]
from rosered Tentmaker Forum April 20 1 Sam 16:7 ...God looketh on the heart
"...before the sweet release of every hard thing is built so tightly held up and the tears flow like clean spring rain within as the Lord forgives us as we forgive the others of such hard words spoken in anger and stress, this has been mine own experience, the Lord is good always and Love returning within your own heart feels pliable again so you can breath in peace once again.
Ps 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite heart."
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Thanks so much rosered... your post of April 20 has again blessed me...filled me with such comfort and peace and joy in my heart. anna
Quote from: anna274 on April 28, 2013, 05:36:36 PM
from rosered Tentmaker Forum April 20 1 Sam 16:7 ...God looketh on the heart
"...before the sweet release of every hard thing is built so tightly held up and the tears flow like clean spring rain within as the Lord forgives us as we forgive the others of such hard words spoken in anger and stress, this has been mine own experience, the Lord is good always and Love returning within your own heart feels pliable again so you can breath in peace once again.
Ps 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite heart."
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Thanks so much rosered... your post of April 20 has again blessed me...filled me with such comfort and peace and joy in my heart. anna
The graciousness of our Lord :o)
from Daily Overcoming Devotional by Ray Prinzing for April 29
IN THE MIDST OF THE YEARS
Hab. 3:2
O Lord, I have heard Thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known, in wrath remember mercy.
The vision is sure, it may tarry awhile, but it will not lie, it shall be completely fulfilled. It is not a question of "if" it shall come, but "when", for we know not the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power", (Acts l:7). With all the destruction and grief, which Habakkuk saw was coming, there was also that positive victory, "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea, " Hab 2:14. God's power will be manifested, His majexty revealed and the fullness of redemption wrought for all creation. The end is secure, let hell rage, and the people imagine a vain thing, "if we believe not, yet He abideth faithful: He cannot deny Himself." 2 Tim 2:13. The end is secure.
But it was the time in between the now and the ultimate victory, when the judgments, corrections and distresses would ensue, that caused the prophet to pray, "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years". This word "revive" is from the Hebrew word that literally means: to keep or make alive, to preserve alive. Obviously, when the pressures become so intense, it is only the sovereign hand of God, which can preserve us alive in the midst of the processings. One of the amazing parts of His handiwork will be the way He preserves His "called out ones" in the midst of the judgment and severity of correction that lies before us. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thou shalt stretch forth Thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand shall save me, " Psalm 138:7
Not only did the prophet desire to be preserved alive in the midst of the years, but he also fervently prayed, "in the midst of the years make known".
GOD HAS A MESSAGE FOR TODAY, RELATED TO HIS HOUR, AND WE WOULD BE OPEN TO RECEIVE IT, AND MOVE IN HARMONY WITH HIS PURPOSE.
HE WILL CAUSE HIS PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHEN TO DO IT, FOR EACH ON-GOING STEP.
from Tentmaker Forum, February 10,2010 The vine of Christ eaglesway
"There are so many paradoxes in the scripture. ....
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...Always brought back to the pearl of great price, where my trinkets are seen in their true meagerness within the light of His ever increasing glory. Christ Himself in whom are hid all the treasures of the wisdom and knowledge. It seems to me that, "As in Adam all men die", means that all men who are still in Adam are in one vine, an old vine that is dying away. It seems to me that "so also in Christ shall all men be made alive" means that there is a NEW VINE, and NEW WINE, (emphasis mine) "Behold I make all things new". It is a tree of life. It is filling all things. ...
Mother Teresa
To fear is to expect punishment
To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear,
because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love.
1John 4 18
The purpose of a paradox
God will hide the resolution of a paradox(mystery) behind two seemingly contradictory truths. The only way through is to "come up higher".
from Ray Prinzing preface to Daily Overcoming Devotional
Quicken, O Lord, a word for each day
To shine as a light on my pathway,
Encourage/strengthen by Thy grace
In victory to run the present race,
Until before Thy throne I shall stand,
One in Thy purpose, at Thy command
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from Oswald Chambers -- June 17
"The vital relationship which the Christian has to the Bible is not that he worships the letter, but that the Holy Spirit makes the words of the Bible spirit and life to him."
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from TASparks Daily Open Windows devotional
The best that I can hope is that this has just opened a window, and that as you look through it you are seeing one thing - how superior is Jesus Christ to all else!
From Dajo
Words like thou and thee
Are they the words God speaks to me?
I know the voice of God cannot be heard
It says so in his written word.
Thou art given eyes to see
This is how God speaks to me.
For thane's own self we observe
The oath of love remains to serve.
This is what he asks of me.
To observe and let him be.
And if I have the nerve.
I be love and let him serve.
from Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God. John 11:40
He had not said those very words, but this was the scope of all that He had uttered to her about His life-giving power (John 11:23, 25, 26); a gentle yet emphatic and most instructive rebuke: "Why doth the restoration of life, even to a decomposing corpse, seem hopeless in the presence of the Resurrection and the Life? Hast thou yet to learn that 'if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth?' Mark 9:23
from gracegems Law on the Psalms
Ps 27:4
One supreme desire occupies the believing heart :HeartThrob:. He longs for close communion with the Lord. He diligently uses all appointed means. Such is the constant habit of his life. It is no passing impulse. He pursues this hallowed communion all the days of his life. His eyes would see the beauty of the Lord, the lovely charm of His transcendent grace, displayed in redemption's wondrous work. He thirsts after fuller knowledge. His ardent cry is "Show me Your glory!"
Speaktruth
Not only might I see His Glory.
He may even show me how you Magnified His Glory.
This became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Then fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
from Daily Overcoming Devotional (Ray Prinzing)
"Salvation is more than an experience, it is a state of being, a person. Not only the person of Jesus Christ, but all of our experience of salvation is for the purpose of our BECOMING SALVATION, becoming saviours, those able to bring this ease, safety, comfort, deliverance, to others. The highest order of anything is to become that thing. It shall be to the glory of God when our state of being is salvation personified--HIS LIFE, the totality of our life. This does not belittle His Deity, nor take away from His glory, but becomes the expansion, the manifold expression of His glory, the out-shining of His light.
v 1 For Zion's sake, will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth." v 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. Isaiah 62:1-2
from Ray Prinzing's Daily Overcoming Devotional for August 6
2 Cor 5:14-15
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again..
Constraineth - from the Greek "sunecho" meaning: to hold together. When it is love that is holding us together, girding up our thinking, what a positive walk with Christ.
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We are truly being held together, when love presses on us from all sides, and holds us to one glorious viewpoint - Love's View, and so girds up our mind that we are prohibited from considering any other, until we become one in the truth that Christ died for all, to give life to all. (my emphasis)
Love that girds the mind until no evil thoughts ensue,
Love that covers every sin, forgiveness to imbue,
Love that lasts beyond all time, negation to subdue,
Love that turns all loss to gain, creation to renew
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"There's no sweeter sound in all the world than
I love you, you are forgiven.
Have you heard those words?"
from Tentmaker eaglesway Freewill is a myth thread
"Jesus chose every step along the way to yield to the Father's love. He is teaching us to do the same, so that His glory can become our glory as well, 'If we suffer with Him we will also reign with Him.' To reign in life, love and light 'the glorious liberty of the children of God.'
Quote from: anna274 on August 08, 2013, 11:49:52 PM
from Tentmaker eaglesway Freewill is a myth thread
"Jesus chose every step along the way to yield to the Father's love. He is teaching us to do the same, so that His glory can become our glory as well, 'If we suffer with Him we will also reign with Him.' To reign in life, love and light 'the glorious liberty of the children of God.'
Amen
from Spurgeon Morning and Evening: Daily Readings for August 9
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Mary of Magdala was ...hopeless, horrible case. She could not help herself, neither could any human succor avail. But Jesus passed that way...uttered the word of power, and Mary of Magdala became a trophy of the healing power of Jesus. (A miracle of grace!)
What a deliverance! What a happy change! From delirium to delight, from despair to peace... Straightway she became a constant follower of Jesus, catching His every word... she became His generous helper, first among that band of healed and grateful women who ministered unto Him of their substance. When Jesus was lifted up in crucifixion, Mary remained the sharer of His shame: we find her first beholding from afar, and then drawing near to the foot of the cross. She could not die on the cross with Jesus, but she stood as near it as she could, and when His body was taken down, she watched to see how and where it was laid.
She was a faithful and watchful believer, last at the sepulcher where Jesus slept, first at the grave when He arose. ... she became His messenger of good news to the trembling disciples and Peter. Thus grace found her a maniac and made her a minister...May I also be such a miracle of grace.
Quote from: anna274 on August 09, 2013, 05:15:52 PM
from Spurgeon Morning and Evening: Daily Readings for August 9
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Mary of Magdala was ...hopeless, horrible case. She could not help herself, neither could any human succor avail. But Jesus passed that way...uttered the word of power, and Mary of Magdala became a trophy of the healing power of Jesus. (A miracle of grace!)
What a deliverance! What a happy change! From delirium to delight, from despair to peace... Straightway she became a constant follower of Jesus, catching His every word... she became His generous helper, first among that band of healed and grateful women who ministered unto Him of their substance. When Jesus was lifted up in crucifixion, Mary remained the sharer of His shame: we find her first beholding from afar, and then drawing near to the foot of the cross. She could not die on the cross with Jesus, but she stood as near it as she could, and when His body was taken down, she watched to see how and where it was laid.
She was a faithful and watchful believer, last at the sepulcher where Jesus slept, first at the grave when He arose. ... she became His messenger of good news to the trembling disciples and Peter. Thus grace found her a maniac and made her a minister...May I also be such a miracle of grace.
Amen, sister. Poor Mary Magdalene has gotten an undeserved reputation as a hooker, but scripture doesn't say that. Scripture only says that Christ cast seven demons out of her, and obviously she was a special disciple.
from Daily Open Windows TASparks
1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him
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"So often the Lord has to take away our work that we may discover Him. The ultimate value of everything is not the information which we give, not the soundness of our doctrine, not the amount of work that we do, not the measure of truth we possess, but just the fact that we know the Lord in a deep and mighty way.
Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, "How long are You going to keep us in suspense?
If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly."
Paraphrase ;o)
How long must we keep our pistols half cocked, if you are the Messiah, tell us plainly, so we can pull the trigger.
"Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
"Who are You, Lord?" he said.
"I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting," He replied. 6 "But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, "How long are You going to keep us in suspense?
If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly."
I am moved by God.
I do not move God.
God is moved by no one.
It is not now my move.
Then it is God's move.
God moved once and for all.
God does not Remove.
From a man named G. Hertlein (need to find out more about him):
Life is not a contest with your neighbor, but a game with the Devil.
God makes all the rules, but the Devil's on the board.
[BTW, what do you say to a writer of aphorisms? "Don't be so pithy!"] :doh:
"Baptism is faith in action."
Quote from: goodreport on September 25, 2012, 03:54:41 AM
St. Ephrem, the Syrian
Be gentle with every person you meet--they are fighting a great battle.
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Oswald Chambers from his book "Disciples Indeed"
The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealings and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word.
Oswald is like a fire- a laser beam of focused truth and light of love
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart
Helen Keller
From Tentmaker forum Deena on Saved by Grace thread April 25, 2014
"In place of the word 'grace' I will sometimes put "by God's desire". It was His desire that we be rescued, saved. It was His desire to give it to us as a gift. He alone can give it and He desires to. All of it is His doing because He desires it. This rendering acknowledges my need for a Savior and the Savior God who alone can provide it and desires to. He does not resent my need of it, but calls to all the ends of the earth, "Come unto me and be saved!" Isaiah
Beautiful words!
last four replies (31, 32, 33, 34) from Does Jesus save us from correction or just death? thread --
Reply #31 WhiteWings
"Overcame what? I think they overcame listening "to the voice of their flesh". They now listen to the voice of Father/Son/HS."
Reply #32 marieglen
"...the Word is the answer to everything... if we are saturating our self daily in His Word and in prayer and praise, there is not so much room for grievous sins to snake their way in. ... "Fruit" -- grows by abiding on the vine ... by soaking up the Sonlight..."
Reply #33 eaglesway
agreeing with WhiteWings reply #31
Reply #34 eaglesway
"You could say, Jesus saves from death through correction, I think."