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What troubled waters are you trying to navigate? Find your way by using these promises as guiding lights through dark circumstances. Psalm 34:1-19 📖 God promises that when we face challenging times, He will keep His divine eye upon us. He wants to be our teacher and guide through the difficulty, but we must position ourselves to respond to His signals. That is, we need to: Have a longing to follow God´s way and His way only. Scripture compares such yearning to a deer panting for water (Psalm 42:1). The same should be true of us each time we wait for God´s direction instead of acting on our own. Be willing to be taught by God. He will transform trials into times of learning when we look to Him for guidance. Such was the case with Hannah as she pleaded for a child (1 Samuel 1:1-20, 1 Samuel 2:1-10). It was also true for Mary and Martha when their brother Lazarus died (John 11:17-27). We need willing spirits if we are to learn what God wants to teach us in the ´classroom´ of ...

The Sin of Unbelief “And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thingbe? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof”—2 Kings 7:19. ONE WISE man may deliver a whole city; one good man may be the means of safety to a thousand others. The holy ones are “thesalt of the earth,” the means of the preservation of the wicked. Without the godly as a conserve, the race would be utterlydestroyed. In the city of Samaria there was one righteous man—Elisha, the servant of the Lord. Piety was altogether extinctin the court. The king was a sinner of the blackest dye, his iniquity was glaring and infamous. Jehoramwalked in the ways of his father Ahab, and made unto himself false gods. The people of Samaria were fallen like theirmonarch: they had gone astray from Jehovah; they had forsaken the God of Israel; they remembered not the watchword of Jacob,“The Lord thy God is one God...

The Immutability of God “I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”—Malachi 3:6 It has been said by some one that “the proper study of mankind is man.” I will not oppose the idea, but I believe it is equallytrue that the proper study of God’s elect is God; the proper study of a Christian is the Godhead. The highest science, theloftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature,the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father.There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, thatall our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity. Other subjects we can compassand grapple with; in them we feel a kind of self-content, and go our way with the thought, “Behold I am wise.” But when wecome to this master-science, finding t...

Deuteronomy 4:29 (KJV)  But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When we are aligned with His will, our Father wants to give us our heart´s desires—in His time. As we learn to enjoy Him for who He is, our self-focused wants are replaced by His perfect will and purpose for us. Deuteronomy 4:29 📖 People long to be understood. We appear to have many acquaintances, but we all have a deep need to feel truly known by those we love most. This is because we were created in God´s image—He is a relational being who desires for His children to know and understand Him. Just as you don´t want to be known for only the superficial details of who you appear to be, it´s not enough to simply know about the Lord. He wants us to learn how He thinks and feels, what´s important to Him, and what His purposes are. Of course, it´s impossible for man to completely know the mind of the Creator of the univ...

 Giving All to Christ Introductory Note: Getting started in the spiritual life can be overwhelming. How does one dip a toe into the ocean of Life that awaits us? I suggest that we don’t dip, we dive. No half measures will do—Christ says, “Jump.” In this Devotional Classics excerpt, Lewis encourages us to abandon the idea of just “being good,” and to embrace utter abandonment to God. Step by step, Lewis walks us through the challenge and then offers us a practical exercise for getting started. He ends with a beautiful vision of being drawn into Christ. Here’s a sneak peek: What we have been told is how we can be drawn into Christ—can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of the universe wants to offer his Father—that present which is Himself and therefore us in Him. It is the only thing we were made for. 1. How Much of Myself Must I Give? The ordinary idea which we all have before we become Christians is this. We take as the starting point our ordinary self wi...

FIND TRUE FREEDOM IN YOUR LIFE  Here are some key ideas from the Bible about freedom—including how to find true freedom in your life. 1. People have been searching for it for thousands of years. The quest for freedom is a theme found throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Just three chapters into the story of God’s creation, humanity gave up its freedom by choosing to rebel against God. From that time forward, the perfect freedom God created in the Garden of Eden was gone, and the long-term effects were both physical and spiritual. The Old Testament of the Bible records how God’s people lost their physical freedom time and again as various empires overtook them (most notably the Egyptians, as recorded in the book of Exodus). The loss of physical freedom was often tied to spiritual disobedience like worshiping false gods. But time and again, the one true God forgave His people and rescued them. When God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, He was foresh...

 God’s Purpose: Peace and Life Step 1 - RECOGNIZE God’s Plan for Your Life God’s Purpose: Peace and Life God loves you and wants you to experience peace and life -- abundant and eternal. The Bible says ... "We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." --Romans 5:1 (NIV) Only those who have been made the decision to accept Christ’s substitutionary payment for the forgiveness our one’s sins can experience Christ’s justification. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." --John 3:16 (NIV) "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." --John 10:10 (NIV) Why don’t most people have this peace and abundant life that God planned for us to have? Step 2 - REALIZE our problem The Problem: Our Separation God created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. Go...