When all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my attention, nor even turn aside the eyes of my mind, because Thou dost enfold me with Thy constant regard; when I direct my love toward Thee alone because Thou, who art Love’s self hast turned Thee toward me alone. And what, Lord, is my life, save that embrace wherein Thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?
Nicholas Cusa
Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Me: Yes, sometimes I can see a difference in a lot of things.
This is from the book Defeating Dark Angels by Charles H. Kraft
I suspect the difference between my effectiveness and that of Jesus is that Jesus had perfect intimacy with the Father and did only what He saw the Father doing (John 5:19). Because of His complete intimacy with the Father, Jesus always worked at full power, full authority and with perfect timing. I am quite sure that I do not, and I am frequently amazed at God’s willingness to use me nonetheless.
Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12 NIV
This is from the book Filled with the Spirit…Then What? by R. Mabel Francis
Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted, vexed, irritated, sore or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed and despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Father in secret. I am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness when all around is trouble.
I need this word today. I had a great morning with the Lord. Then I met with some people and why do I suddenly feel my spirit with pride. I starting believing I am better than them. How false, how not of the Spirit. You have life because of the Lord. You have the Lord because of His grace. Remember who you are in Christ and how He has loved you. He loves those people the same no matter where they are in life. Get your spirit straight and humble and do not let pride continue. Ask God for forgiveness and pray that He gives mercy.
Mark 2:8
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Prodigal: Well, this is as welcome as a dust storm on a trail drive.
Me: Maybe so, but we are part of it and we can do something about it.
This is from the book The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis
If all men were perfect, what should we then have to suffer of others for God’s sake? But now God hath thus ordered it, that we many learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without fault, no man without his burden, no man sufficient of himself, no man wise enough of himself; but we ought to bear with one another, comfort one another; help, instruct, and admonish one another.
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they shew of what sort he is.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Peace is the result of grace. It literally means, “to bind together.” In other words, the peace which comes from unmerited, unearned love can weave and bind our fragmented lives into wholeness. And the civil war of divergent drives, which makes us feel like rubber bands stretched in all directions, is ended. The Lord is in control. He has forgiven the past, He is in charge of now, and shows the way for each new day.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 (KJV)
O God, the Life of the Faithful, the Bliss of the righteous, mercifully receive the prayers of Thy suppliants, that the souls which thirst for Thy promises may evermore be filled from Thy abundance. Amen.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:2 (KJV)
When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that I could lie for centuries and wait for the dawning of the face of God out of the awful loving-kindness.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1 (KJV)
