Our 1-Minute Takeaway: 103019 • Who is IN our work? My notes: ‘He made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.’ 2 Cor. 5:21 ‘For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works….’ Eph. 2:10 (IN Him, IN […]
Month: October 2019
Prayer Unsticks us From Earth
Today’s QT takeaway: 102919 • Prayer Unsticks us From Earth My notes: – God customizes our thorns…he is more interested in our character than our comfort (Church Devo. Ouch! seems harsh to me too…) – God has boundless compassion in not sparing His Son (Valley of Vision) – In prayer I enter the eternal world […]
Worship is Key to Life
3 days of Quiet Time today: 101719 • Worship is Key to Life My notes: – Praise unlocks the box we imprison God in (God Calling) ‘Yet to all who receive him, … he gave the right to be children of God.’ John 1:12 – John the Baptist baptized with water, that Israel may know […]
Ignore Myself… Not God
Our 1-minute takeaway: 101319 • Ignore Myself… Not God My notes: ‘… observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.’ Deut. 10:13 – Let me not be so calloused as to be indifferent to his cleansing… (Valley of Vision) – Let each lesson, failure, serve its purpose […]
Silence is Deep Trust
Our one -minute takeaway: 101119 • Silence is Deep Trust My notes: – I hurt myself when I listen to myself… – God will give you Himself if you refuse to go without Him. – God may be trusting you with His intimate silence. (O. Chambers) -Ever notice how you never have an awkward silence […]
Hold God’s Hand as you Climb the Ladder …
Our one-minute takeaway: 101019 • Hold God’s hand as you climb the ladder … My Notes: ‘How priceless is your unfailing love. Both high and low find refuge in the shadow of your wings.’ Psalm 36:07 – If I am not full of Jesus, I am empty (Valley of Vision paraphrased) – Know I am […]
Listen to our Source
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 100819 • Listen to God – our Source of Life Eternal My Notes: – Lord, please help me not to seek joy in things that perish (Valley of Vision paraphrased) – Uproot whatever is tripping your way to listen and obey (O. Chambers paraphrased) – Avinu Malkeinu – Source of our […]
I Choose my Heredity
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 100719 • I Choose my Heredity My notes: – Other faiths deal with sins – the Bible alone deals with sin. God made his own Son “to be sin” that He May save us. Jesus put the human race back where God designed it to be! (Oswald Chambers) (We can come […]
We Live Blindfolded … Take God’s Hand
Our one-minute takeaway: 100619 • We Live Blindfolded … Take God’s Hand My notes: – Lord, help me to ask rightly for my friends- that they may hold Your hand in trust as a child… (my takeaway from God Calling) – Christ can come into me only when I’m aware of my need for Him […]
Saving Hope
Our one-minute Takeaway: 100519 • Saving Hope My notes: – I read my pardon in the wounds of Jesus (Valley of Vision) – God promises never to disinherit us (God Calling) – “Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal.” (Thomas Moore) – Jesus came to deliver me from sin, yet I refuse him… (O. […]
Run Home – Faith & Joy Unlock the Door
Our one-minute takeaway: 100419 • Run Home – Faith & Joy unlock the door My notes: – Help me to confess with no excuse (Valley of Vision) – Joy is in Jesus alone (God Calling) (True Joy doesn’t come from world stuff) – ‘Faith is one of the forces by which men live, and the […]
Confidence trumps Complaints
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 100319 • Confidence trumps Complaints My notes: – May I long to please God more than myself (Valley of Vision) – Do I concentrate on the situation or on Jesus? (O. Chambers) (Does the reality of this world make me doubt the next?) – Assurance is the deep calm born in […]
Compassion – Pride and a Pig
Dreams & Visions If there was an imaginary line down the center of the room, one section was primary, and the other section was secondary, you would find me in the secondary section. The idea of being in the secondary section is not necessarily the worst possible placement but it can become frustrating […]
Unbelief is a Deep-Rooted Weed
Our Distilled Takeaway: 100219 • Unbelief is a Deep-Rooted Weed – Trusting Myself and not God My Notes: – May the weeds that grow in my soul be cut at their roots (Valley of Vision) (Chop off unbelief) – Hurt comes when I yield to myself and not to God (God Calling) – In humiliation, […]
God’s Rest is Free
Our 1 Minute Takeaway:100119 • God’s Rest is Free (not stolen) My notes: – God offers his overflowing storehouses for our use (God Calling) – “…my own wisdom seemed insignificant for the day…” (A. Lincoln) – We are not meant for only moments of inspiration- but for the ordinary days lived well in the valleys. […]