Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 071719 (Sorry I missed yesterday) • Self Effort Mangles Christ’s Love For Us My notes: – Convince me I cannot be my own God (Valley of Vision) – Belief stems from sheer unaided power of God (Chambers) – Laughter shows faith in God and goodness (God Calling) – Refuse to be […]
Quite Time Thoughts….
Sandy’s quite time is enriched by several devotionals. The postings here are her thoughts and prayers, a “putting it all together’ part of her day. May it bless you too.
God’s Excellence Takes Effort
Today’s 1 Minute Takeaway: 070819 • God’s Excellence Takes Effort My notes: – I spend hours unproductive, and fall short of God’s best for me – Make God’s Will My will, then he will guide me – I won’t drift into God’s Will – I try hard to escape from the Sculptor’s hand in an […]
Live Beyond the Darkness
Today’s 1 Minute Takeaway: 071119 • Live Beyond the Darkness My notes: – Too many people are searching rather than loving – Picture the bodyguard of God’s servitors all around you – I am not here for self-realization but to know Jesus ‘Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am […]
Ask + Belief = Joy
The 1 Minute Takeaway: 071219 • Beyond our Understanding: Ask + Belief = Joy My notes: – Jesus works the ‘good’ only when we believe him – He gives unlimited ‘saving’ – He completes every task committed to him – To fulfill God’s perfect plan for me, I need to surrender my plan to him… […]
Don’t Rehearse Disaster – Live Relaxed
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 071319 • Don’t Rehearse Disaster – Live Relaxed My notes: – When I leave duties undone, I feel like a failure. ‘Lord, strip me of pride.’ (Valley of Vision) – Live In joyful Trust – like a child … Expect good – Don’t rehearse disaster – God uses external circumstances to […]
God is Eternal My Problems Are Not
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 071419 • Take the long view: God is eternal my problems are not. My notes: – Whoever sees the invisible, can do the impossible. (Cuban persecuted Christian) – There is no age in eternal life – The last few years have been the submerging before the rescue. Go forward unafraid. (God […]
Who or What, is Holding the top of My Ladder?
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: • Who or what, is holding the top of my ladder? My notes: – I’ve been hasty and short in private prayer… – My first sin of the day leads into others … – It is just that you should withdraw thy presence from one who’s waited so carelessly on thee… […]
God’s Excellence Takes Effort
Today’s 1 Minute Takeaway: 071819 • God’s Excellence Takes Effort My notes: – I spend hours unproductive, and fall short of God’s best for me – Make God’s Will My will, then he will guide me – I won’t drift into God’s Will – I try hard to escape from the Sculptor’s hand to batter […]
God Gives Life Unleashed
1 Minute Takeaway: • God Gives Life Unleashed My notes: ‘You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.’ …The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. …I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;’ Psalm 16:2 & 6-7 – Death dismays me, but […]
Don’t Live on Autopilot
Today’s 1 Minute Takeaway: 070119 • Don’t live life on autopilot- take time to inhale God My notes: – In the wilderness it’s not all briars and barrenness, God is there too (Valley of Vision) – The key is to trust & be calm in the storm – Love and laughter, not sorrowful resignation mark […]
Eternal Blessings Hinge on Sharing My All Now
Today’s One Minute Takeaway: 063019 • My eternal blessings hinge on the wisdom of sharing my all now. My Notes: – Let me bring my character to light – “Old too soon, wise too late” – Will I merely make a living or make a difference? – Pass every blessing on. Stores of blessings await […]
God Stays With Me Through My Mess Ups…
Today’s QT Takeaway: 062919 • God stays with me through my mess ups… My Notes: – Take reproofs as beneficial to my soul, as of from God’s hand. (Valley of Vision) ‘As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ Josh. 1:5 – It is […]
Enjoy God’s Love – It Gives Joy
One Minute Takeaway: 062819 • Enjoy God’s Love – It Gives Joy My notes: – Life is flooded through with Joy and gladness (God Calling) – How do poor souls live who have not thee, or when helpless have no God to go to, who feel not the consuming force of thy love, and the […]
In the Time Given, Honor God- Not Self
One Minute Takeaway: 062719 • In the Time Given, Honor God- Not Self My notes: – How I use my time determines who I am – Do simple duties well & success will come – Jesus had no words of reproach for those he healed (God Calling) – Is common sense on the throne of […]
Life’s Details Determine the Outcome
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 062619 • Life’s details determine the outcome My notes: – Don’t give God unprofitable attendance – May my improvements correspond to my privileges (Valley of Vision, pgs. 144-5) – What I do in the small things either attracts or antagonizes others (God Calling) – Live with precision- Don’t slop through life […]