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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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. …
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 093019 • Lost or Lasting Work? My notes: – ‘Jesus’ primary consideration is my absolute annihilation of my right to myself and my identification to Him.’ (O. Chambers) – God doesn’t make fine wine out of marble hard grapes- (O. Chambers) – Don’t fear the future, God is already there (Jesus …
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 092619 • Clean out the junk room of my ‘house’ with Forgiveness My notes: – Lord, engage me to live more for thee. (Valley of Vision) – The KING of Kings is my constant companion (Jesus calling) – (God’s castle is my heart… just think of this!) – Prove your sonship …
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 092519 • Prepare to Trust The Notes: – Thank You Jesus for Your immovable rest… (Valley of Vision & God Calling) ‘Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest… rest for your souls.’ Mat. 11:28 – ‘All of God’s people are ordinary people who …
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 090819 • Only by giving of yourself will you gain unbound Happiness. Focus on your source & flow forward… My notes: (I begin today- needing to be here….‘Lord, here is my empty heart …’) – As my Shepherd, defend me from myself (Valley of Vision) – The remedy for distress is …
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 090519 • Duty Mixes Heaven and Earth (Mixes Love & Obedience) The notes: – Every new duty calls for more grace than I now possess (Valley of Vision) – Today be stronger, braver, more loving than I was yesterday- Progress is the law of heaven. (God Calling) – If you run …
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 090419 • Be God’s Lightening Bug Shining in the Dark My notes: – Encumbered with life’s burdens we will fall. Drop them at the foot of the cross. (God Calling) – Christ claims us – we are not our own- we are His witnesses (O. Chambers) -Jesus lives in the world …
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