Have Only One Master, Christ

Have Only One Master, Christ

Today I will have Christ as my master and Lord and no one or anything else. My role is as student and servant. I am to learn and obey. “To have a master means that there is one who knows me better than I know myself, one who is closer than a friend, one who...
Live According To God’s Purpose

Live According To God’s Purpose

Today I will acknowledge my purpose—to glorify God in my life—and its meaning in how I live my life, “… to maintain our soul open to the fact of God’s creative purpose, and not muddle it with our own intentions” (Chambers, Utmost September 21). I am part of God’s...
Cleanse The Thoughts Of My Heart

Cleanse The Thoughts Of My Heart

Today I will cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I cannot do the cleansing myself and so I will allow the Holy Spirit to work within me. With this cleansing, the perfection that Christ commands may begin to take hold. (Be ye...
Bring Someone To Christ

Bring Someone To Christ

Today I will bring someone to Christ for what only Christ can do. We have many resources to cure many ailments. Many of them actually work. But what of those problems that no one can fix? Where do we turn? The despairing father asked Christ’s disciples to drive out an...
Be Not Led Into Temptation

Be Not Led Into Temptation

Today I will pray the Holy Spirit to rescue me from the temptations and trials that would separate me from the Father, to reveal to me the means of escape. Temptations are part of humanity; they will always be present. There are frivolous temptations, like eating too...