Praise God For His Perfect Law

Praise God For His Perfect Law

Today I will praise God for giving a perfect moral law without compromise, without shortcuts, without exceptions, for who would want a God who did otherwise. At the same time, “I must get rid of the lurking idea that I can ever be right with God because of my...
Be Held In The Grip Of Love

Be Held In The Grip Of Love

Today I will “be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God” (Chambers, Utmost, November 20). This is too great a thought for my mind to comprehend and so I must surrender to it.Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His...
Be Fed And Feed Others With Christ’s Love

Be Fed And Feed Others With Christ’s Love

Today I will love that I may feed others because I am fed by Christ’s love. The power, the conviction, the perseverance to perform loving actions originates and is constantly fed through a love of and by Christ.John 21:16Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you...
Focus On The Big Picture

Focus On The Big Picture

Today I will focus on the big picture: God’s reaching out to us and our duty to respond faithfully to Him. Small issues, theoretical abstractions must not derail us from the picture of eternity (John 14:2) nor from the disciplines we need here to live in accordance...
The Tennis Serve-Start The Conversation

The Tennis Serve-Start The Conversation

Have you ever thought of the serve as the beginning of a conversation with you, the tennis ball, and the racket? My wife tells me she regularly converses with racket and ball, encouraging both to help support her game. If you were to start such a conversation, what...