We should take advantage of His faithfulness and make every day a fresh start. Resolve to make each day the beginning of a new year, a new morning, a new adventure. He wipes the slate clean and goes back to zero so we can be filled up again with His spirit and give it out all day long. Enjoy the blessings of a new year, in Christ, one day at a time!
Debbie Carroccio
January 2, 2009
Grant me, O Lord, to know what I ought to know,to love what I ought to love, to praise what delights Thee most, to value what is precious in Thy sight, to hate what is offensive to Thee. Do not suffer me to judge according to the sight of my eyes, nor to pass sentence according to the hearing of the ears of ignorant men; but to discern with a true judgment between things visible and spiritual, and above all, always to inquire what is the good pleasure of Thy will.
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis Biography And Works
January 3, 2009
We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end; there are not pens or paper enough in all the world.
George A. Buttrick
Short Biography and Excerpts
January 4, 2009
Faith asks us neither to destroy nor to exalt human desire but to gather it into an even greater desire: the thirst for God.
Anonymous
January 5, 2009
God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.
Dwight L Moody
Brief Biography
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Morning Devotional By D.L. Moody / Whitaker House Publishers Surviving in today's fast-paced world seems almost impossible at times. You wake up each morning with your agenda racing through your mind--troubles at work, the needs of your family, the grass needs to be mowed, the car needs to be washed, you need groceries, then there's dinner...and the daily list goes on! Where do you find the strength for it all! D.L. Moody will help you start your morning right with a blend of Scriptures and quotes from well-known Christian leaders. When you meditate on God's promise each morning, you will receive strength, guidance, and wisdom that will last throughout the day. Discover the peace of mind and the strength that come from devoting time each morning to God. |
January 6, 2009
To confess your sins to God is not to tell [God] anything [God] doesn't already know. Until you confess them, however, they are the abyss between you. When you confess them, they become the bridge.
Frederick Buechner
Short Biography
January 7, 2009
I am tired of hearing the words "I can't". Jeremiah said, "I am a child"; but the Lord didn't pat him on the back and say, Jeremiah, that is very good, I like that in you; your humility is beautiful." Oh no! God didn't want any such mock humility. He reproved and rebuked it. I do not like the humility that is too humble to do as it is bid. When my children are too humble to do as they are bid, I pretty soon find a way to make them. I say, "Go and do it!" The Lord wants us to "go and do it".
Catherine Booth
January 8, 2009
Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit and truth.' It is kindled within us only when the Spirit of God touches our human spirit. Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we can have the best possible liturgy, but we have not worshipped the Lord until Spirit touches spirit.
Richard J. Foster
Brief Biography And List Of Works
January 9, 2009
I believe the hard heartest, most cross grained and most unloving Christians in all the world are those who have not had much trouble in their life. And those that are the most sympathizing, loving and Christlike are generally those who have the most affliction. The worse thing that can happen to any of us is to have a path made too smooth. One of the greatest blessings the Lord ever gave us was a cross.
Charles Spurgeon
January 10, 2009
Let us beware of rebellion against the Lord. Circumstances are of his choosing, because He wants to bless us, to lead us (even through the wilderness) out of Egypt, that is, out of ourselves. Settle the complaint with God, and it will settle other things. Be offended with God, and you will be offended with everyone who crosses your path.
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot's Website
January 11, 2009
Every logical position will eventually lead you into trouble, and heresy, and chaos. Every logical position is consistent, but it is logic which is in the human mind, not God's logic. The human mind is finite and cannot grasp eternity, and therefore the finite mind sees the infinite as not graspable coherently. If we could grasp it all coherently, without contradiction, we would be God. The person who insists on being logical to the end winds up in a mess. I am not saying that we should not be rational. I am not anti-intellectual. I am saying that the intellect by itself is helpless to arrive at total truth.
Kenneth L. Pike
Website
January 12, 2009
How thrilling to go through life sharing God's mercy and not having to judge people to see if they are "worthy" of what we have to offer. We stop looking at the externals and begin to see people through the merciful eyes of Christ. Every Christian we meet is a person in whom Jesus lives; every lost soul we meet is a person for whom Jesus died. In both cases, we have candidates for God's mercy.
Warren W. Wiersbe
Biography and Daily Devotional
January 13, 2009
If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents - the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts - i.e. of materialism and astronomy - are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It's like expecting that the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milk jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
The Business of Heaven
Into The Wardrobe
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15 Minutes Alone with God for Men By Bob Barnes If you've longed to experience the strength, encouragement and growth that comes from time spent alone with God, 15 Minutes Alone with God for Men can help. In just 15 minutes a day, you can feed on God's Word and explore the vast riches and depths of God's power, wisdom, and grace. Each day's devotion brings with it "Thoughts for Action," or opportunities to apply what you learned in just minutes, that you can make it last for a lifetime. These life-shaping devotions from Bob Barnes will inspire, challenge, and equip you to grow closer to God and more effectively love and lead those around you. |
Can anything appear in us that was not anticipated by One who before taking us for His own possession sat down and counted the cost? Is there not comfort in knowing that your keel is caught by a current which emanated from the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will, and is bearing you towards His heart? Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out!
Frederick Brotherton ( F. B. ) Meyer
Online Works
January 15, 2009
True patience is to suffer the wrongs done to us by others in an unruffled spirit and without feeling resentment. Patience bears with others because it loves them; to bear with them and yet to hate them is not the virtue of patience but a smokescreen for anger.
Gregory the Great
Biography
January 16, 2009
Spiritual visitation is to visit someone, when God is with you, and when you depart, you will be leaving God in his home and in his heart.
Anonymous
January 17, 2009
If, when searching for God's will and direction, you cannot hear clearly - ask yourself this. Have you obeyed the last task the Lord directed you to perform? If not, repent, go do the task if the Lord still directs and then pray again for direction.
Katherine Walden
I Lift My Eyes Web Ministries
January 18, 2009
I want the whole Christ for my Saviour, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field.
John Wesley
Wesley Centre
January 19, 2009
A man set on fire is an apostle of his age. And the only one who can kindle the spark of light and fire on the hearth where it has died down is He who has revealed Himself as the God of fire, our Lord Jesus Christ. 'Our God is a consuming fire'...Tell me, is your ministry a burning and shining light, or a smoking wick, slowly dying out to ashes?...It is a strange custom that we should supply a minister with a glass of water; if only we could supply him with a bonfire in the pulpit, a spiritual bonfire. We need the dynamic of a flaming ministry that will set the Church on fire.
Samuel M. Zwemer
Biography
January 20, 2009
This fitness of heart and thoughts of a person is like that of the strings of a guitar or violin. When these are tightened and made to harmonize, then by the touch of the plectrum or the bow the most charming music is produced; but if that is not done the touch of the bow only produces discords. And the production of sweet sounds when the strings all harmonize is again dependent on the air, by the force and motion of which sound is carried into the ear. In the same way,to harmonize the thoughts and imaginations of men the presence of the stimulating breath of the Holy Spirit is necessary. When that is present there will be produced heavenly airs and joyous harmonies in men's hearts, both in this life and in heaven.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
A Short Biography
January 21, 2009
I am going out on Thy path. God be behind me, God be before, God be in my footsteps.
Anonymous Gaelic prayer
January 22, 2009
It is of no use to say to men, "Let not your heart be troubled," unless you finish the verse and say, "Believe in God, believe also in Christ."
Alexander MacLaren
Biography and Online Library
January 23, 2009
God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.
Anne Graham Lotz
January 24, 2009
But have we Holy Spirit power - power that restricts the devil's power, pulls down strongholds and obtains promises? Daring delinquents will be damned if they are not delivered from the devil's dominion. What has hell to fear other than a God-anointed, prayer-powered church?
Leonard Ravenhill
Ravenhill.Org
January 25, 2009
It is hard enough, even with the best will in the world, to be just. It is hard, under the pressure of haste, uneasiness, ill-temper, self-complacency, and conceit, to continue intending justice. Power corrupts; the "insolence of office" will creep in. We see it so clearly in our superiors; is it unlikely that our inferiors see it in us? How many of those who have been over us did not sometimes (perhaps often) need our forgiveness? Be sure that we likewise need the forgiveness of those that are under us.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
Into The Wardrobe
January 26, 2009
Prayer changes things--and people. I have found that out so many times but I often wonder how God puts up with me with all my faults and failures. Surely He must have INFINITE patience to put up with all of us who make such blunders as we try to represent Him in this hell-raising world, and to be perfectly frank, 'We ain't seen nuthin' yet'
David Otis Fuller
Biography
January 27, 2009
What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them...we must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly.
A. W. Tozer
The Works of A. W. Tozer
January 28, 2009
The manna of one day was corrupt when the next day came. I must every day have fresh grace from heaven, and I obtain it only in direct waiting upon God Himself. Begin each day by tarrying before God, and letting Him touch you.
Andrew Murray
Biography And Works
January 29, 2009
Incorrect doctrine with humility is better than correct doctrine with arrogance. The former can be adjusted, the latter can't.
Anonymous
January 30, 2009
It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.
Elizabeth Dole
January 31, 2009
God has given us two hands -- one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for giving.
Billy Graham
Billy Graham Organization
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