Day: October 28, 2017

​Steve Hammer

Steve Hammer

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful,

and sharper than any two-edged sword,

piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul

and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and

is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of

the heart” Heb. 4:12

When God opens our eyes that we may know

the ‘intents of our heart’ and the deepest

thoughts within us, even as He, Himself

knows us! This, my dear friends of God, is

revelation in a most profound, powerful way.

Not necessarily, to ‘see God’; but, to SEE

WHAT GOD SEES!!!

Here, we are ‘divided asunder’ by His Word!

Here, we become ‘enlightened’ by His

‘piercing’ Light!

Here, we receive ‘revelation’ of who we really

are in Christ!

Here, the Holy Spirit ‘reveals’ us, as HE SEES

US!

And, such ‘revelation’ bestows upon us a

supernatural KNOWING of not just who we

‘want to be’, not just of who we ‘desire to be’,

but, of who He made us to be!

Stephen Trussell

Oswald Chambers 

Justification by FaithBy Oswald Chambers
If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. —Romans 5:10
I am not saved by believing— I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not repentance that saves me— repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of on the cause. Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right with God? It is never that! I am made right with God because, prior to all of that, Christ died. When I turn to God and by belief accept what God reveals, the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ instantly places me into a right relationship with God. And as a result of the supernatural miracle of God’s grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, or because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done. The Spirit of God brings justification with a shattering, radiant light, and I know that I am saved, even though I don’t know how it was accomplished.
The salvation that comes from God is not based on human logic, but on the sacrificial death of Jesus. We can be born again solely because of the atonement of our Lord. Sinful men and women can be changed into new creations, not through their repentance or their belief, but through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus which preceded all of our experience (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19). The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We do not have to accomplish these things ourselves— they have been accomplished through the atonement of the Cross of Christ. The supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of God, and there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has already done— “It is finished!” (John 19:30).
   
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WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
No one could have had a more sensitive love in human relationship than Jesus; and yet He says there are times when love to father and mother must be hatred in comparison to our love for Him.   So Send I You, 1301 L

​Streams in the Desert – October 282017Oct 28

Streams in the Desert – October 28
2017Oct 28

 
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ . . . and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus(Ephesians 2:4-6).
This is our rightful place, to be “seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” and to “sit still” there. But how few there are who make it their actual experience! How few, indeed think even that it is possible for them to “sit still” in these “heavenly places” in the everyday life of a world so full of turmoil as this.
We may believe perhaps that to pay a little visit to these heavenly places on Sundays, or now and then in times of spiritual exaltation, may be within the range of possibility; but to be actually “seated” there every day and all day long is altogether another matter; and yet it is very plain that it is for Sundays and week-days as well.
A quiet spirit is of inestimable value in carrying on outward activities; and nothing so hinders the working of the hidden spiritual forces, upon which, after all, our success in everything really depends, as a spirit of unrest and anxiety.
There is immense power in stillness. A great saint once said, “All things come to him who knows how to trust and be silent.” The words are pregnant with meaning. A knowledge of this fact would immensely change our ways of working. Instead of restless struggles, we would “sit down” inwardly before the Lord, and would let the Divine forces of His Spirit work out in silence the ends to which we aspire.
You may not see or feel the operations of this silent force, but be assured it is always working mightily, and will work for you, if you only get your spirit still enough to be carried along by the currents of its power.

–Hannah Whitall Smith
There is a point of rest

At the great center of the cyclone’s force,

A silence at its secret source;

A little child might slumber undisturbed,

Without the ruffle of one fair curl,

In that strange, central calm, amid the mighty whirl.
It is your business to learn to be peaceful and safe in God in every situation.

​Gina Lollar McCray

Gina Lollar McCray

To Christians who have NOT BEEN obeying the Savior’s COMMAND to WATCH:

It is high time that you heed the warnings of those who HAVE BEEN obediently WATCHING.

God foreknew that most Believers would NOT BE WATCHING in the Last Days. Thus, He lovingly appointed WATCHMEN for your benefit, so ALL would be alerted to prepare.

Please listen to to the alarm we are sounding!

Luke 21:36 WATCH ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 12:37-40 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he comes shall find WATCHING when He comes.

Matthew 24:42 WATCH therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.

Matthew 25:13 WATCH “So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return. Mark 13: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep WATCH.

Mark 13:35-37 Therefore KEEP WATCH because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back… If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I SAY TO EVERYONE: ‘WATCH!’”

​Stephen ThomasWords to Ponder

Stephen Thomas

Words to Ponder

We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history – 400 years where there wasn’t a prophet, 400 years where God’s voice wasn’t heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night. – Louie Giglio

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​Steve Hammer

Steve Hammer

You say, “well i love secular music.” Let me

just share something with you: I don’t care.

I’m not going to go there ; this is what am

going to tell you: it doesn’t matter to me

whether it’s SECULAR or CHRISTIAN. My

question is, what’s being said in those

words? Because if what’s being said in

those words contradicts the will of God,

you’re violating his will and you’re loving it.

~Paul Washer.