Friday, November 30, 2012
Biblevers John 11:40
Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
John 11:40
Nov 30 - From Self to God
From Self to God
The eternal God is thy refuge. Deuteronomy 33:27
A place to flee to, a sanctuary. An escape from misunderstanding, from yourself. You can get away from others into the quiet of your own being, but from yourself, from the sense of your failure, your weakness, your sins and shortcomings, whither can you flee?
To the Eternal God your refuge. Till in His Immensity you forget your smallness, meanness, limitations.
Till the relief of safety merges into Joy of appreciation of your refuge, and you absorb the Divine, and absorbing, gain strength to conquer.
The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee: Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. Psalm 20:1,2
Nov 29 - When Two Agree
When Two Agree
If two of you shall agree.
I am the Truth. Every word of Mine is true. Every promise of Mine shall be fulfilled.
First, "gathered together in My Name," bound by a common loyalty to Me, desires only of doing My Will.
Then, when this is so, I am present too, a self-invited guest, and when I am there and one with you, voicing the same petition, making your demands Mine, then it follows the request is granted.
But what man has failed perhaps to realize is all that lies behind the words. For two to agree about the wisdom of a request, to be certain it should be granted, and will be granted (if it should be), is not the same as two agreeing to pray that request.
Nor forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:25
Nov 28 - The Way of the Spirit
The Way of the Spirit
Jesus we come to Thee with Joy.
The Joy of meeting Me should more and more fill your lives. It will. Your lives must first of all be narrowed down, more and more, into an inner circle of life with Me (the three of us), and then, as that friendship becomes more and more engrossing, more and more binding, then gradually, the circle of your interests will widen.
For the present do not think of it as a narrow life. I have My Purpose, My Loving Purpose, in cutting you away from other work and interests, for the time.
To work from large interests and a desire for great activities and world movements, to the inner circle life with Me, is really the wrong way. That is why so often, when, through all these activities and interests, a soul finds Me, I have to begin our Friendship by cutting away the ties that bind it to the outer and wider circle. When it has gained strength and learned its lesson in the inner circle, it can then widen its life, working this time from within out, taking then to each contact, each friendship, the inner circle influence.
And this is to be your way of life.
This is the way of the Spirit. Man so often misunderstands this.
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Nov 27 - Not Thwarted
I still give you the daily devotion for the past days... Sorry for not been able to give you those befor today..
Not Thwarted
Not our wills but Thine, O Lord.
Man has so misunderstood Me in this. I want no will laid grudgingly upon My Altar. I want you to desire and love My Will, because therein lies your happiness and Spirit-rest.
Whenever you feel that you cannot leave the choice to Me, then pray, not to be able to accept My Will, but to know and love Me more. With that knowledge, and the Love, will come the certainty that I know best, and that I want only the best for you and yours.
How little those know Me who think I wish to thwart them. How often I am answering their own prayers in the best and quickest way.
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. Luke 22:42
Monday, November 26, 2012
Biblevers- 1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
1 Peter 5:6
Nov 26 - My Beauty
My Beauty
The God who was to be born upon earth was not to be housed in a body so beautiful that men would follow and adore for the beauty of His Countenance.
No! He was to be as one whom the world would despise, but to the seeing eye, the Spirit that dwelt in that body should be so beautiful as to lack nothing. "Yet when we shall see Him, there is no Beauty that we should desire Him."
Pray for the seeing eye, to see the Beauty of My Character, of My Spirit. Nay, more, as faith saw the Beauty of the Godhead in One who had no form or comeliness, so pray to have that faith to see the Beauty of My Love in My dealings with you, in My actions. Till, in what the world will distort into cruelty and harshness, you, with the eyes of faith, will see all that you could desire.
Know Me. Talk to Me. Let Me talk to you, so that I may make clear to your loving hearts what seems mysterious now and purposeless ("having no form nor comeliness.")
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground ... and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Isaiah 53:2
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Biblevers Phillippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Philippians 4:4
Biblevers Matthew 9:13
"But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 9:13
Biblevers Jonah 2:8
"Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs."
Jonah 2:8
Nov 25 The Heavenly Beggar
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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. Revelation 3:20
Oh, ponder again these words and learn from them My great humility.
There is that gracious invitation, too, for those who yearn to realize a happiness, a rest, a satisfaction they have never found in the world and its pursuits. To them, the pleading answer to their quest is "Come to Me and I will give you rest."
But to those who do not feel their need of Me, who obstinately reject Me, who shut the doors of their hearts so that I may not enter, to these I go, in tender, humble longing. Even when I find all closed, all barred, I stand a Beggar, knocking, knocking. The Heavenly Beggar in His Great Humility.
Never think of those who have shut you out, or forgotten you, that now they must wait, you have no need of them. No! remember that, the Heavenly Beggar, and learn of Me, humility.
Learn too the value of each man's happiness, and peace and rest, to Me, his God; and learn, and learning, pray to copy the Divine Unrest until a soul finds rest and peace in Me.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John 10:9
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Biblevers Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Biblevers Philippians 4:9
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me -- put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:9
Nov 24 - Suffer To Save
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Take each day's happenings as work you can do for Me. In that Spirit a blessing will attend all you do. Offering your day's service, thus to Me, you are sharing in My Life-work, and therefore helping Me to save My world.
You may not see it, but the power of vicarious sacrifice is redemptive beyond man's power of understanding here on earth.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24
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Biblevers Psalm 94:12
Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law.
Psalm 94:12
Friday, November 23, 2012
Biblevers Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
Matthew 5:9
Thank You, my Lord
Thank You, my Lord
I asked God for some water to ease my thirst,
He gave me rivers, the rain, lakes and also the sea…
I asked God for many songs to delight my ears
And through sound of nature I heard birds singing…
I asked God for many spectacles to my entertainment
And He showed me the sunset enchantments…
I asked God for a mansion to realize an old dream
And the Lord embraced me in his friendly arms…
I asked God to keep me company so I don’t have to be alone…
He gave me friends, and the affection of my family…
I asked God for some medicine to ease my pain
He filled my life of pleasure and love…
A asked God for the return of all beings who left us alone
He showed that souls remain among us…
I have nothing, in short, that ask You, my Lord,
Because You are realizing my deepest dreams…
You provided the Earth with all good I need
And that my soul needs… it is for all infinity!
©Oriza Martins
Biblevers Psalm 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.
Psalm 62:7
Nov 23 - Earth´s Furies
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In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Then you may ask why have you, My children, to have tribulation if I have overcome the world.
My overcoming was never, you know, for Myself, but for you, for My children. Each temptation, each difficulty, I overcame as it presented itself.
The powers of evil were strained to their utmost to devise means to break Me. They failed, but how they failed was known only to Me, and to My Father, who could read My undaunted spirit. The world, even My own followers, would see a Lost Cause. Reviled, spat upon, scourged, they would deem Me conquered. How could they know My Spirit was free, unbroken, unharmed?
And so, as I had come to show man God, I must show him God unconquered, unharmed, untouched by evil and its power. Man could not see My Spirit untouched, risen above these earth furies and hates, into the Secret Place of the Father. But man could see My Risen Body and learn by that, that even the last attempt of man had been powerless to touch Me.
Take heart from that, for you must share My tribulations. If evil is to leave you unchallenged you must be evil. If evil challenges you, if trials press sore, it because you are on My side, and, as My friends, exposed to the hate of evil.
But be of good cheer. You walk with Me. I conquered evil at every point, though man could only see it proved beyond all doubt when I rose from the dead. And in My conquering Power you walk unharmed today.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8
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Biblevers Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Biblevers1 Chronicles 16:34
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34
Biblevers: Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:5
Biblevers Colossians 4:3
Colossians 4:3
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