From My Utmost for His Highest; July 30 (Oswald Chambers, emphasis original) Jesus did not commit Himself unto them … for He knew what was in man. John 2:24–25 Disillusionment means that there are no more false judgments in life. To be undeceived by...
In times of difficulty, confusion, trial, or darkness the best thing to do, without fail, is focus on Jesus. I cannot count the number of times that I’ve said that salvation and Christianity are all about a personal relationship with Jesus. More...
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. — Matthew 16:25 I continue to be amazed by the depth of holy wisdom from Oswald Chambers. The first line of the July 11th devo from My Utmost for His...
From My Utmost for His Highest Have you the slightest reliance on any thing other than God? Is there a remnant of reliance left on any natural virtue, any set of circumstances? Are you relying on yourself in any particular in this new proposition...
One of my favorite stories from the Gospels is when Jesus calms the storm while on the boat with his disciples on the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35–41). The storm is raging on and his disciples are panicking. As experienced fishermen who have certainly...
I know I’ve been posting a lot of Oswald Chambers lately, but it’s SO good that I can’t help but share more. This is one of the best ones I’ve read (today’s entry). The grace you had yesterday will not do for to-day...
Until Jesus returns, there will always be evil and hatred in the world. This is the human condition. People will always have bitterness and hatred in their hearts as long as the world separates itself from the healing love of God. The absence of...
June 1 from My Utmost For His Highest (John 21:16) by Oswald Chambers (emphasis added) Jesus did not say—Make converts to your way of thinking, but look after My sheep, see that they get nourished in the knowledge of Me. We count as service what we...
I’m a huge advocate of corporate worship and communal Christianity. My personal MO is shaped by the fact that salvation is for a people through a people. I make it a habit of pointing out that too often in contemporary mainstream Christianity we...
“He has now reconciled his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him” —Colossians 1:22 The Gospel is ultimately all about reconciliation. Undoubtedly, the Gospel of Jesus Christ...