Sunday, April 21, 2024
I've got it MADE
THE DEADLY SELFS
Self-Accusing
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
BLESS ME INDEED
Turn Me
Spare Me
Redeem Me
Deliver Me
Hear Me
Teach Me
Lead Me
Guide Me
Examine Me
Search Me
Try Me
Comfort Me
Quicken Me
Revive Me
Uphold Me
Preserve Me
Sustain Me
Defend Me
Remember Me
Keep Me
Send Me
Friday, April 5, 2024
SANCTIFICATION (3)
Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God: Thy Spirit is Good; Lead me into the land of uprightness. I yield to be nothing, and let JESUS be all in all. My one aim and desire in this brief life of mine is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ with my daily behavior, to spend and be spent for Him who suffered on the Cross for my sins. My sure aim is to magnify Christ in all I think, say and do. My one solitary aim is to win souls for JESUS. The one object of my life - Glorify Christ, Bring honor to Him and win His Smile. My life's aim and end is to live for and glorify the Lamb of God. Holy Spirit, please tenderly guide me, and keep my pride and passions in check.
I cast myself and all my burdens on JESUS throughout my day, asking Him to aid me in my trials and struggles. Happily yielding and Cheerfully submitting to God's divine will every day is the essence of Sanctification. The center of everything that is GOOD is found in the Cross of Christ. I want to always be sensitive of the presence of the Holy Spirit, and yielding to His promptings and impulses. My highest aim and goal is the glory of the Father, and the honor of His Son. My aim and intent is to be used by the Holy Spirit to awaken, cheer, arouse, instruct, restore, encourage and exhort the souls around me. The grace of God will not flow to lost souls through filthy channels, so keep thyself pure for Jesus' sake.
I concentrate the whole of my might to the will of God. JESUS is my happy choice, and Sin is my wretched choice. My heart must continually casts out all rivals, for I desire purity within for Jesus' sake. JESUS lives in my heart, and I must keep the King's dwelling place tidy. My heaven on earth is nearness to God and pleasing the Lord Jesus Christ. My power source is dwelling near to JESUS. I have no righteousness of my own whatsoever to boast of, but I simply trust to the free grace of God and the saving, bleeding love of Christ Jesus.
If you are Lost right now, never look inward for help; if you were dying of thirst, you would not go to the mirror and look down your panting throat. If you are panting, grasping, thirsting for true Satisfaction, be wise, cease to look within yourself, humble yourself and come to the Fountain of living waters, Emmanuel, JEHOVAH manifest in the flesh. Drink Christ Himself into your thirsty Soul, as a thirsty man simply drinks water down his throat and into his body and is thereby refreshed. Likewise, Receive Christ as your own Savior into your inward parts by Faith in His Precious Blood. Go straight to the Cross now, and Rest on JESUS only.
Nearness to JESUS will always result in three things: Humility, Holiness, Happiness. Live off Christ, not religious excitement and ceremonies. I want to be in harmony with the divine will of the Father. I want my sermon to be my living, loving conversation each day. Christ's presence with me is my only source of Strength. I will seek after Holiness, but I will never make it my trust or boast. I fear offend the Father the most, for His smile is my Happiness. JESUS' great aim and object of life was this: He went about doing good and always pleasing the Father. Christ Himself is object of my life.
My daily care is to glorify the Lamb of God. Worthy is The Lamb! I never know a bad day. The days are such as God chooses to make them, and therefore they are all good. What pleases God, pleases me. I choose, that God should choose for me. If I am here on Earth, Christ is here with me, and if I depart to heaven, I shall be with Him. I would ask God to choose the Best for me; I leave everything in His merciful hands.
If I am conscious of Christ and communing with the Holy Spirit, I will be comforting to others. I give myself up to JESUS gladly, for He bought me with a great Price, even His most Precious Blood. I set my face toward JESUS, looking unto Him, with resolute purpose, undivided attention, and fixed perseverance. God is always sparing and preserving me, covering my path with His kindness, and surely His goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
I want nothing beyond JESUS and His blessing. I want the Holy Spirit to lead, draw and attract me to Christ. Without the power of the Holy Spirit, I can do absolutely nothing effectual or profiting. I must find my Strength in the quickening Spirit of the Living God. I seek to diligently cultivate a spirit of prompt obedience to the LORD's words, will and promptings. Divine Aid is always needed from above ASAP. I am resolved to cleave to JESUS, do His will from my heart, sit at His feet and catch His words, practice what He teaches, and be useful in His vineyard. JESUS' bleeding love sways me to glad gratitude, willing sacrifice, and obedient service. The cream of Life is sweet dependence upon JESUS and fellowship with the Father.
The Goodness of God that leads me to Repentance and Obedience daily is JESUS Himself. The Giver of Everlasting Life is the great object of my life. The concentration of all my powers are upon one thing - the Praise and Glory of God. This one thing I do - seek Jesus' smile. The Source of my Joy and Object of my Faith is Christ Jesus the Lord. The root Source of Sanctification is Regeneration. The happiest life is lived nearest to JESUS. Always stay near the Great Shepherd, keep close to Him.
The only cure for a bad day is to get near to JESUS, sigh after His company, cling close to Him, glorify Him in the little and big things, and in the good and bad things of daily life. Never leave JESUS out of anything. Simple faith in God is needed, not fanatical, not idle, simply desiring to glorify Him. My single aim entirely is JESUS; I give Him the best of my thoughts, works, words, affections. I will engage all my energies for JESUS on purpose, desiring to point and persuade sinners to the Cross.
The great object of my faith, thoughts, ambitions, motives, and actions is JESUS only. The wisest soul always stays nearest to JESUS. I received Christ by a personal act, and now I must obey Him daily by a personal act out of adoring gratitude to Him. JESUS paid for my sins with His own Precious Blood all by Himself; He didn't need my help one bit. JESUS is Preciousness, Goodness and Sweetness itself.
Monday, March 25, 2024
O VISIT ME
Sunday, March 24, 2024
SANCTIFICATION (2)
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. By the help of the Spirit of Christ, I want to be honest and sincere, clear of all subtlety and craftiness, transparent as glass before the LORD. I seek to be free of guile, so the LORD will reveal Himself to me, and reveal Himself to others by me. If I meddle with sins privately, then people may not see the LORD through me as they ought, and that would be a colossal waste of my life. I seek to be like JESUS: He went about doing good, His life was transparent and pleasing to the Father, He wore the gospel on His sleeve, come what may He kindly and consistently spoke the Gospel with His heart, tongue, and eyes; He revealed the Father through His daily life, He told out the priceless truth and heavenly message, and glad tidings wherever He went. First of all, I always need the Holy Spirit to pay me a Visit in everything I say and do through my day, or everything I do will be for naught. Pure heart, Good conscience, Faith unfeigned.
Not what I want to do, not what I please; but what Christ pleases, for I am not my own, I am bought with a precious price - The Pardoning Blood of Emmanuel. I have absolutely nothing to boast about but my Savior. *I Corinthians 4:7* Let it be the habit of my heart to live upon Jesus, keep to Him, cling to Him, never let Him go, seek to serve and please Him in the little things of my life, live and have my being with Him. I gladly serve Him who served me. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. *II Corinthians 10:5*
I must Study the words of God with care and attentiveness, with constancy and dependence upon the Spirit's illumination, asking for His understanding. I must sit alone and worship, draw near to Christ, steadily fix my heart's gaze upon His person. Let my Faith daily increase in simplicity, resting more fully upon the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the strengthening work of the Holy Spirit. He must Increase, and I must decrease, and grow downward for His sake. I must ask the Holy Spirit for fresh grace and wisdom. I must keep to the Cross, the central Sun of the gospel message, for the the Lamb is the Light that scatters darkness and gives Life and fruit, no one else can do it.
I choose to daily Yield to JESUS my members, faculties, abilities, talents, my life itself. Complete submergence of my Self into the glory of God is true happiness. Simplicity and Sincerity of character, warmth of heart, zealous temperament, generous and helpful spirit is what I need to have. I must prepare my heart for service: worship and adore Jesus Christ privately, feel His splendor through His words and through praise to Him, and let His goodness shine upon my Soul and warm my, and give the warmth of adoring love to Him.
Delight thyself in the LORD, not in yourself. Love JESUS, trust Him, come under His authority and command daily, pray to Him, talk to Him, be His Friend, talk about Him to others, let His will be my delight, take pleasure in pleasing Him, never forget Him, listen to Him closely, and follow His lead. Seek to glorify God and honor His Son as the main object and aim of my life. Make JESUS my heart's singular Focus. This is Sanctification: Eat, drink, work, play and sleep Jesus Christ, ascribing All glory to Him.
Entrust, hand over, give custody of my life to the Lord Jesus Christ daily. Long after God's way, desire to be conformed to the image of His dear Son inwardly. Concentrate all my spiritual, mental, and bodily powers upon Christ Jesus alone. Die to Self daily, and live wholly to Christ, only so He will be exalted. Find my soul's Focus in Him, make Him the sole object of my Love, His Cross the sole object of my glory, the Theme in which I Delight. I am living for no object or intent, but Christ Jesus Himself: He is the great aim of my ambition, the great object of my efforts, the grand focus of my eye of Faith.
I freely choose to Daily devote myself to JESUS, surrender my Heart to Him afresh cheerfully and readily, without a murmur or grudging thought. I will give up All for Jesus Christ, for He gave up All for my Soul, and I rejoice to do so. My one thought, one wish, one aim is to Concentrate my whole heart, to gather up and send all my energies into one channel, towards one great end, and that is to do the will of the Father and finish the work He has for me to do here in the earth for Jesus' sake.