Daily Devotional (Page 8)
The Delight of Despair
The Delight of Despair By Oswald Chambers, May 24, 2017 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. —Revelation 1:17 It may be that, like the apostle John, you know Jesus Christ intimately. Yet when He suddenly appears to you with totally unfamiliar characteristics, the only thing you can do is fall “at His feet as dead.” There are times when God cannot reveal Himself in any other way than in His majesty, and it is the…
Our Careful Unbelief
Our Careful Unbelief by Oswald Chambers May 23, 2017 …do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. —Matthew 6:25 Jesus summed up commonsense carefulness in the life of a disciple as unbelief. If we have received the Spirit of God, He will squeeze right through our lives, as if to ask, “Now where do I come into this relationship, this vacation you have planned,…
God Made Us Unique
God Made Us Unique By Billy Graham • May 22, 2017 Our soul waiteth for the Lord . . . —Psalm 33:20 I am a soul—and I have a body! The body is the house in which the soul lives. When Oliver Wendell Holmes was in his 80th year, a friend hailed him and asked, “How are you?” “I’m fine,” said Holmes, “the house I live in is tottering and crumbling, but Oliver Wendell Holmes is fine, thank you.” In…
Jesus Is Transcendent
Jesus Is Transcendent By Billy Graham • May 21, 2017 Come to Christ, who is the living Foundation of Rock upon which God builds; though men have spurned him, he is very precious to God who has chosen him above all others. —1 Peter 2:4 (TLB) No personality in history stands above Jesus Christ. Agnostics and atheists have found fault with Christian ideas, but they can never find fault with the Person of Jesus Christ. They have found fault with…
Complete Victory
Complete Victory By Billy Graham • May 20, 2017 . . . greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. —1 John 4:4 Paul once wrote, “For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye can not do the things that ye would” (Galatians 5:17). This is the battle or the tension that is present in us to…
Commitment and Purpose
Commitment and Purpose By Billy Graham • May 19, 2017 . . . serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope . . . —Romans 12:11,12 Each generation becomes more addicted to the sedatives of life, to dull the pain of living. Oppressed by a sense of triviality and thwarted purpose, men find no great goal or commitment to draw them, and no inner stimulation to give meaning to their existence. Christ can save you from the bane of boredom. He waits…
Love Covers
Love Covers By Billy Graham • May 18, 2017 . . . Let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions. —1 John 3:18 (TLB) The Bible declares that we who follow Christ should be just as much in love with each other as God was in love with us when He sent His Son to die on the cross. The moment we come to Christ, Scripture says, God gives…
Faith Produces Works
Faith Produces Works By Billy Graham • May 17, 2017 . . . doing service as to the Lord . . . —Ephesians 6:7 A true sacrament is not a mere creed, or ordinance, or form, but it is a life of service to God and to man. The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the…
Mindful of the Leading of God
Mindful of the Leading of God By Billy Graham • May 16, 2017 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. —Galatians 3:24 When God gave the law, He knew that man was incapable of keeping it. Many persons are confused as to why God gave the law, if He knew man could not possibly keep it. The Bible teaches that the law was given as a mirror; I look…
Love Despite Ourselves
Love Despite Ourselves By Billy Graham • May 15 • Topics: God’s Love . . . all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags . . . —Isaiah 64:6 The Bible teaches that all our righteousness-falling short of the divine standard as it does-is as filthy rags in the sight of God. There is absolutely no possibility of our manufacturing a righteousness, holiness, or goodness that will satisfy God. Even the best of us is impure to God. I remember one…
Live Creatively for Christ
Live Creatively for Christ By Billy Graham • May 14, 2017 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love . . . —Romans 12:10 Living creatively for Christ in the home is the acid test for any Christian man or woman. It is far easier to live an excellent life among your friends, when you are putting your best foot forward and are conscious of public opinion, than it is to live for Christ in your home. Your own…
God Provides
God Provides By Billy Graham • May 13, 2017 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. —John 13:13 He (the Spirit) will never lead you contrary to the Word of God. I hear people saying, “The Lord led me to do this. . . . The Lord told me thus and so . . . ” I am always a little suspicious unless what the Lord has said is in keeping with His…