Which Way Is Up?
Daily Devotionals
Discover biblical wisdom and practical insights for your spiritual journey. New devotionals added regularly to help you grow in faith.
***22. Andrew Murray -
Jeremiah 29:13
"The shedding of the blood was for the ungodly and rebellious; the gift of the Spirit, for the loving and obedient disciple."
Read More***21. Andrew Murray - was a South African Pastor who lived 1828-1917...
Philippians 2:3-4
"My one need is humility. And let us believe that what He shows, He gives; what He is, He imparts. As the meek and lowly One, He will come in and dwell in the longing heart."
Read More***20. A.W. Tozer today...
Proverbs 1:7 / 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
"It is this neat division between the fanciful and the real that enables countless thousands of persons to say 'Lord, Lord' in all sincerity while living every moment in flat defiance of His authority."
Read More***19. A.W. Tozer...
Proverbs 14:12 / Proverbs 16:25
"To escape self-deception the praying man must come out clean and honest. He cannot hide in the Cross while concealing in his bosom the golden wedge and the goodly Babylonish garment."
Read More***18. A.W. Tozer…
Matthew 5:3
"The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things."
Read More***17. A.W. Tozer ...
Ephesians 4:1-3
"The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. Rather he may be in his moral life as bold as a lion and as strong as Sampson; but he has stopped being fooled about himself. He has accepted God's estimate of his own life."
Read More***16. A.W. Tozer...keep in mind that he died in 1963...
Psalm 51:10-13
"The human mind I say is substantially dependent upon counsel. It is like a musical instrument."
Read More***15. MUST BE IN BOOK…!!! "15 Aspects" of Seeking God's Guidance:
Psalms 119:105 NASB1995
"#1: God does the work of preparation for men to know Him, but He does not manipulate our response.“
Read More***14. A.W. Tozer - I've read a dozen or so of his books and all are worth the time & effort to read! Reading Tozer will grow you in your walk of faith - no doubt...!
Matthew 5:6 / Psalm 143:6
"I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate."
Read More***13. A.W. Tozer...
James 4:1-4
"But we have been guilty of that 'foul revolt' of which Milton speaks when describing the rebellion of Satan and his hosts. We have broken with God."
Read More***12. A.W. Tozer... I've read a dozen or so of his books and all are worth the time & effort to read! Reading Tozer will grow you in your faith - no doubt...!
Galatians 2:20
"Millions call themselves by His Name, it is true, and pay some token respect to Him, but a simple test will show how little he is really honored among them."
Read More***11. A.W. Tozer ... I've read around 12 books by this Godly man - he is worth spending time with... Also Martyn Lloyd-Jones...
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
"Christians are not to live to themselves, or for themselves; they are to live for God, they are to live for the Lord Jesus Christ."
Read More***10. A.W. Tozer ... I've read around 12 books by this Godly man - he is worth spending time with...
Matthew 5:6
“But the very ransomed children of God themselves: why do they know so little of that habitual conscious communion with God which the Scriptures seem to offer?"
Read More***9. A.W. Tozer... One of my favorite mentors...through all the books of His that I've read...and re-read...!
Psalms 46:10-11 NIV
"When you bring your life into line with your faith, you are a believer, but when your life is not in line with your faith, you are no true believer at all..."
Read More***8. A.W. Tozer for today -
Matthew 5:16 / John 15:16
"The Christian is a man of heaven temporarily living on earth."
Read More***7. A.W. Tozer - one of my favorite mentors...through all the books of His that I've read...and re-read...!
Ephesians 3:14-21 NASB
"God has established a new covenant, which is not meant to tear down the old covenant - the Old Testament - the old Law - in anyway."
Read More***6. A.W. Tozer...he died in 1963...
John 8:44
"When we believe in Christ, we like for it to mean that we join a pleasant fellowship, form regular religious habits, quit the dirtiest kinds of iniquity, go to banquets, sing choruses, and go to summer conventions."
Read More***5. A.W. Tozer... Each Person Is Essential
Ephesians 2:8-10
"We will also see that, in the eternal plan of God, there cannot be anybody that is not essential."
Read More***4. Oswald Chambers - From "My Utmost for His Highest" - April 6th...
1 Peter 2:24
"The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin."
Read More***3. A.W. Tozer... He died in 1963...
Proverbs 14:12 / Hebrews 4:12-13
"God's Word is both our terror and our hope; it both kills and makes alive."
Read More***2. A.W. Tozer... read him, your time will be well spent... He died in 1963...
Romans 8:33-34
"It comes by believing on The Lord Jesus Christ, the whole, living, victorious Lord who, as God and man, fought our fight and won it, accepted our debt as his own and paid it, took our sins and died under them and rose again to set us free."
Read More***1. From A. W. Tozer... If you’ve never read him before, please make it a point to do so. He died in 1963...
Proverbs 1:7
"Let a man become enamored of Eternal Wisdom and set his heart to win her, and he takes on himself a full-time, all engaging pursuit."
Read More***366. George Whitefield - from his sermon… “The Nature and Necessity of Society in General and Religious Society in Particular” - again given in 1738…
Hebrews 10:23-25
"This is undoubtedly the great end of society intended by God since the fall, and a strong argument it is why we should not forsake the assembling of ourselves together.”
Read More***365. George Whitefield - from his sermon…”The Almost Christian” - this was in 1738…
Revelation 3:14-16
"An almost Christian is one of the most hurtful creatures in the world."
Read More***364. From the Biography on George Whitefield (Volume One) by Arnold Dallimore…
Proverbs 16:25
"It must be explained that Whitefield made no appeal for people to make a public profession of salvation at his services. His practice (which had also been that of the Puritans) was one of making powerful application of the Gospel as he preached and of therewith leaving the Word to become operative in the heart by the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He looked for the Spirit's work in arousing the sinner to a deep, and even overwhelming, sense of his need, but this work he called, not conversion, but awakening."
Read More***363. From the book - “Holiness: its nature, hindrances, difficulties, and roots” by J.C. Ryle - He lived 1816-1900
Psalm 4:7
"This certainty of our salvation, spoken of by Paul, rehearsed by Peter, and mentioned by David (Psalm 4:7), is that special fruit of faith, which breedeth spiritual joy and inward peace, which passeth all understanding. True it is, all God’s children have it not."
Read More*******362. From the book - “Holiness: its nature, hindrances, difficulties, and roots” by J.C. Ryle - He lived 1816-1900
Philippians 2:3-4
"Another mark of “growth in grace” is increase of charity. The man whose soul is “growing” is more full of love every year – of love to all men, but especially of love towards the brethren."
Read More***361. From the book - “Holiness: its nature, hindrances, difficulties, and roots” by J.C. Ryle - He lived 1816-1900
John 17:1-3
"The man whose soul is “growing” takes more interest in spiritual things every year."
Read More***360. From the book - “Holiness: its nature, hindrances, difficulties, and roots” by J.C. Ryle - He lived 1816-1900
Philippians 3:13
"Another mark of “growth in grace” is increased faith and love towards our Lord Jesus Christ. The man whose soul is “growing,” finds more in Christ to rest upon every year, and rejoices more that he has such a Saviour."
Read More***359. From the book - “Holiness: its nature, hindrances, difficulties, and roots” by J.C. Ryle - He lived 1816-1900
Job 40:4
"But you now want to know how anyone may find out whether he is growing in grace or not? I answer that question, in the first place, by observing that we are very poor judges of our own condition, and that bystanders often know us better than we know ourselves."
Read More***358. From the book - “Holiness: its nature, hindrances, difficulties, and roots” by J.C. Ryle - He lived 1816-1900
Romans 10:11
"There are degrees in our sanctification. In our justification there are none. What is written, is written, and shall never fail: “Whosoever believeth on Him,” – not whosoever has a strong and mighty faith – “Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.” (Romans 10:11)."
Read More***357. From the book - “Holiness: its nature, hindrances, difficulties, and roots” by J.C. Ryle - He lived 1816-1900
1 John 3:23-24
"We shall be forgetting that in the Divine economy of man’s salvation election is the special work of God the Father – atonement, mediation, and intercession, the special work of God the Son – and sanctification, the special work of God the Holy Ghost."
Read More***356. From John MacArthur - The Gospel According To The Apostles… Citing Arthur Pink…
2 Corinthians 8:5-9
“The evangelism of the day is not only superficial to the last degree, but it is radically defective,” Pink wrote.
Read More***355. From John MacArthur - The Gospel According To The Apostles… Citing C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain
1 Corinthians 1:18-19
“But God wills our good, and our good is to love Him (with that responsive love proper to creatures) and to love Him we must know Him: and if we know Him, we shall in fact fall on our faces."
Read More***354. From John MacArthur - The Gospel According To The Apostles…
John 16:8
"Can we reduce the message to simply, “accept Christ” and still believe we are ministering biblically?"
Read More***353. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
Genesis 1:1
"You see, it’s only when we’re in right relationship with God, when we’re living for him and not for ourselves, when we’re entrusting ourselves to his good purpose and following his wise rule, that everything in our lives will be in its proper place."
Read More***352. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
Genesis 1:1
"Think of the way that most Christian parents talk to their children about these two topics."
Read More***351. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
Psalm 51:1-4
"When you think of worship, don’t just think of a weekend religious activity; think of a lifestyle. Let me explain further. There are four aspects to the lifestyle of worship that are laid out in Scripture. First, to worship means to bow down. This is the devotional, affective part of worship. The posture connoted by these words is important. In bowing down, I kneel before God and offer him the affections of my heart. I give him the honor that is his due."
Read More***350. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
Genesis 1:1
"You cannot take the first four words of the Bible seriously and be comfortable with dividing your world into the secular and the spiritual."
Read More***349. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
Luke 4:1-12
"God’s rules are rooted in relationship."
Read More***348. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
1 John 2:15-17
"Here’s what’s important to understand: human beings were designed to be resident managers of the created world that God owns."
Read More***347. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
Psalm 119:97-105
“Practical, everyday “me-ism,” where the world is reduced to the small confines of your comfort, your pleasure, your control, your happiness, and your ease never works. It doesn’t work because it runs cross-grain against the way you and the world you live in were meant to operate. You see, it’s simply not about you, and when you make it about you nothing good results. God-forgetting self-sovereignty is dangerous to you and destructive to your heart and will cause you to use things in a way they were not intended to be used."
Read More***346. From the book “Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies”… by Paul Tripp
Genesis 1:1
“Your Bible begins with these four words: “In the beginning God,” and with those four words everything in life is given its shape, purpose, and meaning. But for the purpose of our topics, these words do something very important. They destroy the validity of dividing life into things that are spiritual and things that are secular."
Read More***345. From the book “Do You Believe?” - by Paul David Tripp
Psalm 119:105
"You need light for your marriage and your parenting. You need light for your job and your relationships with your neighbors. You need light for your struggles with desires and temptations. You need light to help you deal with the unexpected."
Read More***344. From “Do You Believe? - by Paul David Tripp…
1 Thessalonians 1:5
"So we all need the convicting power of the word of God. Yes, it is the Holy Spirit who convicts, but his primary tool is Scripture."
Read More***343. From the book “Do You Believe?” - by Paul David Tripp
Hebrews 2:1-4
"Wherever his people are, whatever they are facing, God greets them with his promises. He does this to motivate their faith and to cause them to act with courage."
Read More***342. From the book “Do You Believe?” - by Paul David Tripp...
Psalm 119:97-100
"The Bible is God’s constant curriculum, and it has no graduation ceremony. No matter how long you have been a Christian, you will need its instruction today as much as you needed it on your first day as an infant Christian."
Read More***341. From “Do You Believe? - by Paul David Tripp…
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
"Paul is saying that the DNA of sin is selfishness. Sin puts us in the center of our world and makes life all about us. Sin is about self-focus and self-glory. It is motivated by what we want, when we want it, and how we want it.
Read More***340. From “Do You Believe? - by Paul David Tripp…
Deuteronomy 17:18-20
"Not only do we have the gift of God’s word, but we also have the gift of the Holy Spirit, who guides us, teaches us, and illumines the word for us so that we can know, understand, confess, and repent."
Read More***339. From the book “Do You Believe?” - by Paul David Tripp…
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
“Because I am a fool who has been rescued by Wisdom and given by him the gift of the wisdom of his word, my Bible is my most treasured physical possession. I know that as long as sin still lives in me, there will be pottery shards of that old foolishness still lying around that will need to be dug up and replaced with divine wisdom, so I approach my Bible every day as a needy and thankful man."
Read More***338. From the book “Do You Believe?” - by Paul David Tripp…
Proverbs 10:8-10
"A fool ignores God and inserts himself into God’s position. A fool rebels against God’s wise and loving law and writes his own moral code. A fool thinks he can live independently of help. A fool will not think as he was designed to think, desire what he was created to desire, or do what he has been called to do. But here is what is deadly about all of this: a fool doesn’t know he is a fool - (…my highlights added…)."
Read More***337. From “Do You Believe? - by Paul David Tripp…
Proverbs 15:1-2
“Let’s take this proverb for instance: “A soft answer turns away wrath, / but a harsh word stirs up anger” (Prov. 15:1). There is no doubt that in this proverb God is calling us to a calmness of character and faith in the face of another’s anger. But in this proverb, is God promising that every time we respond to an angry person with quiet calm, we will immediately turn off his or her anger?"
Read More***336. From “Do You Believe? - by Paul David Tripp…
1 Timothy 1:15-16
"The grace that delivers us from the power of sin will not relent till we have been delivered from its presence as well. But the task is immense, and the closer you get to your Lord, the more you are aware of how unholy you are. The grace of this Holy One doesn’t take dependent people and make them independent, but rather it takes independent people and produces in them a deeper and more willing dependency."
Read More***335. From “Do You Believe? - by Paul David Tripp… (…this is a “top ten” candidate of the books I’ve read…!)
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
"Sin turns us all into glory thieves. We demand to be in the center of our world, the one place that should be for God and God alone. We take credit for what only God could produce. We want to be sovereign, and we want to be worshiped."
Read More***334. From “If You Die Today!”…by Mark Peters…a sinner saved by grace…
John 3:30
"We see that Jesus and His will for our lives is taking a more pervasive place in our thoughts. Hence, we start dying to ourselves, as well as being emptied of ourselves. Jesus Christ, His Holy Spirit, and our time spent with Him in prayer and His Word each morning, are like a magnet, drawing us more into the life Christ desires for us and further away from the enticement of the world and its ways."
Read More***333. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
John 9:5
"Now, while we have liberty – a liberty which our fathers bought at the stake and sealed with their blood – let us use it. While it is day, let us work the works of him that sent us, and let each man take for his motto the verse that comes right after my text, As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world (John 9:5). Take care that your light is not darkness. Take care that you don’t conceal it."
Read More***332. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Colossians 3:16-17
"But he was asked, “When is a clergyman off duty?” It is the same with the Christian – when is he off duty? He ought to be always about his Father’s business, ready for anything and everything that may glorify God. He feels that he is not sent on Sunday only, but sent always, not called now and then to do good, but sent throughout his whole life to work for Christ.”
Read More***331. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Matthew 28:18-20
"Will you stand around and do nothing? Can you remain silent? No, as the Lord Jesus sends you, go forth. I pray that you go at once and proclaim the story of his love with joy."
Read More***330. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Isaiah 52:1-3
Do you dare to sleep with God’s Spirit upon you? Up, man! Feel free to sleep if you are just a common Israelite, but when God is in you and with you, how can you remain idle? No, use your strength and conquer the enemies!
Read More***329. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
2 Thessalonians 3:7-10
Secondly, the personal obligation in the text compels us to do the same type of work as Christ did. I explained to you what it was. We are not called to save souls, for he alone is the Savior, but we are called to enlighten the sons of men. That is to say, sin is not even known to be sin by many. Our teaching and example must make sin apparent to them.
Read More***328. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
1 Corinthians 15:51-58
"Quick with you, man, use both hands. Strain every nerve, and put every muscle to work. Do all at all times, and in all places, that your mind can think of or your enthusiasm can suggest to you, because the night cometh, when no man can work."
Read More***327. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Ephesians 5:14-17
"But, my brethren, as a man – preaching, healing, and relieving the sick on earth – Jesus had his day, just like every other man, and that day ended at the set time."
Read More***326. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
1 Corinthians 9:16
"So our Savior was self-impelled to his labors of grace. His love forced him – he must do the work that he was sent to do. It is a right thing when a man’s business and inclinations run together."
Read More***325. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Philippians 2:1-7
Because just as the Father sent Christ, in the same way Christ sent us, and we are acting under divine authority as divine representatives. We must, in joy, be faithful to the communion with which God has honored us by trusting us with the responsibility of the gospel of Christ.
Read More***324. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
John 14:10
The truth you spread will illuminate the intellect; the arguments you use will influence the affections; the reasons you give will move the will, and the precious gospel you teach will purify the heart. But it is God who does it – God dwelling in the gospel. Only as you see and understand these two truths will you work correctly. I must work personally, and this holy work must be my special business, but I must do it in a right spirit, humbly feeling all the while that it is God’s work in and through me.
Read More***323. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
John 14:9-10
"Don’t make the work of God an excuse for your idleness, and don’t let your earnest activity ever tempt you to forget that the power belongs to him."
Read More***322. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
John 9:25
“Well, I don’t know much about theology, but I know that I was a drunkard, and I know that I’m not a drunkard now. I know that I used to beat my wife, and now, God bless her, she knows how much I love her!"
Read More***321. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
1 Peter 1:13-16 NASB1995
"I suspect he was always very sarcastic, and when they spoke to him, and gave him nothing, he knew how to give them something. That blind beggar was a well-known character in Jerusalem, as well known as the blind beggar of Bethnal Green. So the Savior selected him, because he was so well known, and opened his eyes. You’re in the same situation, aren’t you?"
Read More***320. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Hebrews 10:37-39
"But the man mentioned in our text was born blind. There are many like that. Indeed, all people are born blind. It is original sin, and we all suffer from it. Sin is a corruption of the blood. We are born blind. There are some who are bred and born in a family utterly destitute of religion. They are brought up to despise it, or brought up in the midst of superstition and taught to say a useless prayer to a crucifix of wood or stone."
Read More***319. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
John 7:37-39
"When the Lord, in his infinite mercy, comes to these people who are totally blind and makes them see, there is plenty of room for his mighty power to work there, and everybody says, 'What a wonderful thing that a person like that should be converted!'"
Read More*******318. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Revelation 3:19-22
"We observe a man who is all out of order; there is nothing right about him. He is a man upside down. His heart loves that which will ruin it, and does not love that which would bless it. (...emphasis added by me...) His understanding is darkened. He exchanges bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. His will has become very domineering and has usurped power which it never ought to possess. If you study him well, you won’t make much of him. He is all out of gear, like a piece of machinery in which the wheels don’t operate correctly."
Read More***317. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
John 9:1-3
"There are some afflictions that have quite another end and object. They are sent to refine, sent as a holy discipline, sent as sacred excavators, to make more room in the heart for Christ and his love. You know that it is written, As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten (Revelation 3:19). And, for whom the Lord loves, he chastens and scourges everyone whom he receives as a son (Hebrews 12:6).”
Read More***316. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
2 Timothy 3:16-17
"Living usefulness will not screen us from persecution, but it will save us from contempt. A holy church goes with authority to the world in the name of Jesus Christ its Lord, and the Holy Spirit uses this force to bring human hearts into subjection to the truth."
Read More***315. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Luke 9:23-26
"But no church will ever have power over the masses of this or any other land, except in proportion as she does them good. The day has long since passed in which any church can hope to succeed on the plea of history. “Look at what we were” is a vain appeal. Men only care about what we are." (… emphasis added by me…)
Read More***314. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
2 Corinthians 5:14
To be passive in the Lord’s hands is a good desire, but to be what I would call actively passive, cheerfully submissive, and willing to give up our will, this is a higher spiritual state of mind. We must live, and yet not we, but Christ in us. (…emphasis by me…)
Read More***313. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Romans 8:33-34
Faith is the seal and evidence that you were redeemed nineteen hundred years ago upon the bloody tree of Calvary. You are justified, and who will bring any charges against you? Who is he that condemns them? Christ, Jesus, is he who died and, even more, he that also rose again, who furthermore is at the right hand of God, who also makes entreaty for us (Romans 8:34).
Read More***312. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
1 John 5:9-13 NASB1995
Believe Jesus Christ. The evidence is strong. Yield up your soul to it, and you will find joy, peace, and eternal life.
Read More***311. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
John 5:5-9
The power isn’t in the sinner, but in the one giving the command. He couldn’t rise on his own, but Jesus Christ could make him do so. And when I, or any other minister of the Lord Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit, address you, chosen sinner, and say to you, “Trust Jesus Christ,” we don’t do so because we believe there is any strength in you, any more than there was in the paralyzed man. We speak in the power of the name of Jesus of Nazareth, who has sent us to say to you, “Rise up and walk.” I trust the Lord to send his power with the gospel.
Read More***310. Life In Christ - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon…
Philippians 3:8-9
"He who is whole spiritually is a man of habitual prayer. He feels constant gratitude and exhibits continual praise. He is a man of abiding devotion. Whatever he does, he does it unto God and seeks only God’s glory in it. His mind is fixed on things unseen and eternal."
Read More***309. From “The Principle of the Path” by Andy Stanley...
Proverbs 14:12
The direction you are currently traveling—relationally, financially, spiritually, and the list goes on and on—will determine where you end up in each of those respective arenas. This is true regardless of your goals, your dreams, your wishes, or your wants. The principle of the path trumps all those things. Your current direction will determine your destination.
Read More***308. From “The Principle of the Path” by Andy Stanley...
James 4:7-8
“Embracing the principle of the path is the key to avoiding regret. All kinds of regret. Relational, professional, academic, moral, marital . . . as a pastor, I’ve heard more stories of regret than I can recount."
Read More***307. From Erwin Lutzer’s book - “We Will Not Be Silenced”...
Romans 1:25
"Marxists know they need to exploit the existing and often very real grievances of the proletariat (the working class) and, yes, even the grievances of oppressed mothers in their homes. Women are told they are victims—victims of the past, of social norms, of traditions, and of men. Only victimhood will make them willing to break out of their Judeo-Christian past and enter the Marxist ideal of a world where everyone is equal. If mothers want to achieve their potential, they should reject restrictive traditional roles and prove their equality by earning a living and enjoying the prosperity that a Marxist state will bring.”
Read More***306. Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Life in Christ - Vol. 2...
John 5:6-8
"A blindness had come over the people at the pool. There they were, and there was Christ, who could heal them, but not a single one of them sought him. Their eyes were fixed on the water, expecting it to be troubled. They were so consumed with their own chosen way that the true way was neglected."
Read More***305. Martyn Lloyd-Jones - “Spiritual Depression - Its Causes and Cures”...
John 18:35-37
That is true faith, that is real trust. Look at a man like Abraham. God had so dealt with him that he could ‘hope against hope’. He trusted God absolutely when every appearance was to the contrary. And that needs to be developed in us.
Read More***304. Martyn Lloyd-Jones - “Spiritual Depression - Its Causes and Cures”...
Jude 1:24-25
In other words I can sum it up like this, the spirit of fear which results from the spirit of bondage in this type of Christian is ultimately a fear of themselves and a fear of failure. They say: ‘I have come into this Christian life, yes, but the question is, can I live it? It is so marvellous and so wonderful and so exalted. How am I to live such a life, how can I rise to such heights?’ And with this consciousness of their own weakness, of the greatness of the task and of the power of the devil, they enter into this spirit of bondage and are held down and troubled, worried and full of fears.
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Hebrews 2:1
Again, Paul writing to Timothy has to warn him against exactly the same thing. Listen to him in the First Epistle to Timothy, fourth chapter: ‘Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth’.”
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1 Corinthians 3:3 NASB
"Where there is a failure to learn and believe these things, faith is weak. So strong faith means to know them. I am constantly having to say these things, I am constantly having to write them. I had to write a long letter on this very point to a man I had never seen. The poor man was miserable and held in bondage. Why? Because he did not see that Christ is the Friend of publicans and sinners and that He came to die for such people."
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John 14:6 NASB1995
Do you trust Him? I mean - REALLY TRUST HIM!
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Matthew 14:28-30
"We may all say: ‘I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me’, and while we go on to add, ‘and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God’, yet that ‘I’ is always the same. You are always yourself, and, though you become Christian, you are still yourself. You have your own peculiar temperament, your own peculiar characteristics, and the result is that we all have our special problems."
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Matthew 14:29-31
"Peter starts off so well, so magnificently. Then he gets into trouble and ends up so badly. Now that is the picture—Peter, who at first seems to be full of faith, ends up by being a miserable failure, crying out in desperation. How quickly it all happened!"
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Luke 8:23-25
"Such is the gracious Lord that you and I believe in and follow. Though He is disappointed in us often and though He rebukes us, He will never neglect us; He will receive us, He will bless us, He will give us peace, indeed He will do for us what He did for these men. With this peace He gave them a still greater conception of Himself than they had had before."
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Hebrews 12:11 NASB1995
“ The One who has done the greatest thing of all for you, must be concerned about you in everything, and though the clouds are thick and you cannot see His face, you know He is there.”
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Romans 5:10 NASB1995
“ So faith, having refused to be controlled by circumstances, reminds itself of what it believes and what it knows.”
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1 Corinthians 1:25-27
"Having taken that first step, having pulled yourself up, you then remind yourself of what you believe and what you know. That again is something these foolish disciples did not do."
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Luke 8:24-25 NASB1995
The question He asks them is; ‘Where is it? You have got faith, but where is it at this moment? It ought to be here, where is it?’
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Matthew 6:19-21 NASB
“In fact, this last month God has really been working on me regarding what my Eternal Resume looks like.”
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2 Timothy 1:6-8 NASB1995
What does he mean by it? ‘God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power—.’ Yes, I understand that I need power. But love—why love?
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1 Peter 1:6-9 NASB1995
The principle, the doctrine here, is that our essential trouble, if we suffer from this particular manifestation of spiritual depression, is our failure to realize what God has given us, and is giving us, in giving us the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Matthew 6:33-34 NASB1995
“Do not worry…”
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Matthew 5:3-11
In other words they have a fear of failure. They are afraid of letting down the cause. They say: ‘I like the gospel. I believe my sins are forgiven. I want to be a Christian, but I am so afraid I will fail.
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