Handfuls On Purpose❤️ *See Ruth chapter 2
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Philippians 1:18–20: Honor Christ in Life or Death | Desiring God
https://www.desiringgod.org/labs/honor-christ-in-life-or-death
https://www.desiringgod.org/labs/honor-christ-in-life-or-death
25.02.202519:41
The First Call to Worship: Twelve Attributes of God in One Verse | Desiring God
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-first-call-to-worship
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-first-call-to-worship
25.02.202517:42
The Poverty of Service
BY OSWALD CHAMBERS
February 25
If I love you more, will you love me less? — 2 Corinthians 12:15
Natural love expects to be returned, but Paul didn’t care if he was loved by those he served. He was willing to be ridiculed and overlooked, to be made poor and humble, just so long as he was bringing people to God. “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Giving his all wasn’t a burden for Paul; it was a joy: “I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well” (12:15).
The way Jesus thinks about service is not the way the world thinks about it. Jesus Christ out-socialists socialists. He says that in his kingdom the greatest will be the servant of all (Matthew 23:11). The real test for us lies not in preaching the gospel but in washing feet, in doing the things that are little esteemed by the world but count for everything with God.
Paul didn’t care what God’s interests in other people cost him. The instant God asks us to serve, we start making calculations. “God wants me to go there?” we say. “What about the salary? What about the weather? A sensible person has to consider these things.” When we think like this, we’re being selfish and cautious about how we serve God.
Paul was never cautious. He embodied Jesus’s idea of a New Testament disciple, one who not only proclaimed the gospel but became, for the sake of others, broken bread and poured-out wine in the hands of Jesus Christ.
BY OSWALD CHAMBERS
February 25
If I love you more, will you love me less? — 2 Corinthians 12:15
Natural love expects to be returned, but Paul didn’t care if he was loved by those he served. He was willing to be ridiculed and overlooked, to be made poor and humble, just so long as he was bringing people to God. “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Giving his all wasn’t a burden for Paul; it was a joy: “I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well” (12:15).
The way Jesus thinks about service is not the way the world thinks about it. Jesus Christ out-socialists socialists. He says that in his kingdom the greatest will be the servant of all (Matthew 23:11). The real test for us lies not in preaching the gospel but in washing feet, in doing the things that are little esteemed by the world but count for everything with God.
Paul didn’t care what God’s interests in other people cost him. The instant God asks us to serve, we start making calculations. “God wants me to go there?” we say. “What about the salary? What about the weather? A sensible person has to consider these things.” When we think like this, we’re being selfish and cautious about how we serve God.
Paul was never cautious. He embodied Jesus’s idea of a New Testament disciple, one who not only proclaimed the gospel but became, for the sake of others, broken bread and poured-out wine in the hands of Jesus Christ.
25.02.202517:13
”Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.“
James 1:2-4
James 1:2-4
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EVENING
"But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa."
Jonah 1:3
Instead of going to Nineveh to preach the Word, as God bade him, Jonah disliked the work, and went down to Joppa to escape from it. There are occasions when God's servants shrink from duty. But what is the consequence? What did Jonah lose by his conduct? He lost the presence and comfortable enjoyment of God's love. When we serve our Lord Jesus as believers should do, our God is with us; and though we have the whole world against us, if we have God with us, what does it matter? But the moment we start back, and seek our own inventions, we are at sea without a pilot. Then may we bitterly lament and groan out, "O my God, where hast thou gone? How could I have been so foolish as to shun thy service, and in this way to lose all the bright shinings of thy face? This is a price too high. Let me return to my allegiance, that I may rejoice in thy presence." In the next place, Jonah lost all peace of mind. Sin soon destroys a believer's comfort. It is the poisonous upas tree, from whose leaves distil deadly drops which destroy the life of joy and peace. Jonah lost everything upon which he might have drawn for comfort in any other case. He could not plead the promise of divine protection, for he was not in God's ways; he could not say, "Lord, I meet with these difficulties in the discharge of my duty, therefore help me through them." He was reaping his own deeds; he was filled with his own ways. Christian, do not play the Jonah, unless you wish to have all the waves and the billows rolling over your head. You will find in the long run that it is far harder to shun the work and will of God than to at once yield yourself to it. Jonah lost his time, for he had to go to Nineveh after all. It is hard to contend with God; let us yield ourselves at once.
"But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa."
Jonah 1:3
Instead of going to Nineveh to preach the Word, as God bade him, Jonah disliked the work, and went down to Joppa to escape from it. There are occasions when God's servants shrink from duty. But what is the consequence? What did Jonah lose by his conduct? He lost the presence and comfortable enjoyment of God's love. When we serve our Lord Jesus as believers should do, our God is with us; and though we have the whole world against us, if we have God with us, what does it matter? But the moment we start back, and seek our own inventions, we are at sea without a pilot. Then may we bitterly lament and groan out, "O my God, where hast thou gone? How could I have been so foolish as to shun thy service, and in this way to lose all the bright shinings of thy face? This is a price too high. Let me return to my allegiance, that I may rejoice in thy presence." In the next place, Jonah lost all peace of mind. Sin soon destroys a believer's comfort. It is the poisonous upas tree, from whose leaves distil deadly drops which destroy the life of joy and peace. Jonah lost everything upon which he might have drawn for comfort in any other case. He could not plead the promise of divine protection, for he was not in God's ways; he could not say, "Lord, I meet with these difficulties in the discharge of my duty, therefore help me through them." He was reaping his own deeds; he was filled with his own ways. Christian, do not play the Jonah, unless you wish to have all the waves and the billows rolling over your head. You will find in the long run that it is far harder to shun the work and will of God than to at once yield yourself to it. Jonah lost his time, for he had to go to Nineveh after all. It is hard to contend with God; let us yield ourselves at once.
25.02.202523:10
A modern classic of Christian testimony and devotion, The Knowledge of the Holy shows us how we can rejuvenate our prayer life, meditate more reverently, understand God more deeply, and experience God’s presence in our daily lives.
The Knowledge of the Holy by beloved evangelical author and Christian mystic A.W. Tozer illuminates God’s attributes—from wisdom, to grace, to mercy—and in doing so, attempts to restore the majesty and wonder of God in the hearts and minds of all Christians. Informative as well as inspirational, The Knowledge of the Holy returns the towering Christian concept of God to the center of the religious mind, fostering a renewed appreciation of the magnitude of God’s glory.
This timeless gift breathes a spirit of devotion for all Christians, from those who are newly arrived to those who are committing themselves anew to Jesus Christ.
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Holy-Attributes-Meaning-Christian/dp/0060684127/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2QCH3GLK1Z4TY&keywords=the+knowledge+of+the+holy+by+a.w.+tozer&qid=1706914069&sprefix=the+knowledge+%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1
The Knowledge of the Holy by beloved evangelical author and Christian mystic A.W. Tozer illuminates God’s attributes—from wisdom, to grace, to mercy—and in doing so, attempts to restore the majesty and wonder of God in the hearts and minds of all Christians. Informative as well as inspirational, The Knowledge of the Holy returns the towering Christian concept of God to the center of the religious mind, fostering a renewed appreciation of the magnitude of God’s glory.
This timeless gift breathes a spirit of devotion for all Christians, from those who are newly arrived to those who are committing themselves anew to Jesus Christ.
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Holy-Attributes-Meaning-Christian/dp/0060684127/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2QCH3GLK1Z4TY&keywords=the+knowledge+of+the+holy+by+a.w.+tozer&qid=1706914069&sprefix=the+knowledge+%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1
25.02.202522:44
Philippians 1:18–20: Saved Through Prayer | Desiring God
https://www.desiringgod.org/labs/saved-through-prayer
https://www.desiringgod.org/labs/saved-through-prayer
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”For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.“
2 Timothy 1:7
2 Timothy 1:7
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Paul Wilbur - Let God Arise
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When God Ran
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Philippians 1:18–20: The Happiest Book in the Bible | Desiring God
https://www.desiringgod.org/labs/the-happiest-book-in-the-bible
https://www.desiringgod.org/labs/the-happiest-book-in-the-bible
25.02.202517:58
In These Last Days, God Has Spoken by a Son | Desiring God
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/in-these-last-days-god-has-spoken-by-a-son
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/in-these-last-days-god-has-spoken-by-a-son
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Matthew 7:7-8 🕊Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek and you’ll discover, knock, and the door will be opened for you. For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks will find an open door.♥️-💌 Today The Lord knocks at your door. Answer it and step into a world of His wondrous Love. Have you been standing and believing. Knocking at His door? He will no let you down . Be persistent as He asks us to be. He hears you and is coming to rescue you, provide for you, deliver you, heal you and set you free.♥️
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Let the Wind Blow
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”We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.“
Proverbs 16:9
Proverbs 16:9
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