These are excerpts from the daily devotional by Oswald Chambers that I'm reading.....and it's such amazing stuff. To be honest, I normally don't take well to daily devotionals cos they seem kinda 'weak' to me. BUT this is really strong, insightful stuff! I really love how he writes with such a beautiful literary feel, and yet manages to be blunt and in-your-face at the same time....he just throws all these Christian cliches out of the window.
He offers very good reminders too. Before this, it never would have crossed my mind that one could unconsciously build up pride/confidence from emerging out of the 'fire', the trials of life.
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"No matter what changes God has performed in you, never rely on them. Build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives.
All our promises and resolutions end in denial because we have no power to accomplish them. When we come to the end of ourselves, not just mentally but completely, we are able to 'receive the Holy Spirit.' 'Receive the Holy Spirit'--that idea is that of invasion. There is now only One who directs the course of your life, the Lord Jesus Christ."
"God does not tell you what He is going to do- He reveals to you who He is.....You must learn to 'go out' through your convictions, creeds, or experiences until you come to the point in your faith where there is nothing between yourself and God."
-Oswald Chambers, "My Utmost for His Highest"
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