There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.
From Matthew 10:39: “Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will find it.”
Vance Havner (1901-1986) was an American pastor and Christian author. During his many years of service to the Lord, he preached throughout America.
Whenever anyone turns from sin and trusts in Jesus Christ for forgiveness and salvation, God in His mercy makes that person alive with Christ.
From Ephesians 2:4-5: “But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.”
From Psalm 118:19: “Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.”
Glorious morning light
Blessings from Father’s heart
Angelic voices praise
Calling out faith’s fresh start
Tomb forever empty
Raising Messiah’s love
Hallelujah’s sing out
Praising heavens above
Risen Savior conquers
Draining river of sin
New covenant flowing
Uplifting quest begins
Divine plans now fulfilled
Spreading faith’s greatest news
Darkness vanquished at last
Breathing from mercy’s view
Bridge built to Heaven’s gate
Fulfilling gift of grace
Good Shepherd holds its key
Seeing at last, His face
From John 10:9: “[Jesus speaking] I am the gate. Whoever enters by Me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.”
Heaven is something we inherit. We are undeserving, therefore we do not earn heaven; it is a gift provided by the One who went before us.
From Psalm 145:13: “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all His words and gracious in all His deeds.”
From Psalm 17:5: “My steps have held fast to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.”
Day after day
Another journey waits
Absorbing Savior’s Word
Keeping our righteous path straight
Day after day
Enemy surrounds thee
Witnessing Savior’s love
Grasping His truth, always free
Day after day
Darkness shames life of sin
Rising, Savior confronts
Locking faith’s righteous linchpin
Day after day
Blindness in faith creeps in
Praying for Savior’s grace
Casting His light from within
Day after day
Hope finds security
Blessing from Savior’s heart
Bestowing His purity
From Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
Praises
Forever grateful
Faith’s resolute cornerstone
Resurrection’s truth rings out
Jesus
Jesus
Contentment found
In Savior’s grace
No greater peace felt
Faith
Faith
Eternal light
Bethlehem to Calvary
Victory over sin’s darkness
Redemption
From Mark 13:11: When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak but the Holy Spirit.”
From every corner
Darkness forecasting light
Voices filled with emptiness
Now standing firm, God’s faith airtight
One promised ticket
Risen from empty tomb
False prophets flee every scene
Now Savior breathes, faithful hope blooms
Suffering no more
Calvary’s blood-stained cross
Foundation of Father’s grace
Now sin flees, no longer faith’s boss
Mercy from heaven
Angels stir from above
Called to gather Shepherd’s flock
Now faith’s destiny, filled with love
From Mark 13:26-27: “Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory. Then He will send out the angels and gather the elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.”
Because He is gracious, God saves us on the basis of faith in His Son. Then He gives us a new nature empowered by the Holy Spirit who comes to live within each Christian.
From 1 Peter 1:3-5: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
The God who spoke still speaks. He comes into our world. He comes into your world. He comes to do what you can’t.
From Isaiah 46:4: “Even to your old age I am He; even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”
Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the Word of God be always living and active in you.
From 2 Corinthians 4:11: “For we who are living are always being handed over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal flesh.”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
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