Simpson Devotional - Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Do not fail to mark these two stages in Christian life. The one is the Spirit\'s work in us, the other is the Spirit\'s personal coming to abide within us. All true Christians know the first, but few, it is to be feared, understand and receive the second. There is a great difference between my buildin.. .. read more..
INSTRUCT-THEN EXHORT
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The godly men of old through whom the Scriptures came to us were faithful in their exhortations to personal faith and godliness, characteristic of the early church. The apostolic method of teaching, instructing and encouraging was based on solid and fundamental Christian doctrine. This was Paul\'s me.. .. read more..
Simpson Devotional - Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Will we make the claim most practical and real and, like John, at the Last Supper, lean our full weight upon our Lord\'s breast? That is the way He would have us prove our love. \"if you love me lean hard,\" said a heathen woman to her missionary, as she was timidly leaning her tired body upon her stal.. .. read more..
MEDIOCRE CHRISTIANITY
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Read your New Testament again and you will agree that mediocrity in the Christian life is not the highest that Jesus offers. Certainly God is not honored by our arrested spiritual development - our permanent half-way spiritual condition. We all know that the Bible tells us that we honor God by going.. .. read more..
Simpson Devotional - Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Some of the effects of being filled with the Spirit are: 1. Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within. 2. Fullness of joy so that the heart is constantly radiant. This does not depend on circumstances, but fills .. .. read more..
ARE WE MIRED DOWN?
Monday, June 27, 2011
God will speak to us if we read and study and obey the Word of God! But when He does speak, we should speak back to Him in prayer and devotion. Otherwise, we are among the Christians who are mired down right where we are. Many in our congregations have grown older and yet are not one inch farther up.. .. read more..
RUNNING LIFE\'S RACE
Sunday, June 26, 2011
The writer to the Hebrews gives us good New Testament counsel: \"Let us run the race with patience.\" The Holy Spirit here describes Christian believers as runners on the track, participants in the race which is the Christian life. He provides both strong warning and loving encouragement, for there is.. .. read more..
Simpson Devotional - Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
He is able to be touched with the feeling of our infirmities (Hebrews 4:15). The word \"touched\" is very expressive. It means that our troubles are His troubles, and that in all our afflictions He is afflicted. It is not a sympathy of sentiment, but a sympathy of suffering. There is in this thought a.. .. read more..
Simpson Devotional - Saturday, June 25, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Every victor must first be a self-conqueror. But the method of Joshua\'s victory was the uplifted arm of Moses on the mount. As Moses held up his hands, Joshua prevailed; as he lowered them, Amalek prevailed. It was to be a battle of faith and not of human strength. The banner that was to wave over t.. .. read more..
THE TRANSFORMED LIFE
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Many of the great evangelists who have touched the world for God, including such men as Jonathan Edwards and Charles Finney, have declared that the church is being betrayed by those who insist on Christianity being made \"too easy.\" Jesus laid down the terms of Christian discipleship and there are so.. .. read more..