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Over the last few weeks I have been writing about a document I keep on the desktop of my computer entitled, “My Motivation.” It is designed to remind and inspire and focus me toward Christ-centered living, but it’s comprised of pictures rather than words. Nine of the fifteen pictures are of various men of God who inspire me for a number of reasons and play important roles in my life. One man who has played a major role in my life but who doesn’t appear on my “Wall of Faith” is Doug Goodno. Why? Simply because I don’t have an electronic picture of him! But if I did, his would be the most prominent of them all. Doug was not the one who led me to Christ, or who first discipled me in Christ, but the Lord brought him into my life at a crucial time and, in many ways, he became a kind of father to me. I don’t think I could write a book about him, but I could certainly write a chapter of a book about him, and perhaps someday I will. But for the purposes of this devotional, let me just summar...

THIS POST was written by Corey Larson, one of the youth at Glory of Christ Fellowship.  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is a log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.-Mat 7:3-5 First off, I am writing this book because of the wonderful analogy the Lord has given me. It came to me when I was thinking of multiple popular verses and phrases (one being the log and the speck) and combining them together. They fit so perfectly I was shocked. I knew right then and there that it was from the Lord, and I wanted to share it with others. The verses above imply that the purpose of taking the log out of your own eye is to help your brother, which by all means is true, but is there another meaning that we ...

 "Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, "LORD, there is no one besides You to help   in the battle   between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in You, and in Your n ame have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.""   12   "So the LORD routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled." (2 Chronicles 14:11-12)   Our Lord has many promises for His people. Those who confess Christ and walk in obedience to Him should have no fear, but have a simple faith in Almighty God to help and save and rescue in His time...making us strong and persevering along the way!   Our faith will grow as we go through trials, not around them, and it is God who will get the praise as we trust in Him and watch Him work.    

 "When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD." (2 Chronicles 12:1) How careful we should be when we are in times of "supposed" strength. What do we say to ourselves when we are feeling strong, with no "apparent" troubles, no particular strong sin we are fighting? Do we then neglect God?! May we never forget that our lives are in God's hands, and while "conscious" of no trouble, pride causes many to forsake God. Solomon's words to us: 8 "Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion," 9 "That I not be full and deny You and say, "Who is the LORD?" Or that I not be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God." (Proverbs 30:3-9)

Over the last few weeks I have been writing about a document I keep on the desktop of my computer entitled, “My Motivation.” It is designed to remind and inspire and focus me toward Christ-centered living, but it’s comprised of pictures rather than words. Nine of the fifteen pictures are of various men of God who inspire me for a number of reasons, the ninth of whom is Charles Spurgeon. Spurgeon came to know Jesus at the age of 16, and only four years later was called to be the preaching Pastor of New Park Street Chapel in London, England, later called The Metropolitan Tabernacle. Spurgeon would serve the Lord there for some thirty-nine years, during which time he preached to around 100,000 people! Of all the preachers who might appear on my personal wall of faith, I chose Spurgeon for several reasons. First, his preaching was deeply rooted in and saturated with the Bible. He was committed to the Word of God without apology in an age where modernism was sweeping the culture, and the c...

This song has been ministering so deeply to my heart, I just had to share it with you all. If you want to know more about how this powerful little song affected the life of Hudson Taylor, you can read a one page summary here .

And [Moses] said to [God], "If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?" (Exodus 33:15-16 ESV) "It seems to me that there is no hope for revival until you and I, and all of us, have reached the stage in which we begin to forget ourselves a little, and to be concerned for the Church, for God's body, his people here on earth....We stand before the world ans we say the only hope for the world is Christianity.  We say the Church, and the Church alone, has the message that is needed.  We see the problems of society, they are shouting at us and they are increasing week by week.  And we know that this is the only answer.  Very well, then, if we know that and if we believe that, let me ask you in the name of God, how often do you pray that th...