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DEVOTIONAL QUOTE: It is an insult to use the word happiness in connection with Jesus Christ. The joy of Jesus was the absolute self-surrender and self-sacrifice of Himself to His Father, the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him to do. "I delight to do Thy will."...The lives that have been of most blessing to you are those who were unconscious of it. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/31/10)

Favorite Verse: Proverbs 16:3

General Conference Sessions 2010 of Seventh-Day Adventists Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA (We attended the second Sabbath sessions on July 3)

We visited our favorite Christian radio station Z Radio jocks, Tyler and Ellis, on January 18, 2010

I'm a born-again Christian currently worshipping at the Forest Lake Church in Orlando, Florida. I have served in previous local churches as elder, chorister, pathfinder director, children sabbath school teacher, lay preacher, and webmaster. My most rewarding ministry was being an online Bible instructor for Discover Bible School. My favorite Christian vocal group is Avalon. Here are some of my favorite Christian songs:

• Our God by Chris Tomlin  NEW
• What Faith Can Do by Kutless 
• Let The Waters Rise by Mike Chair  
• Wait And See by Brandon Heath
• You're Not Alone by Meredith Andrews
• City On Our Knees by TobyMac
• Lead Me To The Cross by Hillsong
• Perfect People by Natalie Grant  
• Testify To Love by Avalon
• Everything To Me by Avalon
• Aware by Salvador
• Redeemer by Nicole C Mullen
• Christmas Night by Lenny LeBlanc
• God Of This City by Bluetree
• In The Hands Of God by Newsboys
• Savior, Please by Josh Wilson
• To Ever Live Without Me by Jodie McBrayer

PREVIOUS DEVOTIONAL QUOTES...

Beware of not acting upon what you see in your moments on the mount with God. If you do not obey the light, it will turn into darkness...Beware of not acting upon what you see in your moments on the mount with God. If you do not obey the light, it will turn into darkness. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/27/10)

If you are not right with God, you can never turn your mind anywhere but on yourself....~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/26/10)

Many step out of God’s will because of discontentment...(from 12 requirements for finding and following God's will)...Check out the excellent sermon of Dr. Derek Morris on contentment

Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ which nothing can shake. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/16/10)

There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely.~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/12/10)

Humility is the recipe for success... ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional 08/09/10)

We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process, God calls the end. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/28/10)

The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience...No man ever receives a word from God without instantly being put to the test over it. We disobey and then wonder why we don't go on spiritually. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/27/10)

Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the power to be holy; it is drawing from Jesus the holiness that was manifested in Him, and He manifests it in me. Sanctification is an impartation, not an imitation. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/23/10)

It must be God first, God second, and God third, until the life is faced steadily with God and no one else is of any account whatever.
~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/13/10)

I am here not to realize myself, but to know Jesus. . ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/11/10)

When we stop sin while it is still in our hearts and heads, we avoid making others the victim of our sin, and we avoid many of the serious consequences of sin. ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional: 07/07/10)

God gives us the vision, then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience. Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/06/10)

Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person, Our Lord Jesus Christ. There is a difference between devotion to a Person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Our Lord never proclaimed a cause; He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/02/10)

It is better to enter into life maimed and lovely in God's sight than to be lovely in man's sight and lame in God's. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/29/10)

We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/23/10)

The great characteristic of a saint is humility... ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/22/10)

Every wrong thing that I see in you, God locates in me. Every time I judge, I condemn myself (see Romans 2:17-20). Stop having a measuring rod for other people. There is always one fact more in every man's case about which we know nothing. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/17/10)

We are not made for brilliant moments, but we have to walk in the light of them in ordinary ways. There was only one brilliant moment in the life of Jesus, and that was on the Mount of Transfiguration...~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/16/10)

We are not meant to be illuminated versions, but the common stuff of ordinary life exhibiting the marvel of the grace of God...There are times when there is no illumination and no thrill, but just the daily round, the common task. Routine is God's way of saving us between our times of inspiration. Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the power of God. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/15/10)

"Wonder is involuntary praise." ~ Chuck Swindoll Day-By-Day Devotional (posted 6/14/10)

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all, but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess." ~ Martin Luther (posted 06/11/10)

Experience is a gateway, not an end. Beware of building your faith on experience... ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/10/10)

It is a great deal better to fulfil the purpose of God in your life by discerning His will than to perform great acts of self-sacrifice. "To obey is better than sacrifice." ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/8/10)

The things that make God dear to us are not so much His great big blessings as the tiny things, because they show His amazing intimacy with us; He knows every detail of our individual lives....~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/4/10)

If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we thinkrightly...Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/26/10)

We have to get into the habit of hearkening to God about everything, to form the habit of finding out what God says. If when a crisis comes, we instinctively turn to God, we know that the habit has been formed. We have to take the initiative where we are, not where we are not. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/10/10)

Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life...The nature of spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty, consequently we do not make our nests anywhere.. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/29/10)

There is nothing easier than getting into a right relationship with God except when it is not God Whom you want but only what He gives. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/27/10)

We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/12/10)

The centre of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it is so easy to obtain salvation is because it cost God so much. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/06/10)

When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/30/10)

If we are going to be ready for Jesus Christ, we have to stop being religious (that is, using religion as a higher kind of culture) and be spiritually real...Trust no one, not even the finest saint who ever walked this earth, ignore him, if he hinders your sight of Jesus Christ. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/29/10)

We cannot stay on the mount of transfiguration, but we must obey the light we received there; we must act it out. When God gives a vision, transact business on that line, no matter what it costs. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/22/10)

Paul is like a musician who does not heed the approval of the audience if he can catch the look of approval from his Master. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/16/10)

It is not only God who punishes for sin; sin confirms itself in the sinner and gives back full pay. No struggling nor praying will enable you to stop doing some things, and the penalty of sin is that gradually you get used to it and do not know that it is sin...The deadliest Pharisaism to-day is not hypocrisy, but unconscious unreality. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/16/10)

We cannot attain to a vision, we must live in the inspiration of it until it accomplishes itself. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/11/10)

"Afflictions, though they seem severe, In mercy oft are sent." ~ Charles Spurgeon (see full devotional 03/10/10)

Never try to live the life with God on any other line than God's line, and that line is absolute devotion to Him...do not try to keep yourself in that relationship by any particular method, but live a natural life of absolute dependence on Jesus Christ. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/09/10)

The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples' feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/25/10)

It is discipline of spirit, cleanness of heart and thought that is needed. This is of more value than brilliant talent, tact, or knowledge. An ordinary mind, trained to obey a "Thus saith the Lord," is better qualified for God's work than are those who have capabilities, but do not employ them rightly.... Daily Devotional from EGW (full devotional 2/24/10)

The mainspring of Paul's service is not love for men, but love for Jesus Christ. If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall soon be crushed and broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving our fellow men. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/23/10)

It seems that just like with a pot of boiling water, we only respond to the bubbles. The fact that there is a lot of heat beneath the bubbles does not seem to interest us. And instead of doing something to reduce the heat--we often add fuel to the fire....We do not respond by overlooking their behavior, but by underlooking it. That is to say, we recognize the behavior as the bubbles on the surface of a deeper problem. We can then see more clearly to help them find the cause, and with the love of God, help the person to deal with it. Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 2/19/10)

He came with a spiritual initiative against their despair and said - "Arise and do the next thing." If we are inspired of God, what is the next thing? ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/18/10

At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/14/10)

We do not consciously disobey God, we simply do not heed Him. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/12/10)

Write your plans in pencil and let God have the eraser. ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional 2/11/10)

We spend a significant amount of time each day preparing meals and feeding our physical bodies. Imagine how God could transform our lives if we gave that kind of time and attention to feeding from His Word every day. We would be amazed just how much of a difference it would make. ~ Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 2/10/10)

Spiritual exhaustion never comes through sin but only through service, and whether or not you are exhausted will depend upon where you get your supplies....Where did you start the service from? From your own sympathy or from the basis of the Redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually go back to the foundation of your affections and recollect where the source of power is. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/29/10)

It will cost an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth, and an immense broadening of all our interests in God. Sanctification means intense concentration on God's point of view. It means every power of body, soul and spirit chained and kept for God's purpose only. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/8/10)

It is imperative that we as Christians keep our heads in the days to come, so that we can be lifting a fallen people up to God. Otherwise, we will be facing the frantic times just as anyone who does not know God. We will be depending on ourselves, our own strength and our own abilities to get us through. And like the rest of the world, we will only be concerned for our own, rather than praying for all. ~ Day By Day Devotionals (see devotional of 2/6/10)

I could be moody with out losing my cool...~ Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 2/5/10)

(Patience) is a beautiful paradox of being a non-action and yet a conscious exercise of free will. It is the basis for the merciful ways the Lord deals with us. Patience provides the path in proper time, and promises that faith will be rewarded. ~ Shawn McEvoy, Crosswalk.com

One step forward in obedience is worth years of study about it. ~ Oswald Chambers

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu

A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us if we are not simple..."Consider the lilies of the field" - they grow where they are put. Many of us refuse to grow where we are put, consequently we take root nowhere. Jesus says that if we obey the life God has given us, He will look after all the other things. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/26/10)

Staleness is an indication of something out of joint with God - "I must do this thing or it will never be done." That is the first sign of staleness. Are we freshly born this minute or are we stale, raking in our minds for something to do? ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/20/10)

Nothing that other saints do or say can ever perturb the one who is built on God. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/19/10)

Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/06/10)

No matter what changes God has wrought in you, never rely upon them, build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives.
~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/05/10)

Our Lord never patches up our natural virtues, He re-makes the whole man on the inside. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional:12/30/09)

The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. ~ Oswald Chambers (12/27/09)

"The seeds we sow today determine the kind of fruit we’ll reap tomorrow." ~ Our Daily Bread:

"No contribution is too small in God's sight." ~ Our Daily Bread

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." ~ Jim Elliot*

*A missionary who died in the hands of the tribal people whom his wilfe later helped bring to Christ.